I glued the Ascent and Descent stages together with a small amount of 5-minute epoxy. The stages fit together well and I could probably have not used any glue, but I didn’t want to risk it. Here is a series of photos around the completed LM.
Below is a series of photos of the completed model. I shot them in front of a black background and edited out rod that holds them up.
That completes this build. I like the end result. I used some skills that I haven’t used in quite some time so that was fun. The kit itself produced some frustrations but I think they were all dealt with sufficiently well. If I had been thinking further ahead I would have drilled the mounting hole closer to the CM heatshield so that the combined CSM/LM would be a bit more balanced. That LM is quite the chunk of plastic for it’s size.
I intend to mount this on a wood plate along with the Horizon 1/72 Mercury and the 1/72 Dragon Gemini kits. That will show the U.S. 1960’s manned spacecraft in one place at the same scale. I’ll post a photo of the combined kits when I get that done.
I don’t know for sure what kit will come out of the stash next, but it will be after I finish building the IMSAI 8080 emulator that I bought a while back. Lots of soldering on that one. Plus, it has a couple of components that are surface mount. Hopefully I won’t screw that up.
Thanks for looking.
Luhman-ations 