Moonraker stack in 1/72 (Finished!)
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JMChladek
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Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72
Right.... sure.
You volunteering to build it? Frankly I thought that station was UGLY! Ken Adam is a great set designer, but making a space station look like some funky mobile with no concept of gravity physics just didn't do it for me. It had elements I really liked, such as the docking hubs, the radar dish and the glass tubes connecting the different sections. The interior sections also looked pretty cool. But it just looked like a mess overall IMHO (sort of like a 1970s hamster/gerbel tunnel toy designed by somebody on LSD). It sure as heck didn't look like anything built by a bunch of shuttle flights. That kind of makes its destruction satisfying to me considering that Meddings and his boys simulated its destruction on camera by blasting it with shotguns. :lol
Right.... sure.
You volunteering to build it? Frankly I thought that station was UGLY! Ken Adam is a great set designer, but making a space station look like some funky mobile with no concept of gravity physics just didn't do it for me. It had elements I really liked, such as the docking hubs, the radar dish and the glass tubes connecting the different sections. The interior sections also looked pretty cool. But it just looked like a mess overall IMHO (sort of like a 1970s hamster/gerbel tunnel toy designed by somebody on LSD). It sure as heck didn't look like anything built by a bunch of shuttle flights. That kind of makes its destruction satisfying to me considering that Meddings and his boys simulated its destruction on camera by blasting it with shotguns. :lol
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72
I got some more work done on Thursday. I put on the black areas around the nose and the cockpit windows. I also trimmed the tail edge in brown:
The black shade used was Testors Model Master Aircraft Interior Black, which is slightly grayer in shade then flat black. I still need to add black around the rear main engine areas. Then it will be some minor touchup work in spots and fixing a couple detail flaws. Then I can move on to drawing on the tile detail. At least now it is really looking like a Moonraker.
I got some more work done on Thursday. I put on the black areas around the nose and the cockpit windows. I also trimmed the tail edge in brown:
The black shade used was Testors Model Master Aircraft Interior Black, which is slightly grayer in shade then flat black. I still need to add black around the rear main engine areas. Then it will be some minor touchup work in spots and fixing a couple detail flaws. Then I can move on to drawing on the tile detail. At least now it is really looking like a Moonraker.
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72
Well, I am trying a new detailing technique to represent the tile detail seen on the studio models. I am drawing them on with a mechanical pencil. So far, I've gotten the upper part of the nose done.
As much as possible, I am using the bluray screen caps Jon (b26354) posted to his own site. For the nose, I used these two:
moonraker reference grabs
moonraker reference grabs
Of course, I am making some alterations in spots to make the TPS look a little more fleshed out on my model. Plus, not all the Moonraker studio models had exactly the same tile pattern. While I am trying to represent the launch stack model, I have to throw in some other elements in spots where the photo coverage is lacking. Once the pencil lines are down, I'll seal them in with a clearcoat, spray some weathering coats over certain spots and then move onto decalling the beast.
This will take awhile, but it is about the best method I've found for doing this type of detailing and it should look great in the end.
Well, I am trying a new detailing technique to represent the tile detail seen on the studio models. I am drawing them on with a mechanical pencil. So far, I've gotten the upper part of the nose done.
As much as possible, I am using the bluray screen caps Jon (b26354) posted to his own site. For the nose, I used these two:
moonraker reference grabs
moonraker reference grabs
Of course, I am making some alterations in spots to make the TPS look a little more fleshed out on my model. Plus, not all the Moonraker studio models had exactly the same tile pattern. While I am trying to represent the launch stack model, I have to throw in some other elements in spots where the photo coverage is lacking. Once the pencil lines are down, I'll seal them in with a clearcoat, spray some weathering coats over certain spots and then move onto decalling the beast.
This will take awhile, but it is about the best method I've found for doing this type of detailing and it should look great in the end.
