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campbelltownhobbies · 6 months ago
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Space & Sci-Fi Plastic Model Collection: Unleash Your Inner Explorer
Introduction to Space & Sci-Fi Plastic Models
Are you ready to embark on an intergalactic journey like no other? Step into the fascinating world of space and sci-fi plastic models, where imagination knows no bounds and creativity takes flight among the stars. Whether you're a seasoned hobbyist or a curious beginner, there's something truly captivating about bringing these miniature spacecraft to life with your own hands.
Join us as we delve into the realm of space plastic models and discover how you can unleash your inner explorer through this exciting hobby!
Tips for Painting and Detailing Your Models
When it comes to painting and detailing your space and sci-fi plastic models, the possibilities are endless. One tip is to start with a primer coat to ensure that the paint adheres properly to the model's surface. Choose colours that complement each other for a cohesive look.
Detailing is where you can really make your models stand out. Adding decals or stickers can give them an authentic feel. Don't forget about weathering techniques like dry brushing or washes to create depth and realism.
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Experiment with different techniques like masking off areas for clean lines or using metallic paints for a futuristic touch. Take your time and enjoy the process of bringing your models to life through painting and detailing – it's all part of the fun of being a model builder!
Space & Sci-Fi Model Kits for Beginners
Whether you're a seasoned model builder or just starting out, diving into the world of space and sci-fi plastic models can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With the wide range of kits available for all skill levels, there's something for everyone to enjoy. From iconic spacecraft like the Space Shuttle to futuristic starships from popular movies and TV shows, these models offer endless possibilities for creativity and imagination.
So why not unleash your inner explorer today and embark on a journey through the vast reaches of space with your very own collection of space and sci-fi plastic models? Happy building!
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lonestarflight · 11 months ago
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"As the Apollo moon program wound down in the early 1970s, NASA's attention turned toward the next phase in its manned space agenda: the development of a reusable 'space truck' that could ferry men and material into low orbit quickly and cheaply.
Various designs and configurations were proposed and evaluated. All had their strengths and weaknesses. In 1972, North American Rockwell -- one of America's top aerospace contractors -- asked engineer Harry Scott to develop a design that would minimize the propose craft's length without sacrificing cargo space. His solution was to turn the cargo bay sideways, resulting in this unique 'flying breadbox' concept.
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Although theoretically practical, North American Rockwell's Shuttle Concept C-0157 never developed beyond the proposal stage."
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"Released in early January 2007, this solid-cast resin kit was patterned by Scott Lowther, cast by Controlled Energy Designs and featured custom decals by JBOT."
1/144 scale model by Allen B. Ury of Fantastic Plastic: link
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wishmechristmas · 1 year ago
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goodvibestousall · 4 years ago
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Lego City Space 60226 Mars Research Shuttle how to construct step by step with instructions Part #3
...... Continuing the LEGO story
In 1960, another warehouse fire hit the LEGO Group and consumed most of the company's inventory of wooden toys. Godtfred believes that the plastic production line is strong enough to give up the production of wooden toys. As a result, Geftfred's brothers Gerhardt (then the head of wooden toys) and Karl Georg left LEGO to form an independent company." Bilofix". By the end of the year, the LEGO Group had employed more than 450 employees.
In 1961, LEGO wanted to expand sales to North America, but did not have the logistics capacity to do so. LEGO decided for Samsonite to start producing and selling LEGO products in US and Canada.
In 1961 and 1962, the first LEGO wheels came out, which expanded the potential of LEGO building blocks to build cars, trucks, buses and other vehicles. In addition, during this period, the LEGO Group launched toys specifically for the preschool market.
In 1964, cellulose acetate (the material used to make LEGO bricks) was replaced by the more stable acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS plastic), which is still in use today. ABS is non-toxic, resistant to discoloration and warping, and is more resistant to high temperature, acid, salt and other chemicals. 
1964 was the first year that the instruction manual was incorporated into Lego toys.
One of the LEGO Group's most successful series is the LEgO Train System, released in 1966. The original train kit includes a motor, battery box and rails.
On June 7, 1968, the first Legoland opened in Billund. This theme park features exquisite miniature town models built entirely from LEGO bricks. The 12,000 square meter park attracted 625,000 visitors in its first year of opening. In the next 20 years, the size of the theme park has grown to more than eight times its original size, and eventually an average of nearly 1 million paying visitors per year. In 1968, sales of LEGO toys reached 18 million sets.
In 1969, the Duplo system went on sale. Duplo blocks are much larger than LEGO blocks, so they are safer for young children, but the two systems are compatible: Lego blocks can be neatly installed on Duplo blocks. The name Duplo comes from the Latin duplus, which literally translates to double, which means that the size of the Duplo brick is exactly twice the size of the LEGO building brick (2 × height by 2 × width by 2 × depth = 8 × volume brick).
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thesixties1 · 2 years ago
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ailithnight · 7 years ago
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Heyo! Another fic for ya’ll. This one was inspired by two other posts. This by @all-da-fandoms and this one from @pirate-patton. Been working on this for a while now. Felt like Virgil’s Birthday would be a good day to drop this on you.
Title: Gifts from the Dark Side Words: 2945 CW: Angst. Lots of angst. Mostly angst. Kind of teeters on the edge of a panic attack but never actually becomes one. Some self-deprecation. Tell me if I need to add anything.
Tags: @moose-squirrel05, @didsomeonesayprince, @readeatfightlove13
They appeared every year without fail, for as long as the three sides could remember. Patton, Roman, and even Logan had long since stopped trying to stay awake to see where they came from. It had taken a lot of the mind to shrug it off as one of the idiosyncrasies of the mindscape. Of course, just as Thomas had, the sides had long since stopped believing in Santa Claus. Yet every year, without fail, 3 mysterious presents would appear under the tree without so much as a tag to say who its for or who its from. It was obvious to tell based on the wrapping whose was whose. Patton’s was always wrapped in light blue paper with the same print of puppies and kittens in Santa hats. Logan’s was sleek, blue and black in a plaid pattern, methodically wrapped. Roman’s always came wrapped in a shimmering gold paper that could easily be mistaken for polished metal, each time with a bright red ribbon tied around it in a perfect bow. Every year, the gifts inside were different, but no less thought out than all the years prior.
