Well construction is done on the Discovery XD-1. I made my goal of finishing it before Christmas (if you don't count the stand). I'm still working on how I want to display it. I don't know if I'll use the stands that are included in the in kit or if I'll try to find something … Continue reading 2001 Discovery XD-1 Build Complete
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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