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72
They are coming. Other projects are taking up my time these days, but work on the Moonraker will resume soon. At the very least, it should be done by Wonderfest although I am hoping to have the work wrapped up by the start of model contest season here in the next couple months. Somewhere in that time I also have to begin work on a 1/72 STS-1 Columbia stack as well (both models together would make for an awsome display).
They are coming. Other projects are taking up my time these days, but work on the Moonraker will resume soon. At the very least, it should be done by Wonderfest although I am hoping to have the work wrapped up by the start of model contest season here in the next couple months. Somewhere in that time I also have to begin work on a 1/72 STS-1 Columbia stack as well (both models together would make for an awsome display).
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72
Bump.
I am back at work on this, trying to get it done for a Bond movie event locally in town in early May, as well as Wonderfest (where two Bond girls will be appearing). Pictures will be coming very soon, although the orbiter itself hasn't come that much further along. The main slog to date has been to the SRBs and the External Tank in an effort to make them look like essentially 1/72 versions of an Airfix model (i.e. raised area for the intertank, no texture on the tank and no recessed areas on the fronts of the SRBs).
You would think it would be relatively easy to grind all that pebble texture off the ET since it comes off way too easily when doing seam cleanup. But you would be wrong. To sand that stuff off took a LONG TIME! I didn't want to risk altering the shapes of the ET, so I had to do it with a grit coarse enough to remove the detailing, but fine enough to keep what I wanted.
The SRBs were another unexpected challenge. One of the reasons I chose to build a Moonraker stack from one of my Monogram kits is because it was a parts donor kit from a previous project. When I got my first stack in the mid-1990s (back before RM reissued the stack in 1999), it was missing the SRB nose cones. I tried to get them from Revell when the kit was reissued, but they never sent me any. The guy I got it from loaned me one of his styrene cones and I made a pair of solid resin copies from it. Detail was good enough to use them, but the problem became academic when the kit reissue came out and these were relegated to storage. As such, it seemed like a good idea to use them here.
Bump.
I am back at work on this, trying to get it done for a Bond movie event locally in town in early May, as well as Wonderfest (where two Bond girls will be appearing). Pictures will be coming very soon, although the orbiter itself hasn't come that much further along. The main slog to date has been to the SRBs and the External Tank in an effort to make them look like essentially 1/72 versions of an Airfix model (i.e. raised area for the intertank, no texture on the tank and no recessed areas on the fronts of the SRBs).
You would think it would be relatively easy to grind all that pebble texture off the ET since it comes off way too easily when doing seam cleanup. But you would be wrong. To sand that stuff off took a LONG TIME! I didn't want to risk altering the shapes of the ET, so I had to do it with a grit coarse enough to remove the detailing, but fine enough to keep what I wanted.
The SRBs were another unexpected challenge. One of the reasons I chose to build a Moonraker stack from one of my Monogram kits is because it was a parts donor kit from a previous project. When I got my first stack in the mid-1990s (back before RM reissued the stack in 1999), it was missing the SRB nose cones. I tried to get them from Revell when the kit was reissued, but they never sent me any. The guy I got it from loaned me one of his styrene cones and I made a pair of solid resin copies from it. Detail was good enough to use them, but the problem became academic when the kit reissue came out and these were relegated to storage. As such, it seemed like a good idea to use them here.
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72 (04/24/11 Update!)
Well, it has been awhile, but progress has been ongoing in my Moonraker stack project. I've spent the past couple weeks getting the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters finished and painted. Last night, I got them glued together on the support stand. I am using a similar support method for this build as my Atlantis stack as the completed model will sit on a glossy black display base that I purchased from a trophy shop. Many months ago, I measured off where the SRBs would sit and drilled two holes to accomodate a pair of 1/4" diameter pieces of music wire (one 36" piece of K&S wire, cut in half). For Atlantis, I used 3/16 pieces and I believe this resulted in an ever so slight lean in the stack when finished due to the rods flexing. I wanted to try and counteract that with this build.
The SRB exhaust cones had a couple brass tubes inserted and epoxied into them (5/16" diameter I believe, with the same inner diameter as the music wire rods). Next I installed the aft SRB segments.