In years past, Patton had received a coloring kit, a light blue apron with white embroidery saying ‘My Cooking is Eggcellent,’ a photo album with a picture a day from that year, and even the Heart’s infamous cat onesie had been gifted by “Santa” last year. Logan’s onesie had also come from the mysterious gifts that year and years before had provided him with an astronomically correct poster of the constellations of both the northern and southern hemispheres, plenty of books of poetry and other literary works, and one year a scale model of a space shuttle in a bottle. The play on words there was not lost on the logical side. Roman had not been gifted a onesie last year, a fact that was a slightly sore subject to the creative one. But he had received a wonderful painting of a fantasy kingdom where a princely looking figure stood atop his castle, bravely facing a massive dragon. Before, he had been gifted the collective works of William Shakespeare and one year a massive, three-foot pen designed to look like a sword. Logan had taken pleasure in teaching the Prince of the old saying “The pen is mightier than the sword.”
The presents appeared every year without fail. In turn, there would always be cookies and milk left out and space left under the tree for the anticipated gifts. Those three would be left for last and after each recipient opened his, and in some cases regained enough composure from giddy glee, they would speak aloud, thanking Santa for the generous and thoughtful gifts. For more than 20 years, this was tradition. But around year 27, something changed.
Just a little longer. I just have to stay awake a little longer. Everyone should be asleep within the hour. Then I can drop them off and fall asleep. Just a little…bit…longer. Virgil stared dully at the computer screen, not even seeing the Tumblr posts he was scrolling past. He was dead tired after the last week and a half. First, Roman had approached him saying he was going to be in a video and Virgil had dared to have hope. It was instantly dashed when he had been showed the script. The script that portrayed him as a villain Thomas had to defeat. And of course, who better to help than Roman, Creativity, The Prince. And sure, the script was all like things he had said and done before, but he’d never been this heavy handed with it. Still, Virgil had played his role, the same role he had been playing for years now, and tried not to let the knowledge that there would now be 2 million more people in the world knowing of and hating him hurt. He didn’t really succeed with that. But that’s okay. That’s his job. Anxiety.
Between filming and editing and posting the video on the 19th and monitoring its reception and trying not to let all the “thank you for helping me with my anxiety” and “anxiety sucks, I’m sorry you have to suffer it too” leave stinging gashes in his heart, Virgil had hardly found the chance to finish his projects in time. Logan’s had been easy. The book all about Native American constellations had arrived weeks ago. Even Patton’s stuffed kitten, matching his onesie, had been completed a week ago. But Roman’s had taken a lot of work. The Prince had sulked after not getting a onesie last year, but Virgil just couldn’t seem to find the right one. Finally, he had settled for painting him something and he would learn to sew and make Roman the perfect onesie this year. The pjs closely resembled Roman’s normal garb, from the shirt and sash to the boot slippers and even a stuffed crown sewn onto the hood. Virgil was immensely proud of that creation, despite having only finished it a few short hours ago. Now it was carefully wrapped in the traditional gold wrapping, sitting by his door with the other two gifts, and waiting for the moment the others would go to bed so Virgil could sneak them downstairs.
While waiting and nearly drugged by exhaustion, Virgil’s mind wandered over the Christmas’s past. He could remember sneaking down every year, starting since before any of them could read or write, hence the lack of name tags. Despite never inviting him to join in the festivities, Patton always hung a stocking for him and filled it with little treats. Someone, Roman probably, would always top it off with those chocolate coal nuggets and one year, when the Prince had discovered his summoning prowess, actually coal nuggets. Patton had told him off for that when he discovered the black powder on the white fur, so it hadn’t been real again. Still, it was a harsh reminder each year that even though Patton was too kind to give him nothing, Virgil was still naughty and naught people got coal for Christmas. But Virgil would always ignore the stockings. He’d come down later to claim it before the treats were simply stolen from him. Instead, Virgil would set up the presents first, taking extra care to arrange them in just the right way. Then he would turn to the cookies and milk.
As much as he may want to just eat them all, seeing as they were the only Christmas cookies he got, Virgil would restrain himself. He drank half the milk and ate two and a half of the five cookies. While he reveled in the sugary sweet, he’d let himself pretend, for just a moment, that they weren’t for an imaginary Santa. He let himself imagine that the treat had been left as a thank you specifically for him. For three minutes every year, early in the morning on Christmas Day, Virgil let himself believe that the other’s appreciated his efforts, that they cared about him, maybe even loved him. But inevitable, someone would shift in their sleep upstairs and the illusion would be broken. This wasn’t for him. This was for Santa. And even if Santa was fake, even if for all intents and purposes Virgil was Santa, it just wasn’t the same. At the end of the day, his companions still cared more for a fairy tail than their real, living counter-part. The cookies would become bitter on Virgil’s tongue, the milk would spoil in his stomach. With heavy heart and light footsteps, Virgil would sneak back to his room. He’d close the door and climb in bed and try not to cry (loudly) as he fell asleep.
“But WHY?!?” Virgil jerked into consciousness at the sudden exclamation heard from the creative side. Confused, he peeled his face off of his keyboard, rubbing at the indents left on his cheek from the pressing plastic. He distantly heard a muffled conversation as bleary eyes tried to see and a tired mind worked to figure out where he was. As he looked around, his eyes landed on the colorful stack still sitting by his door. His eyes widened and horrified panic filled his veins as Virgil realized his mistake.
