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Mad props HD-You've always been an inspiration! Love to see this in person-so cool!
Yes, think 1800's. A nice Biedermeier touch in the cockpit would add historical significance that less that one percent of the viewing public would even want to understand. The heavy wood finishes would act as good nose weight! Just don't get caught in the doll house section of Hobby Lobby!
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Don't laugh, I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate just that without going over the edge. And yes, I've already been in the doll house section. Fortunatly the scale is a bit large so no sale there but I did get ideas !! I need to say, sorry , right now for the quality of some of these pics. My camera does not take good close ups. I will borrow a buds camera tonight and retake some of these. I continued with the nose build out. I picked up some of those little needle point pattern thingies at walmart on clearance for 50 cents. they looked like they might make some sort of good grate and they were round--all the easier. Out of the package they were a perfect fit for the rear bulkhead. I painted it gunmetal and the pattern copper. I did the same for the flooring area, but I "samiched" a piece of plastic between the two pattern pieces. I used spray adhesive to hold the parts together and then epoxied the flooring to the bulkhead.--View attachment 180305-View attachment 180306--I'm pretty happy with this and it gives me a good starting point for the cockpit area. I went ahead and added some rivits to the interior of the cone--this was a PIA.--View attachment 180307-Here's what it looks like roughed out--View attachment 180309--Also got some work done on the ladder and hatch area , although I still need some work in this area--View attachment 180310-View attachment 180311--I'm going to turn my attention to the landing legs--having a mental block on those at the moment as well as the cockpit seating. I'll get a glass of wine and loosen up !! I promise to get some better pics out later.
Looking cool. As usual I am always coming up with annoying suggestions (those of us that can't do, make comments from peanut gallery!)
Is the anterior section going to fall with the front of the nose cone DOWN? This of course is the usual way nose cones fall, but might be a bit rough on this one. With the steam punk design, it might not stick out TOO bad to have an external shock cord attachment forward enough that the nose SECTION falls nose tip UP. May require a longer nose section, like adding a payload section. For the attachment, I was thinking something like the faucet handle for a fire hose (in miniature, of course.). You could either leave the shock cord unattached during display, just attaching it for launch, OR come up with a creative shock cord external component (chain? Simulated fire hose?) that would accent your current decor scheme.
I just have a bad feeling about have a transparent nose cone hitting directly on Terra Firma, especially if the Terra is particularly Firma.
Anyhow, as usual it I another of the TYPICAL (for you) pieces of Flyable Rocket Art.
Ya know, I could hand a rocket or two over to you guys to launch for me !! Not sure how close you are to me but samb is in my area.
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