Then came the External tank with the molded on aft field joint pieces. Same as the exhaust cones, I drilled holes to allow the brass tube to pass through and epoxied the lot together. While the glue dried, I made sure to slip on the SRB bodies to make sure everything was aligned properly while the glue dried. Next, I popped the bodies off and glued on a pair of centering rings made out of a dense foam material I had salvaged from a place I used to work at years ago. The rings feel kind of like a rice paper type foam pellet of some sort. They are rigid enough, yet flexible enough for my uses.
The centering rings were glued to the tops of the brass tubes (not close enough to risk getting glue on the music wire though) and slathered with epoxy (I used 30 minute type for this build). Then I dropped the SRB bodies back on and aligned everything before the glue dried. The epoxy in the foam was intended to help rigidize the rings in their final positions inside the SRBs for a nice straight and sturdy stack. The best part is though that I can slide the stack off the display stand whenever I want to for transport.
The bipod strut was made from music wire and styrene and also epoxied into the tank. I had to do this since the kit's original bipod was scrounged to replace a busted one on the Atlantis stack. But this new strut looks pretty accurate to the Moonraker one. As a side benefit, this new strut is much stronger than the old one and less likely to ever break. It also appears I can slip the orbiter on and off the stack without worrying about it breaking or sliding off. This should help with transporting the model as well.
You can also see the modifications made to the ET intertank in this picture. I believe Derek Meddings team used an Airfix 1/144 shuttle for a 3D reference for building the much bigger studio models as like the Airfix kit, the Moonrakers have no ribbing on the ET intertank (the assembly that joins the LOX and longer LHX tanks together on the ET). To duplicate this, I wrapped the ribbed intertank with a couple pieces of sheet styrene (.030 thickness I believe) and sanded it to shape. It was not easy as the glue I used caused the sheet to distort and sink where it crossed over a void. So at one point I had to drill in some vent holes and let the glue joints outgas before continuing my work. You will also note that this ET is smooth while the Monogram kit features a rough textured ET like the real shuttles. This took A LOT of sanding to remove and I looked like I had a massive cocaine binge at the end of it all. Some scratches from the rough grit paper I used still remain on the tank in spots, but the primer and paint reduced their appearance nicely.
In this photo, you can see the modified ET and SRB fronts. The SRBs were modified in similar manner to the ET to make them look less like flight hardware and more like model replicas. The Monogram cone tips feature a lot of recessed detail and it wasn't easy to remove it without wrecking the shapes of the cone tips. To make matters worse, these cone tips were resin casts, not styrene. So they were easier to over sand. When I acquired my first full stack kit, it was missing the original cone tips and Monogram no longer stocked them. So I made resin castings from a part a friend loaned me. When I built that first kit as Atlantis, I used a set of styrene cones from another kit, so I again ended up with a kit that was short two parts (which is one of the reasons I opted to build it as Moonraker in the first place).
My solution was to paint on several layers of Gunze Mr. Dissolved Putty and sand it flush with the raised detailing. When the details were mostly removed, I switched to Mr. Resin Primer, repeated and finally finished off with a couple coats of Mr. Surfacer 500. I was impressed with the final results.
For the paintwork, the base shade used is Tamiya TS-27 Matt White (same as the orbiter). I tried to accent portions of the SRBs with Tamiya US Navy Insignia white, but it was too dark and gray for my uses so I ended up misting on some Tamiya white primer over the top of the gray to fade these parts back to more of an off white shade. To duplicate the accent paneling and fading seen on the studio model, I masked off lines in spots and airbrused on Model Master flat white mixed with a drop or two of flat aluminum to get the proper look I wanted.
