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Topic: Orion and Delta 4 Heavy (EFT-1) scale models
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-24-2014 01:13 PM
   
More than a year ago, I began conversations with Nick Proach of Proach Models about commissioning a 1:100 scale Orion and Delta 4 Heavy stack, as will launch NASA's Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). The result of those talks has now arrived and I couldn't be more thrilled with how it turned out.The model stands an impressive 2.5 feet tall from the bottom of the R-68A engines to the tip of the launch abort system tower...  |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-24-2014 02:30 PM
WOW, love that model.The only problem is you can't run around the house making rocket noises after yelling, "LIFTOFF" from the base! And if I had a model like that, I'd surely be doing that very thing. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-24-2014 05:12 PM
Wow, great model, now for the full scale one next week! |
hotdog
Member Posts: 41
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 11-25-2014 09:12 PM
Looks good, but where are the feed lines on the tanks? |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 11-27-2014 07:27 PM
On the RealSpace model I built, and all the photos I researched, the lines are on the opposite side of the markings. I can never decide which side I like to display! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-27-2014 07:56 PM
Indeed, the lines are on the back side of the vehicle, if the mission markings are on the front. The Proach model includes them, too. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-28-2014 03:06 PM
Nice stuff... |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 11-28-2014 10:42 PM
Very Nice! I have a Nick Proach Gemini-Titan. He does excellent work. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-02-2014 11:28 AM
United Launch Alliance now has a 1:120 scale Delta 4 Heavy with Orion capsule model available through their online store. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-02-2014 01:18 PM
Interestingly, the 1/120 scale Delta IV Heavy with Orion Capsule is $280, but the 1/120 scale Delta IV Heavy with a standard payload shroud is $140. No price-gouging there  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-02-2014 01:30 PM
It likely has more to do with the economies of scale. The Delta 4 Heavy with Orion is applicable to just this one mission and therefore the model is a special run. The standard Delta 4 Heavy model can and has been used for six launches. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 12-02-2014 03:16 PM
And the Orion requires a bit more work than just a payload shroud. |
pupnik
Member Posts: 114
From: Maryland
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 12-02-2014 06:41 PM
quote:
Originally posted by PeterO:
Interestingly, the 1/120 scale Delta IV Heavy with Orion Capsule is $280...
Hey, even scaling that price back up from 1:120 to full, that's only $33,600... a bargain!  |
bdipaolo
Member Posts: 89
From:
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-03-2014 09:52 AM
The shape of the BPC is all wrong (photo). |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-03-2014 10:05 AM
Having seen and photographed the vehicle during its rollout, I can tell you that the photos of the LAS (the Orion "BPC" is not a BPC) tend to distort its actual shape. Depending on the angle of the photo, it can appear more tapered than it really is.The Proach model and (obviously) the ULA model were both based on the actual specs of the vehicle, as provided directly by ULA. |
Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 445
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 12-03-2014 01:32 PM
I have to agree, it's too round. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-03-2014 02:32 PM
To be absolutely honest, I had the same concern — until I received the model. There is something about the way it photographs that creates that impression. But in person, it is properly conical. And it matches the details provided by ULA. |
Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 445
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 12-03-2014 03:20 PM
I'm nit picking, it's a neat model, I wish I had the time to make one but 2015 is booked... |
bdipaolo
Member Posts: 89
From:
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-04-2014 11:29 PM
Sure it's a BPC even if they don't call it that. It is ALSO an aerodynamic fairing. And there is no way I believe the BPC in the model shown in the photo matches the actual at all. The difference is very obvious. It looks like nearly a hemisphere, not an ogive. Maybe it was fixed in later productions. I'm not being mean, but to me the point of this forum is accurate scale modeling and we should encourage manufacturers to that goal. |
mercsim
Member Posts: 219
From: Phoenix, AZ
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 12-05-2014 12:30 PM
Nick is an excellent modeler. However, I think he is more artist than historian. There are several other details that are wrong. I have also seen it in some of his other work. Still jealous! Nice model Robert! |
Ironman One
Member Posts: 73
From: Ormond Beach, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 12-06-2014 08:53 AM
I wonder when/if Revell Monogram will issue a kit of the Orion and SLS? |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 12-11-2014 04:15 PM
I finally finished working on the RealSpace Models Delta IV Heavy and EFT-1 kit. It was a lot of fun to build. I had to come up with a few details for the core connections and printed ULA and NASA logo decals, since they were not available when he made the kit. He plans upgrades to the kit, with decals and an Orion spacecraft under the launch shroud.   |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 600
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 12-12-2014 12:53 PM
Great job and nice looking model! |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 12-12-2014 01:09 PM
Looks great! Top done. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 12-13-2014 03:31 PM
Thanks. I forgot to mention it is 1/144th scale, so it is not as tall as Robert's model! |
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