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Topic: 1:32 Apollo Lunar Module 3D-printed model
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-24-2014 04:50 AM
   
I have decided to go to 3D printing. My first model is a 1/32 Apollo lunar module. I just completed the descent stage for LM-5. Parts are offered on Shapeways.For the time being I am working on J missions modifications for the descent stage and then will start the ascent stage. Construction page | Shapeways shop |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-24-2014 10:06 PM
Wow. Thanks, and I will be investigating further. |
the clocks running
Member Posts: 382
From: Rochester, NY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 07-25-2014 04:23 PM
Very Cool!It gets a "little" pricey by the time you get all of the parts. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-28-2014 03:09 AM
That is true but you have also the possibility to buy parts along the construction project (which can be quite long with covering most of the parts individually). It is a way to spread the cost over time. |
Daugherty54
Member Posts: 591
From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-29-2014 10:25 PM
Anyone figured the cost of a finished model? I am still hoping for a large scale lunar rover... |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-30-2014 04:56 AM
If you do not want to do any scratch, a 1/32 descent stage would cost about 285 € for all parts in the case of LM-6 or 7 with the ALSEP fuel cask and a detailed MESA. If you plan to do a bit of scratch on the descent stage (build the cruciform using styrene) and do LM-5 with no fuel cask and a simple MESA the cost drops down to 206 € for the parts.In the case of a 1/24 model the cost is roughly multiplied between 1.8 and 2, the reason is that the price is partly proportional to the volume of plastic and in this case the volume for a 1/24 model is about 1.8 as much as in the case of a 1/32 model (32/24 = 1.33 and 1.33*1.33 = 1.77) |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 07-30-2014 03:33 PM
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Originally posted by Lunokhod 2:
(32/24 = 1.33 and 1.33*1.33 = 1.77)
Shouldn't that be 1.33^3, or 2.35 times as much, since volume is a cubic measure? |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 08-17-2014 11:31 AM
You're right I went too fast on this and actually found bizarre it was less than 2. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-21-2015 07:18 AM
The first 1/32, 1/24 and 1/16 plastic model of the Lunar Module is now fully available for those who do not want to model the interior. I just completed the coating pattern at 1/32 and 1/24 and uploaded the last 1/16 parts today. Instructions here. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-21-2015 07:20 AM
Great! Vincent, I wait on the interior.  |
the clocks running
Member Posts: 382
From: Rochester, NY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 03-21-2015 10:32 AM
Sounds great! I am working on the 1/48 Revell kit and converting it to a J-Mission LM. 1/32 scale may be my next effort. |
David C
Member Posts: 1014
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 03-21-2015 02:17 PM
Fantastic. Now where can we get 1/32 scale LM decals? |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-10-2015 05:58 AM
I just started building the interior of the mid-section ascent stage. I am quite satisfied with the way 3D parts came out. Here are a couple of pictures: 
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 07-10-2015 07:18 AM
Great and nice colors paint work. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-11-2015 06:13 PM
Fantastic work. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-13-2015 09:48 AM
The interior looks superb... will this model become widely available? |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 07-13-2015 10:59 AM
The model is already available. The instruction page is here. The parts are sold on Shapeways.All parts for the exterior are available. For the interior I still need to design the parts for the ascent stage forward section. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 08-01-2015 11:59 AM
Here are some new pictures for the mid-section interior. 
