From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Matt Bacon" References: Subject: Re: 1/72 Monogram Shuttle -- ARC submission Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 15:55:27 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0050_01C40B6F.2293BF40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C40B6F.2293BF40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1/72 Monogram Shuttle -- ARC submissionHi Matt, Thanks for sending in your Shuttle article. I still need photo 1 and = 5....then we're all set. This one is a beauty. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Matt Bacon=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:11 PM Subject: 1/72 Monogram Shuttle -- ARC submission Gallery Template #05 "1/72 Monogram Space Shuttle"=20 by Matt Bacon -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here=20 I started out with the intention of building this and a Wright Flyer = for December 17th, 2003. Well, the best laid plans... The Monogram Shuttle looks good to me, and I really don't understand = why R-M choose to re-issue the Revell version rather than this one. The = payload bay interior parts, though, are based on some early conceptual = artwork, rather than anything that ever really flew, so there is some = work to do to get an accurate load. I detailed and scratch-built the consoles in the cockpit, more for my = own satisfaction than anything else - unless you light the interior = somehow, there's precious little to be seen through the cockpit windows. For an "on-orbit" configuration, you need to open up the thrusters. To = make the recessed nozzles, I drilled out the covers to leave oval holes. = Then I stuck big hunks of Milliput behind the holes, and twirled some = sprue I had shaped into a curved point through each hole, at the right = angle. The fit of the rear engine bulkhead isn't great, requiring some = superglue and a lot of tight-pulled tape - work both sides symmetrically = up from the bottom, or it will fit on one side and be nowhere near on = the other. Also, beware - as far as I can see, it isn't possible to = complete the payload bay and drop it in with both front and rear = bulkheads fitted. I used the Cutting Edge resin engines, which are = great. The umbilical panels were made from some great drawings supplied = by a fellow Yahoo space-modeller, which I coloured in and printed out as = a decal. It was at this point that AMS set in... Click on images below to see larger images Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg = here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of = photo 03.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 045.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 045.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 05.jpg=20 The payload bay is where most of the work is. In the kit, it is pretty = empty. Look at the photos on the NASA Spaceflight site, and it clearly = isn't. I'm a great believer in Shep Paine's concept of "gizmology", so = I've tried to busy it up broadly in line with the pictures, rather than = copy every detail - you'd go mad. I basically made a bunch of "junction = boxes", and joined them with black craft elastic, designed for = bracelet-making, for the cables. The ribs are styrene strip, and the = "insulation" between them is made from the wrappers that a local = high-end sandwich shop uses! The Spacelab as offered sits too close to the cockpit bulkhead - in = real life it was moved back to keep the centre of gravity in limits. = This means building a longer tunnel - you'll need 20mm OD tubing of some = sort. The worst bit of the whole build was getting the trusses that hold = the tunnel to fit together. This really was a case of try and try and = try again... and then cut. The insulation on the payload is "Duck" white = tape, available from Woolworths in the UK I used Cutting Edge tile decals. The decals are amazing, though they = need to be trimmed a bit to fit for the Monogram, and I have no idea why = the leading edge of the chines isn't covered. The FRSI and AFRSI = insulation on the wing upper surfaces and tail is made from a strong = "Duck" tape, which has a good texture, and takes matt varnish well. It = took a long while to figure this out, and I commend it to anyone in the = UK who is having trouble finding the medical tapes our transatlantic = cousins seem to be able to buy at the local drugstore. I'd like to say a big thank-you to Neil Sulkes, who has been my = sounding board and cheerleader throughout this build - this model is a = whole lot better than it would have been without him. I'd also like to = thank Bruce for the references, and Mat Irvine for some wise words at a = crucial moment . =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here=20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by Matt Bacon -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- ------=_NextPart_000_0050_01C40B6F.2293BF40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1/72 Monogram Shuttle -- ARC submission
Hi Matt,
Thanks for sending in = your Shuttle=20 article.  I still need photo 1 and 5....then we're all set.  = This one=20 is a beauty.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Matt Bacon
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 = 3:11=20 PM
Subject: 1/72 Monogram Shuttle = -- ARC=20 submission


Gallery = Template=20 #05

"1/72 Monogram Space = Shuttle" 


by Matt=20 Bacon

--------------------

Steve Bamford will insert full sized version = of photo=20 01.jpg=20 here=20



I started = out with the=20 intention of building this and a Wright Flyer for December 17th, 2003. = Well,=20 the best laid plans...