“I fell asleep. I fell asleep! HOW IN THE HELL COULD I FALL ASLEEP!?!” He whispered to himself. Virgil tried to breathe through his fear, not really wanting to have Thomas start the day with a panic attack. With great difficulty, he managed to put a lid on his own terror. “Okay. Okay. I can fix this. I can… fuck how do I fix this? I can’t. I screwed up. I’m a failure. Pointless, pathetic, No. Stop. Not helpful. Just. Breathe. Think.” Virgil continued to fight off his panic. After a few moments of calm breathing, an idea occurred to Virgil. A wonderful, beautiful idea. He concentrated on Thomas, sensing the hosts current placement. He was still in his bedroom, searching for something warm and festive to wear. A wry smile appeared on Virgil’s face. He scrambled out of his chair on over to the gifts. He grabbed the three boxes and sank out of his room, appearing in his new place on the stairs. He marched over to Thomas’s tree were a small group of presents sat addressed to various friends and family members. Virgil carefully cleared a space under the tree and added the gifts to the mix. He stepped back to inspect his placing, pleased by the way his custom wrapping seemed to shine out of the amalgamation of festive paper. He was about to leave when a thought struck him and he nearly facepalmed himself. “How would they know they’re here? How would Thomas know who they belong to?” He groaned. After a moment of deliberation, he darted into Thomas’s kitchen, finding the nearly empty pack of tags and a pen. He went back to the gifts, slightly upset about having to mar his wrapping with the gaudy stickers, but it was necessary now since I fucked up. He hastily scrawled names on the tags. Or, titles really, seeing as Thomas didn’t know their names yet and Virgil wasn’t looking to screw up any worse today. Once he was done, he stepped back again to appreciate his work. For half a moment, his hand reached towards the table where the cookies and milk would usually sit. Realizing his mistake, he scolded himself. “Stupid. Whatever. Now they’ll never know. They’ll never know…” Virgil quickly sank out, oblivious to the eyes that had been watching him from the top of the stairs.
Thomas had no idea what to make of the situation. Coming downstairs to find one of his sides there without him was strange in and of itself. For that side to be his Anxiety was even weirder. He had noticed the spike of anxious energy that had hit him 15 minutes ago, but it had vanished and he’d dismissed it. Then, for Anxiety to be messing with the Christmas presents was absolutely baffling. Surely, he wouldn’t be so bitter as to try and ruin the gifts he had gotten for his friends? Thomas was about to call down, questioning the dark figure when he abruptly stood. Thomas froze, watching him a little longer. Anxiety nodded to himself. He seemed to reach to grab something off the table, but stopped mid-way. “Stupid.” The bitterness there made Thomas wary and once again he almost called down. “Whatever.” Thomas was once more paused. “Now they’ll never know. They’ll never know…” The defeated tone was the last thing Thomas would have anticipated from his malicious, cocky Anxiety. He watched the side sink away and only once he was gone did Thomas come down the stairs and inspect the tree. The three new gifts were impossible to miss. He glanced at them, noting the names on the labels. Logic. Creativity. Morality. His other three sides. Gifts for his other three sides. From, Anxiety? That didn’t make sense. Nothing made sense. Thomas decided to summon the three.
“Creativity, Morality, Logic!” He called, the summoned sides appearing in their normal spots. Thomas didn’t miss the tear tacks on Morality’s face, the confusion on Logic’s, or the anger on Princey’s. He gestured to the three boxes. “Know anything about this?” Morality gasped.
“Our Santa gifts!” He wiped his eyes, tears drying instantly. “Why are they out here?”
“Santa gifts?” Thomas queried. Logic cleared his throat.
“I can explain, Thomas. We celebrate Christmas just as you do. Each year, on Christmas day, we have come to find a gift for each of us in that exact wrapping, sans labels, under our tree. We have all agreed they do not come from one of us, so it has been chalked up to the strangeness that comes of living in a mind. It is possible that, within the mind at least, Santa is real enough for the subconscious to generate these presents each year.”
“Oh. But, I saw Anxiety-”
“Aha!” Princey shouted, startling the other three. “I bet this has been some cruel prank on his part!” Morality frowned.
“Do you really think he would…?”
“I wouldn’t put it past him. He has been sulking an awful lot since the video. He probably wanted some sense of revenge for being bested.” Morality still looked uncertain and Thomas wasn’t too sure himself. Even though nothing else made sense in his mind, this still didn’t seem right.
“I don’t know, Princey. Don’t you think you might be jump-”
“ANXIETY!” The Prince roared, the summoned side suddenly appearing on the staircase, stumbling slightly at the sudden teleportation.
“JESUS Princey! The hell is wrong with you! I could have been asleep. What would you have done if you dropped me unconscious down the stairs?” Probably laugh at you, Virgil.
“Did you put these out here?” Roman gestured to the gifts and Virgil felt his throat close up.
“Wh-” He had to clear his throat around the forming lump. “What makes you say that?”
“Thomas saw you.” Virgil looked at the host, who was just watching the situation unfold. Virgil dropped his head, shame at having been caught, fear at having his weakness preyed upon, and maybe just a tiny bit of hope that if they knew it was him all along, they might actually warm up to him.
“I- yeah. I did it.”
“I knew it! You stole them!” Virgil looked up startled and suddenly there was a sword pointed at his throat, a seething Prince on the other end. He tried not to imagine that blade piercing his neck, pretending he wouldn’t be at least a little relieved to die. “What else did you do? Did you tamper with them?” Virgil didn’t know how to respond. It took a moment for the word’s meaning to sink in. He thinks I stole them. THEY think I stole them. They haven’t realized…Virgil refused to feel wounded, despite the ever-present hollow ache in his heart spazzing painfully. No. This is good. They don’t know. They think I’m just being a dick, but how is that any different than normal? Virgil forced a sneer on his features, convincing seeing as it’s the same one he always used.
“Why don’t you open them up and find out? Unless you’re scared.” He taunted. The thought of actually being able to see their reactions to his gifts was definitely not a motivator to his statement at all. Certainly not. Nope. Not at all. (Yes.) Roman’s seething intensified. He pressed the blade closer to Virgil’s neck, making the anxious one shudder, whether in fear or anticipation, he himself knew not.
“If this is a trap, I’ll run you through.” He ground out. None of the others said a word. Virgil took this to mean their agreement to Roman’s threat and Virgil once more shuddered. Roman held his gaze as he reached down to pick up the gold gift. The sword vanished from his hands, but Virgil was well aware that he could summon it back in half a heartbeat. The ribbon was removed, then the wrapped, and finally the box opened. When nothing sprang out, Roman glanced inside. Virgil felt a tiny sliver of pride when he saw the way Roman’s eyes lit up looking in the box. He quelled it quickly, not wanting to reveal himself after all this trouble. Roman’s eyes came back to Virgil’s, squinting suspiciously.
“There, not a trap. Can I go now?”
“If it wasn’t a trap, why didn’t you say so in the first place, Kiddo?” Virgil turned to Patton, noticing the shocked silence that seemed to cover Logan and Thomas.
“Would he have believed me if I did?” Virgil caught from the corner of his eye the way Roman’s grip tightened on the gift. “Now, if we’re done wasting each other’s time, I’m going back to my room.”
