200426: High Shuttle density at the launch complex.
200426: High Shuttle density at the launch complex.
200426: High Shuttle density at the launch complex.
200426: High Shuttle density at the launch complex.
200426: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Detail of launch platform and TSMs
200426: shuttle stacks assembled.
200426: shuttle stacks assembled.
200426: Flying in formation!
200426: Detail showing decal application.
200426: Underside showing detail and brass attachment sockets for External Tank.
200403: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200403: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200403: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200403: Adding detail to the Tail Service Masts and launch platform
200403: Adding detail to the Tail Service Masts and launch platform
200402: Tail Service Masts were not included in Academy kit, so I scratched them from basswood (using the 1/200 Hasegawa kits' TSMs as a pattern)
200321: decal fit trial (printed on paper)
200311: Progress to date.
200310: Re-doing the solid rocket boosters in white (rettlecan)
200308: External tanks were undercoated in buff tan, then masked for external tank insulation color (home mix of MM Acryl)
200117: Leading edge tiles paint. Paint is MM Acryl Gunship Grey
200117: Masked for leading edge tile paint. Paint will be MM Acryl Gunship Grey
200117: After white base coat, masked for black heat treatment.
191219: Primer applied (WM Rattlecan Grey Primer)
191214: Ready for primer.
191214: Open windows (no clear parts) on Academy kit were filled with 5-min epoxy; Hasegawa kit comes with a tinted windshield. Both will be painted over and decaled.
191113: I've taken to signing my work.
191113: Twin Shuttle kits, Academy (1/288 scale) and Hasegawa (1/200)
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Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) built as a tribute to the completed NASA Space Shuttle Program. Enterprise never flew in space, although her service life included numerous test and trials, including first flight in 1977 and later being erected for static pad tests at SLC-6 at Vandenberg AFB in 1985.
One of two kits built together, one for me and a slightly-larger one in 1/200 scale for my future-space-nerd grandson for display in his nursery.
Enterprise wears the traditional NASA Meatball logo vice the correct "NASA Worm" to represent the in-service shuttles that flew so many missions before their retirement in 2011. Enterprise is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum outside Washington, DC.
Paints are MM Acryl and cheap rattlecan spray for the primer and white top coat. External tank paint is custom-mixed from MM Acryl. Decals from the kit and printed at home.
