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Topic: Gallery: Monogram's 1:48 Lunar Module build
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history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-21-2010 07:40 AM
   
Monogram's 1/48th scale Lunar Module with New Wares' detail set, Space Model Systems' decals and real Kapton (thanks Jurg). Built under commission for a fellow cSer.  
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KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 06-21-2010 07:50 AM
Simply beautiful! Great job Steve.
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 06-21-2010 09:28 AM
Super job Steve... looks great!!! |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 375
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 06-21-2010 10:01 AM
She is a beautiful model and yes, I’m very pleased with it -- thanks Steve.It's as accurate a model of LM-5 that you're likely to get and complements the CSM Steve also built for me perfectly. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-21-2010 08:26 PM
Awesome! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-22-2010 04:35 AM
Steve, you have the LM nailed! |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-22-2010 05:22 PM
Thanks to all,
Steve |
alanh_7
Member Posts: 1252
From: Ajax, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 06-23-2010 01:15 PM
Let me also add... what a beautiful model. |
jasonelam
Member Posts: 691
From: Monticello, KY USA
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 06-23-2010 02:04 PM
Great job! |
Space Emblem Art
Member Posts: 194
From: Citrus Heights, CA - USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-23-2010 11:25 PM
I keep looking at your model and waiting for the front hatch to open and Neil start backing out onto the porch. It's like you took an actual LM and shrunk it down. Absolutely great! Meanwhile, would you have a view from the bottom side you could post? |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-24-2010 02:09 PM
Looks so good that all you need is a lunar surface and you could hoax your own moon landing! JOKING!  |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-24-2010 03:36 PM
Again, a heartfelt thanks to all who have posted. I have provided a couple of more pictures. The only feature that I did not highlight on the model because of scale was the silver rivets. Every one of them is present but in this scale they overwhelm the model, and the beige/green color of the anodized 5056 aluminum does not show through and each panel was different color. This was the first time they used this procedure on the 5056 aluminum and after LM-5 they got a handle on the process. LM-5 therefore had a unique ascent stage color.  
2024 aluminum used a sulfuric acid anodizing process and the 5056 aluminum used a chromic acid process. |
Space Emblem Art
Member Posts: 194
From: Citrus Heights, CA - USA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-24-2010 07:13 PM
Thanks for posting those additional views. Absolutely remarkable!! |
Skyforce1
Member Posts: 200
From: Vineland NJ, USA
Registered: Aug 2009
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posted 06-24-2010 08:29 PM
Steve, the LM belongs in a museum, for it truly is an exceptional work of art!! Outstanding job!! |
Jerry Brouillette
Member Posts: 147
From: Louviers, CO
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-25-2010 08:03 PM
Great work Steve, you really nailed it with the skin covering. Looks like you could poke a scale finger through it! These things are so fragile and ungainly looking, its amazing the moon landings went as well as they did. Was that a great era or what!! |
snoopie
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posted 06-27-2010 02:52 AM
That is a great model history in miniature, maybe you can also place some close up photos of an inch close?Maybe you knew this guy also, Vincent Meens? He is already building a LM for more than five years, unbelieving people what you are going to see...  
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history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-27-2010 05:30 AM
I know Vincent's LM well, we are both members of the Space Modelers group. Vincent's model is 1/24 scale, mine is 1/48th scale, half the size. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 06-27-2010 06:16 AM
Just what Steve said, 1/24 is more easy to paint and not forgot the foil parts than a scale 1/48, 1/48 is more tweezers work... But I must give Vincent a compliment for his more than five years building on that LM. He must be a very patient model builder.  |
dfox
Member Posts: 208
From: Scarsdale, NY, United States
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 06-27-2010 10:08 AM
You must look at the pictures on the website. This thing is totally insane!!! |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 375
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 06-28-2010 10:32 AM
quote:
Originally posted by snoopie:
That is a great model history in miniature, maybe you can also place some close up photos of an inch close?
Steve doesn't have LM 5 anymore but I'm pleased to do this for you.  
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tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-28-2010 01:58 PM
That 1/24th scale LM is amazing. You can almost see the 1201 alarm on the DSKY!  |
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