“This wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t stolen them in the first place.” Roman grumbled. Virgil sent him a wry smirk.
“My mistake. Next year, I’ll leave your presents alone. Maybe I’ll just incinerate the tree instead.” Before anyone could respond to that, Virgil sunk out. The second he was back in his room, he collapsed on his bed. The computer had hardly made for a very restful sleeping place. Virgil was still tired and now with the familiar Christmas day heartbreak setting in, he wanted nothing more than to hide under the covers until the sun went away. And if that meant that by the time he went back to the commons, his stocking had been emptied… well, that was just part of the consequence for screwing up. It wouldn’t happen next year.
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marstomupton1 · 6 years ago
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Kit-bashing (week 2)
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The two pictures above show an extra part that I wanted to add to my kit-bashing model because the one that I made last week was too small and was hard to add extra detail to. I started off with a one litre plastic bottle and then used the circular saw to saw the end of the bottle off; the reason why I did this is because it makes my model look less like a bottle. I then replaced the end of the bottle with an empty yoghurt pot, which would house the engine boosters. After doing this I then dismantled some more old computer parts, such as a keyboard, circuit board and copper coil. All of these computer parts added lots of different elements to my model, which, one makes it, look less like a bottle and two more like a spaceship.
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The picture above shows my kit-bashing model with the space shuttle now stuck on top of it. To stick the space shuttle to the main spaceship I used super glue but before I did this there were some extra materials that needed to be added. I cut and then Glued a piece of wood to the plastic bottle because it would form a stronger bond meaning that it would stick better. There wasn’t enough time of me to get a photo of my model painted but hopefully I will be able to take one and uploaded next week.
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mars-alex-stewart · 6 years ago
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Kit-Bashing for a Space Ship
Overhearing talk between my lecturer and another student, I was aware that the only grounding feature that had to be implemented was a means of propulsion. As far as I was aware, I had as much creative freedom as I wanted, except that it was recommended not to make the spaceship very big or too complicated.
The scrap you see below is the fruit of my scramble to grab some aesthetically pleasing looking pieces for myself. At the bottom of the image is a metal rod with turning cog components attached; a complex looking space peripheral which I immediately became infatuated with. However it’s length was a fair degree too big, a problem that would have been solved just by dividing it with decisive cuts to the rod. My issues at hand though, were: I was scared of cutting metal with a machine saw and that was before I took notice of the metal guilontine. I was indecisiveness on what aspect of peripheral to preserve as well as where it would connect. As I was aware, my conundrum was distracting me and I was pedantic because I didn’t want to ruin a piece that could serve an, as-of-the-moment, unforeseen function, all the more, because I had a limited number of interesting looking computer junk. The sensible thing to have done of course was not become attached to my craft this way and to throw my self into the thick of it, experimenting quickly. Bending, cutting and breaking materials into shape would have granted me more flexibility, although I don’t think it would have been easy to visualize exactly how it was going to look.
As you may guess, I do not know the definitive names for these components.
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To me, this square piece looked good for an interior due to the elaborate nature of the plastic as well as the symbolic pattern in the metal. Looking at it from this very angle gives it a vague resemblance to science fiction platforms designed to target or scan for subjects. My thoughts were more with the Death Star’s platform for the planet-destroying laser from Star Wars, only that consisted of a small plat form next to a long tunnel.
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There isn’t much to say about my opinion of this collection of fuses, wires and batteries. That is, except that I knew it would look elaborate in some way if I could just have it visible from within my space ship.
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In order for the board of fuses and batteries to fit between the plastic and metal, a portion needed to be broken off the side of the board. Visage of this entanglement of mini structures would depend on the piece of my space ship ceiling.
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I liked how this part had a gap for a window, as well as the extension to the right which I would use to house the main control center.
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This piece which came from a recording device, was used to depict the front viewing window of the main control center. Thus it was attached using the glue gun.
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I had to carve away a potruding clip-on from the observetory window section so that it could press squarly aginst the spaceship’s main body when gluing.
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I am proud of how the interior seen from above looks like...an enormous bathroom. Alternating interpretations can make that seem like an engineers station and a cargo hold combined into one room.
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This was to serve as some sort of antena, before I found it too bulky, making the glue weak.
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The black and metal certainly melds seamlessly, as well as adding an interesting shape to the ship. Shame I wasn’t intuitive enough to make the structure hold fast somehow.
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I liked using wires as it could make even the most stupidly simple cration look a little intricate and complicated.
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I thought that this looked like a highly stylized for my space ship, if not very air tight. This space ship of mine then will serve as an atificial intelligence trancport vessel, as machines needn’t relay on oxygen.
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My only issue was how it protrudded above the space ship after being glued to the main body.
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This piece was about style for me, in the way that art decore is applied to buildings. It’s funtion could be for utilizing solar rays to charge certain components to sustain machines.
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Angled on it’s side, the piece certainly adds to the style of the shuttle
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I cut a segment off of a plastic bottle in order to create a rounded window, which looks reinforced due to it’s ridged shape.
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Below are some of other students creations thus far. The one just below looks like a piece of a ship rather than an actual space ship itself.
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This one impressed me the most because it’s difficult to imagine the pieces separate. The case with many of these, is that not too much though went into the tiny pieces added. This is just as well, as time management would have been an important issue to keep in mind and this creation thus far looks good.
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Below is what I consider to be the most ideal means of creating an aesthetically plaesing looking space ship - using a liquid bottle as the main body 
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I didn’t like how the left side of my craft extruded, stylish as it may have been. While space crafts come in a variety of sizes, it wasn’t eloquent in form.
Pretty much the entirety of the day was spent finding ways to reduce the size of the metal; that is to form the square space of the ship’s side as well.
Once done, I prepared to spray paint the default grey colour all over the ship. I sellotaped window sections as well as gaps so that the paint would not detriment my adopted design
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You would think that merging features with one colour would make a space ship design obsolete and boring. The thing is, my space ship is made from computer scrap, so my space ship looks, what I would call, seamless or pristine when coated with the one colour.
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The sellotape was removed from all parts except for the roof window. I liked how the that sellotape looked like thermal cloth coverage or some other kind of protective/preservative covering. I left it grey even when giving the space ship it’s next coating.