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 08-17-2015 02:48 AM
Today is a milestone in the construction of the first available plastic model of the 1/32 Lunar Module. I completed the construction of the ascent stage mid-section interior. To be honest when I started this project I didn't know much about 3D modelling and I was not certain the level of precision was compatible with 3D printing. I was successful in modelling the entire LM as far as the outside parts are concerned. For the interior the tiny knobs and switches are really at the limit of what a 3D printer can do today. The mid-section looks very nice at this scale and I am confident that I will manage to design the interior for the forward section. I really expect to complete the design job before the end of the year.  |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-17-2015 07:08 AM
This blows my mind! |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 08-17-2015 11:28 AM
Amazing!! |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 375
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 08-17-2015 12:32 PM
Superb work Vincent. |
Daugherty54
Member Posts: 591
From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 08-17-2015 10:35 PM
Incredible work! I hope I can afford one of these when it is finished! |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 08-31-2015 04:04 AM
Thermal covering for the mid-section ascent stage is now complete. It will be time to build the external details like antennas and rendezvous target before going back to 3D modeling and complete the interior of the forward section. In the meantime I also rearrange my website for the descent stage section; instead of enumerating the parts needed for the construction of the model I insertEd a picture of the part. See G mission descent stage and J mission descent stage. Here are a few pictures of the thermal panels covering on the ascent stage:  
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 08-31-2015 04:05 AM
 
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Ironman
Member Posts: 66
From: England
Registered: Feb 2015
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posted 09-01-2015 02:23 AM
Superb craftsmanship! |
Daugherty54
Member Posts: 591
From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 09-01-2015 01:04 PM
This is a work of art! I sure wish I could afford a completed one! |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 09-10-2015 06:31 AM
First set of details around the ascent stage mid-section with the S-band antenna. The orientation was set for LM-5 on the Moon. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-10-2015 08:06 AM
Very, very nice! |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 199
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-12-2015 05:05 AM
Wow. That's arguably the most realistic looking LM model I've seen in my life. Great work! |
kosmo
Member Posts: 388
From:
Registered: Sep 2001
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posted 09-17-2015 09:05 AM
Incredible model! I'm in the process of putting together all the info I'll need to start building this model. Where do you you get the decals for the signage. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 09-17-2015 01:40 PM
There is a link in one of the slides when you build the interior but I also mentioned it in the material list for step 2B.I still need to work on the document to indicate for each LM where the signs go. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 09-17-2015 10:32 PM
A-mazing.
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Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 10-09-2015 03:30 AM
I just completed the ascent stage mid-section. Now I will concentrate my efforts on the design of the forward section interior. The following pictures show you the work in progress, the forward wall with panels 5 and 6 is well advanced and I expect to complete all parts before the end of this year.The full construction of the mid-section is available here.  
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bdipaolo
Member Posts: 89
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Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 10-14-2015 10:38 AM
This is fantastic! It shows so clearly the power of 3D modeling. This is the future--no more molds! I can't wait until you finish the whole thing.The one thing I know I could never do is cut all those paper panels so precisely! It looks amazing. How about a Vostok with interior next?! Super interesting cabin as well as exterior. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 12-11-2015 03:41 PM
I just completed all parts for my 1/32 Lunar Module in 3D. All parts are now available on Shapeways and I uploaded today the first instructions on my website for the forward section interior. It has been a long way since I started in February 2014 almost two years ago. I still have a few things to do like the control panel decals but this will be done along the final assembly of the model.
I will now try to design a lunar base for LM-5 with the correct roll, pitch and yaw plus a pole to support the 1/32 CSM and I would like to add some parts to the LRV to have a fully functional one and not just the one at the moment of LRV extraction as it is now. Most of the parts are more or less already done since there are parts of the LRV pallets or the MESA but they need to be adapted somehow (rear pallets are already available).
Note the LM is also available in the 1/24 and 1/16 scales. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 12-11-2015 04:07 PM
Looks awesome!!! |
bdipaolo
Member Posts: 89
From:
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posted 12-15-2015 11:41 AM
Astounding. |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-23-2016 08:38 AM
Assembly of the forward section interior. Left lateral panels
 Right lateral panels  The floor  The left storage bags, the armrests are folded  |
Lunokhod 2
Member Posts: 89
From: France
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-23-2016 09:17 AM
The right storage bags, the armrests are unfolded The open hatch  Parts that will be in contact with the mid-section are covered with gold aluminized paper  What remains now is the exterior of the forward section. |
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