Well, it has been awhile, but progress has been ongoing in my Moonraker stack project. I've spent the past couple weeks getting the External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters finished and painted. Last night, I got them glued together on the support stand. I am using a similar support method for this build as my Atlantis stack as the completed model will sit on a glossy black display base that I purchased from a trophy shop. Many months ago, I measured off where the SRBs would sit and drilled two holes to accomodate a pair of 1/4" diameter pieces of music wire (one 36" piece of K&S wire, cut in half). For Atlantis, I used 3/16 pieces and I believe this resulted in an ever so slight lean in the stack when finished due to the rods flexing. I wanted to try and counteract that with this build.
The SRB exhaust cones had a couple brass tubes inserted and epoxied into them (5/16" diameter I believe, with the same inner diameter as the music wire rods). Next I installed the aft SRB segments.
Then came the External tank with the molded on aft field joint pieces. Same as the exhaust cones, I drilled holes to allow the brass tube to pass through and epoxied the lot together. While the glue dried, I made sure to slip on the SRB bodies to make sure everything was aligned properly while the glue dried. Next, I popped the bodies off and glued on a pair of centering rings made out of a dense foam material I had salvaged from a place I used to work at years ago. The rings feel kind of like a rice paper type foam pellet of some sort. They are rigid enough, yet flexible enough for my uses.
The centering rings were glued to the tops of the brass tubes (not close enough to risk getting glue on the music wire though) and slathered with epoxy (I used 30 minute type for this build). Then I dropped the SRB bodies back on and aligned everything before the glue dried. The epoxy in the foam was intended to help rigidize the rings in their final positions inside the SRBs for a nice straight and sturdy stack. The best part is though that I can slide the stack off the display stand whenever I want to for transport.
The bipod strut was made from music wire and styrene and also epoxied into the tank. I had to do this since the kit's original bipod was scrounged to replace a busted one on the Atlantis stack. But this new strut looks pretty accurate to the Moonraker one. As a side benefit, this new strut is much stronger than the old one and less likely to ever break. It also appears I can slip the orbiter on and off the stack without worrying about it breaking or sliding off. This should help with transporting the model as well.
You can also see the modifications made to the ET intertank in this picture. I believe Derek Meddings team used an Airfix 1/144 shuttle for a 3D reference for building the much bigger studio models as like the Airfix kit, the Moonrakers have no ribbing on the ET intertank (the assembly that joins the LOX and longer LHX tanks together on the ET). To duplicate this, I wrapped the ribbed intertank with a couple pieces of sheet styrene (.030 thickness I believe) and sanded it to shape. It was not easy as the glue I used caused the sheet to distort and sink where it crossed over a void. So at one point I had to drill in some vent holes and let the glue joints outgas before continuing my work. You will also note that this ET is smooth while the Monogram kit features a rough textured ET like the real shuttles. This took A LOT of sanding to remove and I looked like I had a massive cocaine binge at the end of it all. Some scratches from the rough grit paper I used still remain on the tank in spots, but the primer and paint reduced their appearance nicely.
In this photo, you can see the modified ET and SRB fronts. The SRBs were modified in similar manner to the ET to make them look less like flight hardware and more like model replicas. The Monogram cone tips feature a lot of recessed detail and it wasn't easy to remove it without wrecking the shapes of the cone tips. To make matters worse, these cone tips were resin casts, not styrene. So they were easier to over sand. When I acquired my first full stack kit, it was missing the original cone tips and Monogram no longer stocked them. So I made resin castings from a part a friend loaned me. When I built that first kit as Atlantis, I used a set of styrene cones from another kit, so I again ended up with a kit that was short two parts (which is one of the reasons I opted to build it as Moonraker in the first place).
My solution was to paint on several layers of Gunze Mr. Dissolved Putty and sand it flush with the raised detailing. When the details were mostly removed, I switched to Mr. Resin Primer, repeated and finally finished off with a couple coats of Mr. Surfacer 500. I was impressed with the final results.
For the paintwork, the base shade used is Tamiya TS-27 Matt White (same as the orbiter). I tried to accent portions of the SRBs with Tamiya US Navy Insignia white, but it was too dark and gray for my uses so I ended up misting on some Tamiya white primer over the top of the gray to fade these parts back to more of an off white shade. To duplicate the accent paneling and fading seen on the studio model, I masked off lines in spots and airbrused on Model Master flat white mixed with a drop or two of flat aluminum to get the proper look I wanted.