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Acrylic paints where mixed to make a dark orange hue resembling ‘The Red Dwarf.’ Black was applied to the radar disk and rectangular radiation detector, as well as choice sections on the front.
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Looking at my spaceship, I adhere my design as a cross between nerdy spaceship designs before the year 2000 and other ‘blocky’ spaceships. Examples are below.
Model maker Susan Turner produced a miniature flying saucer (from blueprints by production designer John Lloyd) for Science fiction Horror Movie: The Thing.
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The Red Dwarf from space sitcom: The Red Dwarf, debuted in 1988, produced by Ed Bye.
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The Nostromo from the Movie: Alien, by Ridley Scott, produced in 1979.
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At the time of creation, it seemed like too big a challenge to create something new and cross-reference examples of other space ship designs of other space ships. I also took issue with occupying my mind with inspirations for a basis on how to craft my ship. There were also enough challenge as it was, making sure I had pieces that could connect by their flat surfaces - due to my negligence to rely on a lot of glue...because of potential frailty. While I wanted to be strikingly original, there was a fear of my craft not really resembling a space ship that could function. That was irrelevant though, because the record of planning and the process would have provided good marks off the bat due to research being inherently incorporated. This is especially the case, considering the first landing on the moon required a streamlined shuttle to cut through the atmosphere, as well as the ‘strangely-shaped’ Eagle, solely made to land on and blast from the moon. I could therfore have been a bit more shameless with the creation.
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I was in awe of other students space ships, all given varying colours to further depict the intricate looking details built. That goes especially for the top one. It’s angular and ornate structure is captivating and unique.
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mst3kproject · 8 years ago
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K19: Hangar 18
If the History Channel were to make a movie, Hangar 18 would be it.  
We open in space, on a shot of the same 1/100 scale space shuttle model kit I built as a kid, except theirs has a better paint job. You can tell it's sci-fi because the credits are in a public domain approximation of the 80s NASA font.  During the mission, a satellite collides with a UFO – the satellite is destroyed, the astronaut who was working on it is apparently decapitated, and the UFO itself makes an emergency landing in Arizona.
From here, two things happen.  The surviving astronauts are somewhat upset when the ensuing coverup blames them for the death of their colleague, so they set out to find some proof of what really happened while the government tries to keep them in the dark.  Meanwhile, scientists attempt to study the UFO, and learn that Erich Von Däniken was right about absolutely everything and aliens invented MP3s long ago.  Eventually, the people in charge of the conspiracy decide that this is going to ruin everybody's careers if it gets out, and crash an RC plane into the hangar where the saucer is being kept.
Robert Vaughn is in this.  His ears are still distractingly small.
Before I say anything else, permit me a small Space Nerd moment. Nobody involved in this movie had any idea how things are done in space.  You can't just throw on a space suit as if it's a light fall jacket. It takes at least fifteen minutes to get into the multiple layers of padding and cooling systems and then you gotta double-check all your seams because you really, really, really don't want anything to leak in fucking space.  Spacewalking astronauts also have to pre-breathe, which gets extra nitrogen out of their blood so they won't get the bends.  The shuttle's three main engines were only used on ascent and the shuttle itself had a minimum crew of four. The lack of detail on their shuttle sets and spacesuit costumes is utterly laughable, as is the tiny mission control room that looks to have maybe twelve people in it.
Some of this may be blamed on the fact that Hangar 18 was released in 1980, while the real-life space shuttle didn't begin test flights until 1981.  Thing is, the production actually thanks NASA in the end credits, which suggests that they spent some time there and had plenty of opportunities to ask questions like, “what would this look like?” and “how long would it take to do that?”  So either they didn't bother to ask, didn't bother to use what they'd learned, or just didn't care – and as a result the beginning of their movie looks like something out of Mighty Jack.
All right, with that out of the way, what is this movie supposed to be?  Well, as I said above, it's the History Channel.  Hangar 18 is basically a distillation of the entire modern UFO mythology (yep, here I go again), complete with Men in Black, abductions, Area 51, ancient astronauts, and crash retrievals – all in a ninety-six minute nutshell!  The only thing it's missing is a cattle mutilation.  The problem is that none of these things really make any sense when you think about them with your tinfoil hat off, and the movie doesn't try very hard to make sense of them.
First, there's the whole 'government cover up' angle.  In the movie, the bigwigs don't want anybody finding out about the UFO at first because they fear it will affect the outcome of an impending election.  In the interests of keeping things quiet they move the craft to a secure facility and pay off the witness who saw it land so he won't talk to anybody – sure, that works.  But there are also the two astronauts who watched this object kill their colleague.  You would assume that they would be interviewed and then told about the need to stay mum for a while... but this never happens.  In fact, for reasons that are absolutely not remotely 'reasonable', the conspiracy just ignores the astronauts entirely until they start making pests of themselves.
When a news story breaks blaming the two astronauts for the death of their colleage, the higher-ups don't even comment on it.  When the astronauts themselves start asking questions, they are shut out, followed, and harrassed, until one of them and at least four of the federal agents are dead.  Why was any of that necessary?  One guy did suggest, right at the beginning, that it would be easier to just write them a cheque and ask them to take a vacation while this all got sorted out, but apparently trying to assassinate two celebrities in public was much more acceptable.
At the end, the conspiracy realizes that the saucer itself has become a liability.  If anyone finds out about the stupid decisions they've already made, their careers will be over, so it's time to do one more mind-numbingly idiotic thing and blow the whole thing up.  Oh yes, clearly, destroying the scientific find of the millennium and killing everybody who knows about it is the obvious solution.  That will definitely make all their problems go away.
Naturally it does not, but we never really see the consequences of this.  A voiceover tells us, as the credits roll, that the people who were inside the ship survived the blast and the fire.  The secret is now out, but we never get a hint of the fallout.  At the end of Captain America: the Winter Soldier we saw the evil senator getting arrested and a glimpse of Black Widow testifying, and that's enough to assure us that everything turned out okay.  In Hangar 18 we're supposed to take it on faith that the conspiracy guys will be punished, instead of, say, vanishing into 'retirement' on a tropical island somewhere. We're not supposed to be curious about the effect these revelations will have on society, or what will happen when the aliens actually return.  Any of these things would be a more interesting movie than watching two guys in bell-bottoms getting chased across the desert by Men in Black.
