2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 9

Progress has finally made it to the color coat stage. After hand brushing the darker gray colors and then masking them I painted everything in my base color using Vallejo Model Color White Gray. To my eye it makes the perfect base color. It is almost white with just a hint of gray. I sprayed … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 9

2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 8

I didn't get as much done this week as I wanted. The holidays tend to do that. But there was progress. I assembled the 10 spine parts. These each consisted of 5 pieces. There were no locator pins since there needed to be room to run the metal tube through them. They did have an … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Part 8

LEGO Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

I'm bored to death waiting for the bubble to dissolve in my eye after my surgery. My vision in that eye is such that I have a hard time with small items, so that rules out getting back to the Voskhod right now. However, I did get the LEGO Lunar Module for my birthday. My … Continue reading LEGO Apollo 11 Lunar Lander

50th Anniversary Saturn V Build Complete

Clear coating is done. The stand is complete. The project is done. Here is the final update. I sanded the wooden base block and sprayed it with gray primer. Then after that had cured, I drew three chord lines on it. Then I drew a perpendicular bisector for each of those chords. Where the bisectors … Continue reading 50th Anniversary Saturn V Build Complete

50th Anniversary Saturn V Build Update 12

I got the silver painted on the bottom of the S-IC. It turned out pretty well. I've now started applying the decals to the S-IC. Once again, some very tiny detailed decals. The first photo below is a close up of applying one of the forward skirt vent decals over the vent warning decal. You … Continue reading 50th Anniversary Saturn V Build Update 12