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72
Before I did the accent paintwork on the ET and SRBs (and before I glued those assemblies together), I did a fit check of the full stack on the pad to see if everything lined up and would work properly. At this point, it was beginning to look like a Moonraker stack. You can see the too dark coloring of the Tamiya Navy Insignia White (sure doesn't look white to me) on the SRBs as I hadn't oversprayed them yet. The ET hadn't been accent painted yet either.
Accent paint work over the tank and SRBs was done mostly by masking off panel lines and airbrushing on off white mixtures (flat white tinted with a drop of flat aluminum). In some spots I did entire panels a different color, but mostly I would spray the edge of the mask and that was enough to trick the eye into thinking it was looking at two different colored panels. Once that was done, it was time to glue the stack together. I tried to get as much of the painting out of the way as possible since it would be a lot harder to mask and paint with a bigger assembly in the way. Once the glue was dry from the stack, I test fitted the orbiter to it again and these were my results:
So with the ET and SRBs essentially done except for decals and weathering, the largest part of the build is done and now I can concentrate on the orbiter again. This week will be spent tiling the orbiter and doing similar accent paint work on it. Then I can move onto decals, clearcoating, final weathering and it will be done.
Here you can see a couple spots I am particularly proud of. There is a red checkerboard pattern on the tank near where a conduit line runs on the actual shuttle. I cut pieces of Tamiya tape into 3mm squares and painted these areas with Model Master RLM 23 "Rot" (German red, which is slightly pink). I then misted some flat white over the top to fade the squares further. The modified LOX feedline can be seen as well in this shot. Both it and the ET nose cap were painted in Tamiya flat aluminum. You can also see orange tunnel rails running up the sides of the SRBs. I noticed these in Jon Allitt's (b26354's) screen caps, yet I couldn't see exactly where the orange terminated and the white began as shots of the top of the SRBs showed the rails being white instead of orange. So I compromised and did the change where the rails cross over a black and white checker pattern on the foreward most SRB propellant segment. It gives a nice color accent to the mostly white SRBs in my opinion, even if the debate is out on whether it is accurate or not. Eitherway I can live with it.
Before I did the accent paintwork on the ET and SRBs (and before I glued those assemblies together), I did a fit check of the full stack on the pad to see if everything lined up and would work properly. At this point, it was beginning to look like a Moonraker stack. You can see the too dark coloring of the Tamiya Navy Insignia White (sure doesn't look white to me) on the SRBs as I hadn't oversprayed them yet. The ET hadn't been accent painted yet either.
Accent paint work over the tank and SRBs was done mostly by masking off panel lines and airbrushing on off white mixtures (flat white tinted with a drop of flat aluminum). In some spots I did entire panels a different color, but mostly I would spray the edge of the mask and that was enough to trick the eye into thinking it was looking at two different colored panels. Once that was done, it was time to glue the stack together. I tried to get as much of the painting out of the way as possible since it would be a lot harder to mask and paint with a bigger assembly in the way. Once the glue was dry from the stack, I test fitted the orbiter to it again and these were my results:
So with the ET and SRBs essentially done except for decals and weathering, the largest part of the build is done and now I can concentrate on the orbiter again. This week will be spent tiling the orbiter and doing similar accent paint work on it. Then I can move onto decals, clearcoating, final weathering and it will be done.