The UFO itself had quite a bit more effort put into it than anything else in the movie – maybe this is why they had no money left and were forced to settle for that plastic model kit of the space shuttle.  In space it is visible only as an arc of orange lights, actually looking rather like the Phoenix Lights of 1997, and is really kind of eerie.  Then we get a closer look at it in the hangar, and find it is nothing at all like the standard-issue flying saucer we were expecting.  It looks more like a piece of industrial equipment you'd find at an oil refinery, with a strong sense of weight and scarcely a hint of aerodynamics as we know them.  The first time it appeared, I honestly wasn't sure what I was looking at – was that supposed to be the UFO?  I'm not entirely sure if I like this treatment of it, but it definitely surprised me.
The inside of the craft looks more like we might expect a UFO to look, with silver walls and blinky lights and dead dudes with shaved heads.  Much is made of the fact that symbols on board the spaceship are identical to those known from assorted ancient cultures, but the ones we see are all completely made up because that means they didn't have to do any research.  The space armadillo in the glass tube is somewhat interesting.  The blonde woman who wakes up screaming could have been interesting, but the movie just puts her in an ambulance and forgets about her.
Then there's the aliens.  This is the bit where the movie goes full Von Däniken, with a character proclaiming that human evolution has been shaped by these beings from the start.  That's why we and they have identical internal organs, right down to the useless bits like the appendix and the nictitating membrane.
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Human anatomy is derived from the same primate ancestor as that of the other great apes, which in turn is derived from the last common ancestor of all mammals, which is derived from the last common ancestor of all tetrapods, which is derived from the last common ancestor of all vertebrates, and so on, and so on, and so on.  There is nothing in our bodies that other animals don't have in some form, because we all began with the same source material.  You can follow this right down to the molecular level: every living thing on Earth uses the same chemistry, because we all have a common origin.
If we're positing that a creature from another planet has the same internal organs as us, it doesn't matter how much they're supposed to have messed with our genes, it's still ridiculous.  A true alien would have had to start from scratch.  There's no reason why they would even use the same genetic code as us (for example, with three A's in a row coding for lysine, aka the one the Jurassic Park dinosaurs can't make), let alone have an appendix.  For these aliens to be responsible for our anatomy looking just like theirs, they would have had to guide the origins of life on Earth from its formation, and kept an eye on it since to make sure it didn't wander off on an evolutionary tangent before inventing bilateral symmetry or something.
Don't even get me started on the idea that aliens could interbreed with us.  It'd be like trying to create something that was half-human, half-watermelon, only even more so.
Other than the strange-looking UFO, Hangar 18 doesn't offer us anything particularly memorable.  The characters aren't very interesting, the aliens are utterly forgettable movie aliens, and the effects are unconvincing at best.  The story avoids the more interesting ideas it brings up and sticks to the obvious. It's mediocre and disappointing, and I can't imagine I'll ever want to watch it again.
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nemesisbinxartifactseries · 5 years ago
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Artifact Series C
C. Everett Koop's Scalpel
C. Henry Kempe's Teddy Bear
C.D. Atkins' Orange Juice Jug
C. H. Bennett's Ball of String
C. L. Blood's Bellows
C. S. Lewis' Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis' Writing Pen
C.S.A.: Confederate States of America Film Poster
Cab Calloway’s Zoot Suit
Cabbage Patch Monkey Doll
Cable from the Warsaw Radio Mast
Cai Lun’s Paper
Cain's Stone
Calaveras Skull
Calico Jack's Belt
Calico Jack's Flintlock Pistol
California Gold Rush Mining Pan
Caligula's Battle Armor
Caligula's Sandals *
Calvin Coolidge's Kerosene Lamp
Calvin Graham’s Sailor Suit
Calypso's Conch
Camera from the Ed Sullivan Show
Cameron Todd Willingham's Lighter
Camille Flammarion's Flammarion Engraving
Candles from Jeanne Calment's 100th Birthday Cake
Candle from the Conspirators Camp
Cangjie’s Oracle Bone Script
Canister of Greek Fire
Canister of Inconsolability *
Cannon from the Battle of Narva
Cao Cao’s Beard Brush
Captain Adrian Snow's Gauntlet
Captain Edward John Smith's Hat
Captain Gallagher’s Sword Hilt
Captain Hendrick Goosen's Trawling Net
Captain Joseph White’s Mattress
Caracalla's Bathing Amphora
Caravaggio’s Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence
Caravaggio's The Lute Player *
Carbondale Oppressing Iron *
Cardea's Hinge
Cardinal Richelieu's Table Knife
Caretaker Ribbon *
Carey Loftin's Gloves *
Carl Barks' Animation Cels
Carl Hagenbeck's Circus Wagon
Carl G. Fisher’s Acetylene Headlight
Carl Gustav Hempel's Apple
Carl Jung's Cuckoo Clock
Carl Jung’s Sofa Cushion
Carl Laemmle's Nickelodeon
Carl Linnaeus' Cravat
Carl Linnaeus' Herbarium
Carl Magee’s Parking Meter
Carl McCunn's Driver License
Carl Ray's Paint Brushes
Carl Sagan's Jacket
Carlo Collodi's Bracelet *
Carlo Pellegrini’s Spats
Carlos Arredondo's Hat
Carlos Hathcock's Feather
Carlos Marcello's Favorite Table
Carmen Miranda's Maracas