The Monogram Shuttle looks good to me, = and I=20 really don=92t understand why R-M choose to re-issue the Revell = version rather=20 than this one. The payload bay interior parts, though, are based on = some early=20 conceptual artwork, rather than anything that ever really flew, so = there is=20 some work to do to get an accurate load.

I detailed and = scratch-built=20 the consoles in the cockpit, more for my own satisfaction than = anything else =96=20 unless you light the interior somehow, there=92s precious little to be = seen=20 through the cockpit windows.

For an =93on-orbit=94 = configuration, you need=20 to open up the thrusters. To make the recessed nozzles, I drilled out = the=20 covers to leave oval holes. Then I stuck big hunks of Milliput behind = the=20 holes, and twirled some sprue I had shaped into a curved point through = each=20 hole, at the right angle. The fit of the rear engine bulkhead isn=92t = great,=20 requiring some superglue and a lot of tight-pulled tape =97 work both = sides=20 symmetrically up from the bottom, or it will fit on one side and be = nowhere=20 near on the other. Also, beware =97 as far as I can see, it isn=92t = possible to=20 complete the payload bay and drop it in with both front and rear = bulkheads=20 fitted. I used the Cutting Edge resin engines, which are great. The = umbilical=20 panels were made from some great drawings supplied by a fellow Yahoo=20 space-modeller, which I coloured in and printed out as a = decal.

It was=20 at this point that AMS set=20 in...




Click on = images below to=20 see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able = smaller=20 version of photo 03.jpg here.  = Clicking on that=20 photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg =

     Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller=20 version of photo 04.jpg here.  = Clicking on that=20 photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20

     Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of = photo=20 045.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized=20 version of photo 045.jpg


   Steve Bamford will insert a click-able = smaller=20 version of photo 05.jpg here.  = Clicking on that=20 photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg=20

The = payload bay is where=20 most of the work is. In the kit, it is pretty empty. Look at the = photos on the=20 NASA Spaceflight site, and it clearly isn=92t. I=92m a great believer = in Shep=20 Paine=92s concept of =93gizmology=94, so I=92ve tried to busy it up = broadly in line=20 with the pictures, rather than copy every detail =97 you=92d go mad. I = basically=20 made a bunch of =93junction boxes=94, and joined them with black craft = elastic,=20 designed for bracelet-making, for the cables. The ribs are styrene = strip, and=20 the =93insulation=94 between them is made from the wrappers that a = local high-end=20 sandwich shop uses!

The Spacelab as offered sits too close to = the=20 cockpit bulkhead =97 in real life it was moved back to keep the centre = of=20 gravity in limits. This means building a longer tunnel =97 you=92ll = need 20mm OD=20 tubing of some sort. The worst bit of the whole build was getting the = trusses=20 that hold the tunnel to fit together. This really was a case of try = and try=20 and try again... and then cut. The insulation on the payload is = =93Duck=94 white=20 tape, available from Woolworths in the UK

I used Cutting Edge = tile=20 decals. The decals are amazing, though they need to be trimmed a bit = to fit=20 for the Monogram, and I have no idea why the leading edge of the = chines isn't=20 covered. The FRSI and AFRSI insulation on the wing upper surfaces and = tail is=20 made from a strong  "Duck" tape, which has a good texture, and = takes matt=20 varnish well. It took a long while to figure this out, and I commend = it to=20 anyone in the UK who is having trouble finding the medical tapes our=20 transatlantic cousins seem to be able to buy at the local=20 drugstore.

I'd like to say a big thank-you to Neil Sulkes, who = has been=20 my sounding board and cheerleader throughout this build =97 this model = is a=20 whole lot better than it would have been without him. I'd also like to = thank=20 Bruce for the references, and Mat Irvine for some wise words at a = crucial=20 moment .
  =
Steve Bamford will insert full = sized version of=20 photo 02.jpg here=20


Photos and = text =A9 2003=20 by Matt Bacon

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