Here you can see a couple spots I am particularly proud of. There is a red checkerboard pattern on the tank near where a conduit line runs on the actual shuttle. I cut pieces of Tamiya tape into 3mm squares and painted these areas with Model Master RLM 23 "Rot" (German red, which is slightly pink). I then misted some flat white over the top to fade the squares further. The modified LOX feedline can be seen as well in this shot. Both it and the ET nose cap were painted in Tamiya flat aluminum. You can also see orange tunnel rails running up the sides of the SRBs. I noticed these in Jon Allitt's (b26354's) screen caps, yet I couldn't see exactly where the orange terminated and the white began as shots of the top of the SRBs showed the rails being white instead of orange. So I compromised and did the change where the rails cross over a black and white checker pattern on the foreward most SRB propellant segment. It gives a nice color accent to the mostly white SRBs in my opinion, even if the debate is out on whether it is accurate or not. Eitherway I can live with it.
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JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72 (4/24/11 Update!)
BTW, it seems we now have a scale reference to tell us how big the original Moonraker launch stack studio model potentially was. A friend of mine who looked over Jon's screen caps noticed the crane platform sitting in front of the stack is made up of what appears to be at least three Airfix/MPC Eagle transporter main spines modified and glued together into one unit. There are some other Eagle bits in the set as well. You can see it just above the nose in this closeup from one of the grabs.
moonraker reference grabs
I haven't done the math, but at a glance it appears the launch stack model is a bit bigger than 1/72. Of course, how wide it is exactly will depend on if Derek Meddings' team built the silo in a forced perspective or not with a slight outward taper to the walls as they get closer to the film camera.
BTW, it seems we now have a scale reference to tell us how big the original Moonraker launch stack studio model potentially was. A friend of mine who looked over Jon's screen caps noticed the crane platform sitting in front of the stack is made up of what appears to be at least three Airfix/MPC Eagle transporter main spines modified and glued together into one unit. There are some other Eagle bits in the set as well. You can see it just above the nose in this closeup from one of the grabs.
moonraker reference grabs
I haven't done the math, but at a glance it appears the launch stack model is a bit bigger than 1/72. Of course, how wide it is exactly will depend on if Derek Meddings' team built the silo in a forced perspective or not with a slight outward taper to the walls as they get closer to the film camera.
JMChladek
Sr Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72 (4/24/11 Update!)
Well, except for some relatively minor weathering and some paint touchups, my first dedicated RPF build, the Moonraker 6 stack, is done! I finished putting on the last of the decals on Saturday night (I may add a couple more on the backside of the SRBs, but everything I could find on the screen caps and wanted to apply is on there). She is big and imposing sitting on the display stand, which is why I wanted to do this model in 1/72. This may not be a studio scale model (perhaps close), but it certainly could double for one.
In this image, you can see the paint effects I did to the wings. I did a lot of things here, starting with tile panel lines that were drawn on with pencil. I faded them out (and the ones on the nose) with more flat white and mixed in a couple drops of flat aluminum in spots to give it some slightly off white paneling. Similar work was done to the orange panels. The streaks done to the RCC and additional wing panels were done with a mixture of Tamiya clear and smoke tint. I had to fade back some of the streaks as my mixture was a little too strong, but I finally managed to tweak it when I got to the orange areas.
All the decals I used were ALPS printed. The numbers I am especially proud of. I printed them in a medium brown shade with no white backing and when I applied them to the orange areas, the color shifted just perfectly to the red/brown shade I was looking for!
This nose shot closely approximates a couple of Jon's screen caps. Only final touch I might add here would be some slight weathering to the RCS ports on the nose.
I got the major markings on by Friday morning, in time for a local screening of "The Spy Who Loved Me" with Richard Kiel making an appearance. My model club was asked to put on a display of Bond memorabilia and models and my Moonraker stack was the centerpiece of the model display. So, I felt it was appropriate to see what JAWS had to say about the model.
And finally we have a composite shot of my Moonraker 6 with the STS-117 stack I built for the SAC museum three years ago. Both kits were done from the Monogram Shuttle with Boosters kit and in both cases the kit served my purpose quite well. Now that the stack is being reissued this month, you can try your hand at it. As for Moonraker 6, I'll be taking it to Wonderfest next weekend.