Carmine Galante’s Cigar
Carnation Flowers from the Carnation Revolution
Carrie Nation’s Hatchet
Carrie White's Prom Dress
Carry-on Bag
Casey Jones' Pocketwatch
Casey Martin's Golf Club
Casey Martin’s Golf Tee
Casimir Pulaski's and Michael Kovats de Fabriczy's Hessian Cavalry Swords
Casimir Zeglen’s Bulletproof Vest
Cask of Amontillado
Caspar Wistar’s Shutters
Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson's '58 Ford Thunderbird
Cassie Chadwick's Pearl Necklace
Cassius Dio's Silver Coins
Castle Crasher Knight's Weapons
Catequil's Clubs
Caterina Sforza's Spine
Catherine de' Medici's Corset
Catherine of Aragon's Wedding Ring
Catherine O'Leary's Cow Bell *
Catherine the Great's Scarf
Catherine the Great's Slippers
Catherine the Great's Washing Board *
"Cats" Vinyl Record
Cattle Skull
Caucasian Eagle Automaton
Caught-in-the-Throat "Laff!" Sign *
Cauldron of Annwn
Cauldron of Rebirth
Cave of the Piasa Bird
Cecil B. DeMille's Riding Crop *
Cecília Meireles' Rose Pen
Cellphone from the Set of Dollhouse
Celtic Red Deer Hide
Ceramic Black Buffalo
Ceramic Figurine Collection
Cernunnos' Torc
Cesar Chavez's Hoe
Cesar Chavez's Trellis
Cesira Ferrani's Atomizer
Chain from St. Mary of Bethlehem Asylum
Chains Used to Topple Saddam Hussein's Statue in Firdos Square
Chair from the Norrmalmstorg Bank Robbery
Chalice of Dionysus
Chalkboard Erasers from the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic
Champagne Glasses From the SS United States
Chandelier from the Montansier Opera House *
Chandre Oram's Flag
Chang and Eng Bunker's Wedding Rings
Chang Apana's Detective Badge
Charlemagne's Crown
Charlemagne's Stirrup
Charles II of Navarre’s Bandages
Charles II's Croquet Balls *
Charles II's Executioner Axe
Charles VI’s Pillow
Charles Addams' Harpsichord
Charles Algernon Parsons' Gramophone Horn
Charles Angibaud’s Mortar
Charles Babbage's Gears
Charles Babbage's Difference Engine
Charles Baudelaire's Second Volume of Les Fleurs du mal
Charles B. Franklin’s Camshaft
Charles Bell's Rolls of Canvas
Charles Blondin's Tightrope
Charles Blondin's Unitard
Charles the Bold’s Livery Collar
Charles Bourseul’s Telephone
Charles Bowles' Flour Sack
Charles Calvert's Tobacco
Charles Carpenter’s Bazookas
Charles Correll's Amos 'n' Andy Taxi
Charles Coughlin's Collar
Charles Cretors’ Popcorn Cart
Charles Cullen's Scrubs
Charles Darwin’s Magnifying Glass
Charles Darwin's Spyglass
Charles Davenport's Syringe
Charles Dickens' Badminton Racket *
Charles Dickens’ Desk
Charles Dickens' Scotch
Charles Dodgson's Rosary
Charles Douglass’ Laff Box
Charles Édouard Guillaume's Balance Wheel
Charles F. Urschel’s Blindfold
Charles Fort’s Newspaper Clippings
Charles Fort's Umbrella
Charles Francis Hall's Coffee Cup
Charles Goodyear's Synthetic Rubber
Charles Hanson's Rocking Horse *
Charles J. Guiteau’s Revolver
Charles Jeffries' Skeleton Army Cap
Charles Kingsford Smith's Airplane's Undercarriage Leg and Wheel
Charles Knight's Hail Cannon
Charles Lindbergh Jr.’s Baby Rattle
Charles Lyell's Tool Belt
Charles M. Schulz's Pumpkin
Charles Macintosh's Socks
Charles Manson's Metal Guitar Pick
Charles Manson's VW Bus
Charles Martel's Stirrup
Charles Minthorn Murphy’s Bicycle Rollers
Charles Osborne's Water Cup
Charles Page's Cross
Charles Peace's Gold Pocketwatch
Charles Pearson's Tin-Can Telephone
Charles Perrault's Seven-League Boots
Charles Portal's RAF Pin
Charles Ponzi's Money Clip *
Charles Richter and Beno Gutenberg's Paper Roll and Pen
Charles Richter's Fountain Pen and Cap
Charles Simic's Fork
Charles Wells’ Roulette Wheel
Charles Whitman's Sniper Rifle
Charley Parkhurst's Whip
Charlie Chaplin's Bowler Hat
Charlie Chaplin's Cane
Charlotte Corday's Hairbrush
Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Wallpaper
Charlton Heston's Rifle
Charles Whitman's Sniper Rifle
Charred Crane from Greene County Oil Well Fire
Château de Madrid Majolica
Che Guevara's Beret
Chen Si's Motorbike
Chernobyl Three's Lab Coats
Cherry Hill Murder Artifacts
The Chest of Chirizu-kakai-o
Chester Moore Hall's Achromatic Lens *
Chesty Puller's Bullet Shells
Chesty Puller's Five Navy Crosses
Chicago May's Lipstick
Chicago Wheel
Chief Tecumseh's Robes
Chimariko Tribe Shaman Drum
Chi Medallion
Chicago City Key Chain
Chinese Baoding Balls
Chinese Chopsticks
Chinese Doubling Pot
Chinese New Year Good Luck Knot
Chinese New Year Red Envelope
Chinese Orchid *
The Chinese Sandalwood
Ching Ling Foo’s Bowl
Ching Shih's Katana
Chiune Sugihara's Visa Stamp
Choe Bu's Diary
Choe Museon’s Hwacha
Chris Gardner's Parking Tickets
Chris Hadfield's Acoustic Guitar
Christchurch City Cathedral Spire
Christiaan Barnard's Scalpel
Christiaan Huygens' Pendulum
Christiaan Huygens' Prism
Christian Doppler's Tie
Christian Mortensen's Thread and Needle
Christina the Astonishing's Thurible
Christine Chubbuck's Pearl Necklace
Christine Skubish's Toy Blocks
Christmas Lights from the Rockefeller Tree
Christmas Pyramid
Christmas Truce Submarine Ornament *
Christopher Columbus' Brooch *
Christopher Lee's Bowtie
Christopher Lee's Copy of The Lord of the Rings
Christopher Müller’s Gold Tooth
Christopher Reeve's Superman Cape
Christopher Robin Milne's Sketchpad
Chōchin-obake
Choe Bu's Diary
Chōjun Miyagi's Gi Belt
Chowchilla Kidnapping School Bus
Chromatic Bermuda Kite
Chrysippus' Wine Bottle
Chuck Jones' Glasses
Chucky Doll
Chuck Yeager's Favourite Record *
Chuck Yeager's Flight Helmet
Chun-Kwai Seducing Vase *
Chung Ling Soo's Plate
Chunk of the Chelyabinsk Meteor
Church of St. Pancras' Altar Cross
Chyren's Rapier
Cinderella's Carriage
Cinderella's Glass Knife *
Cine-Kodak 8 Model 25 Camera
Cintamani Stone
Circe's Wand
Cirque du Soleil Leotard
Civil War Snare Drums
Clap-board from Thriller
Clara Barton's Gloves *
Clarence Birdseye's Food Freezer
Clarence Birdseye's Heat Pump
Clarence Saunders’ Turnstile
Clark Gable's Grooming Kit *
Clark Wiley's Cage
Claude Alexander Conlin’s Crystal Ball
Claude Alexander Conlin's Thought Control Turban *
Claude Louis Berthollet's Snuff Box
Claude Shannon's Chess Board
Claus von Stauffenberg’s Plastic Explosive
Claus von Stauffenberg's Suitcase
Clay Models From Corpse Bride
Clement Moore's Pen
Clementine's Ballcap
Cleopatra's Perfume Jar
Cleopatra's Preserved Asp *
Cleve Hall's Airbrush
Clever Hans’s Horseshoes
Clint Malarchuk's Blood-Stained Jersey
Clipped Wings of Pegasus
Clock Face and Hands from the Original Big Ben
Closet Door
Clothing Folding Laundry Hamper
Clyde Barrow's B.A.R. Machine Gun
Clyde W. Tombaugh's Photographic Plates
Coclé Cat
Coconut Husks from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Coco Chanel's Handbag
Code of Hammurabi Tablet
Cold Feet Shoes
Cold War Air Raid Siren
Cole MacGrath's Amp
Cole MacGrath's Courier Jacket
Collection of Jimmy MacDonald's Sound Effect Devices
Colonel Sanders' Suit
Colossus Computer Vacuum Tubes
The Colt used by Clement Vallandigham
Columbia Space Shuttle
Combustable Figgy Pudding
The Comfy Chair
Complete Encyclopedia Brittanica, Circa 1966 *
Confucius' Flip-Flops *
Confucius' Lantern
Congo the Chimpanzee's Paint Brushes
Connor Kenway's Tomahawk
Conrad Haas’ Nozzle
Conrad Reed's Gold Nuggets
Consoling Valentine's Day Chocolates
Constance of Penafiel's Throne
Constantine the Great's Crucifix *
Constricting Yo-Yo
Conversation-Stopping Robot
Convincing Dreidels (canon)
Constantin Stanislavski's Eyeglasses
"Cookie Thieves Beware" Cookie Jar
Cookware from the Iron Chef Set
Copper Bowls of Life and Death *
Copper Roof Panel from the Plaza Hotel
Copy of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial from the Alamogordo Landfill
Coraline Jones' Doll
Corbels from the Church of St Mary and St David
The Cordwaining Shoebox
Cornelis Drebbel’s Micro-Telescope
Cornelis Drebbel's Oar
Corner of Moses Stone Tablet *
Corrupted Zalgo Computers
Corsican Brother's Vest *
Corn Popper
Corvo Attano's Gas Mask
Customer Service Cell Phone *
The Cottingley Fairies
Cotton Club Matchbox
Cotton Swab from the Phantom of Heilbronn
Count of St. Germain's Ring *
Cover of the Book of Kells
Covered Wagon
Craig Jackson's Watch
Craig Shergold’s Greeting Cards
Cranston's Police Blotter
Crazy Horse's Tomahawk
Creighton Abrams' Hat
Cretan Labyrinth Archway
Cristofori's Piano Keyboard
Cross Brace from the LZ 129 Hindenburg
Crown Devon Honey Pot Preserves Jar
Crown of Minos
Crown Prince Sado's Sandals
Crowns of Peter and Ines
Crying Heart Piano
Cryogenic Gas Heater
Crystal Skull
Crystalline Diamond Necklace *
Ctesibius' Water Clock
Cuchulainn's Post
The Cudgel in the Sack
Cuevas de los Cristales Selenite Sample
Cupid's Arrows
Currier & Ives Advent Calendar *
Curtis Ebbesmeyer’s Friendly Floatees Bath Toys
Cutthroat Kitchen's Hatchet
Currency Changing Wallet
Cy Young's Baseball
Cybermen Outfits
Cymbal-Banging Monkey
Cynebil of Porththorp's Jawbone and Skull
Cynthia Doll
Cyrill Demian's Accordion
Cyrus Teed's Orrery
Cyrus the Great's Achaemenian Tapestry
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Nostromo
Ron Cobb and Chris Fobb were the concept artists which designed this Alien life form space craft. If you look closer, the design is made from simply grey Lego building blocks and pieces.
The Nostromo started as no more than a steel frame that was constructed to provide skeletal support to the massive (estimated at 500 pounds or more) final build. Chunks of solid wood were shaped and mounted on the steel to serve as the vessel’s “musculature.” Once the Nostromo had a sound understructure, Brian Johnson’s team went to work applying the “skin” to the Nostromo’s industrial surface. This group of artisans called themselves “The Widgeteers,” a dedicated team of detail-oriented engineers, applying hundreds of little plastic widgets in a tedious labor of madness and passion.
The Nostromo’s outer surface was brought to life via a method known as “kit-bashing” where the modellers would raid hobby shops for off-the-shelf model kits and then use the parts from those models to create the very functional-looking outer surface of the miniature. In the case of the Nostromo, certain model kits were “bashed” again and again to give the Nostromo life. Parts that were required in high multiples were sometimes obtained in batches from the models’ manufacturers. The most popular models farmed for their parts? A British Matilda tank from World War II, NASA’s space shuttle, and Darth Vader’s TIE-Fighter. The effects team then used chloroform to literally melt the plastic parts so that they could be shaped to the curving surface of the miniature. Once they were shaped, the chloroform would eat away at the thin styrene model parts, thus bonding them to the wooden understructure. With that much surface area and that many parts, one sincerely hopes that the modelers employed OSHA-approved ventilation during the build.
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hobbyrockets · 7 years ago
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Estes 2183 Shuttle Xpress Flying Model Rocket Kit
Estes 2183 Shuttle Xpress Flying Model Rocket Kit
Product Description Estes rocket carries two shuttles into space! After liftoff, shuttles will separate from the rocket’s body and glide back to Earth! Features:Rocket has a parachute recovery system.Pre-decorated, one-piece plastic nose cone.Styrofoam shuttle bodies. Pre-decorated rocket body tubes. Pre-decorated plastic shuttle fins. Step-by-step, detailed assembly instructions with…
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