Well, except for some relatively minor weathering and some paint touchups, my first dedicated RPF build, the Moonraker 6 stack, is done! I finished putting on the last of the decals on Saturday night (I may add a couple more on the backside of the SRBs, but everything I could find on the screen caps and wanted to apply is on there). She is big and imposing sitting on the display stand, which is why I wanted to do this model in 1/72. This may not be a studio scale model (perhaps close), but it certainly could double for one.
In this image, you can see the paint effects I did to the wings. I did a lot of things here, starting with tile panel lines that were drawn on with pencil. I faded them out (and the ones on the nose) with more flat white and mixed in a couple drops of flat aluminum in spots to give it some slightly off white paneling. Similar work was done to the orange panels. The streaks done to the RCC and additional wing panels were done with a mixture of Tamiya clear and smoke tint. I had to fade back some of the streaks as my mixture was a little too strong, but I finally managed to tweak it when I got to the orange areas.
All the decals I used were ALPS printed. The numbers I am especially proud of. I printed them in a medium brown shade with no white backing and when I applied them to the orange areas, the color shifted just perfectly to the red/brown shade I was looking for!
This nose shot closely approximates a couple of Jon's screen caps. Only final touch I might add here would be some slight weathering to the RCS ports on the nose.
I got the major markings on by Friday morning, in time for a local screening of "The Spy Who Loved Me" with Richard Kiel making an appearance. My model club was asked to put on a display of Bond memorabilia and models and my Moonraker stack was the centerpiece of the model display. So, I felt it was appropriate to see what JAWS had to say about the model.
And finally we have a composite shot of my Moonraker 6 with the STS-117 stack I built for the SAC museum three years ago. Both kits were done from the Monogram Shuttle with Boosters kit and in both cases the kit served my purpose quite well. Now that the stack is being reissued this month, you can try your hand at it. As for Moonraker 6, I'll be taking it to Wonderfest next weekend.
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PHArchivist
Master Member
Re: Moonraker stack in 1/72 (4/24/11 Update!)
Really? That's good news!
The bar has been very much "upped" for Moonraker models since I did my first, plus with the Blu-Ray imagery about now. I look at my own model and cringe a bit! May have to try again!
Really? That's good news!
The bar has been very much "upped" for Moonraker models since I did my first, plus with the Blu-Ray imagery about now. I look at my own model and cringe a bit! May have to try again!
JMChladek
Sr Member
Thanks Jon. Without your screen caps or the work you did on your own model, this project would not have been possible (or not look quite this good). I can't wait to see your finished Moonraker on 747 model as I sure as heck don't have the space or the budget to do one of those. I may try it in 1/100 scale using an Entex 747 and Tamiya orbiter, but I likely won't do that for a couple years yet (about enough time to forget about the challenges I had building this model).
I know what you mean PHA. Indeed your first models provided a lot of inspiration as well for this project. And don't knock your own Moonrakers too badly as they still have things on them that I like. And yes, you are always welcome to do another Moonraker to help show the rest of us how it can be done.
Yes, the kit is scheduled to come back out in the states late this month. It is going to sell for about $89.00 US, so expect it to cost a bit more to get it to NZ. But at least it will be available once more and for a price less than what typical sellers tend to charge for it on eBay.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAPEG
And for those that missed the link before, here is a link to other images of the model I took during the build:
Moonraker shuttle stack pictures by JMChladek - Photobucket
I know what you mean PHA. Indeed your first models provided a lot of inspiration as well for this project. And don't knock your own Moonrakers too badly as they still have things on them that I like. And yes, you are always welcome to do another Moonraker to help show the rest of us how it can be done.
Yes, the kit is scheduled to come back out in the states late this month. It is going to sell for about $89.00 US, so expect it to cost a bit more to get it to NZ. But at least it will be available once more and for a price less than what typical sellers tend to charge for it on eBay.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXAPEG
And for those that missed the link before, here is a link to other images of the model I took during the build:
Moonraker shuttle stack pictures by JMChladek - Photobucket
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tek2graphics
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That's a very beautiful model! Thanks for posting!
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