Revell 1:72 Orbiter

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2016: The kit is brought out of storage and stripped of any and all progress.
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This photo is from 2016. The RCS ports will be re-done - one of the more troublesome aspects of this project.
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2018: The original kit frame was cut out completely (not a great move, tbh) and a frame of styrene scribed with a tile pattern allows the AMP windows to fill the gap.

Comments

10 4 December 2018, 01:39

Ben M
very nice rework....

4 December 2018, 01:51

Michael S.
Thank you!

4 December 2018, 02:30

Björn Svedberg
Looking really nice! 👍 Following.

4 December 2018, 07:15

Bart Goesaert
pff, that is for sure a whole lot of work, but it pays off too... nice work...

4 December 2018, 12:17

Michael S.
Thanks! It's more work than I anticipated. But even now I'm going back and re-working pieces that I'm not happy with. The cockpit tiles around the windows are on their second iteration too, having been stripped completely a few days ago.

I'm trying to find a balance between getting it right and having some perspective that this is a scale model with many inaccuracies out of the box, on top of my novice skill level. I hope when paint and decals go down it will put me at ease finally!

4 December 2018, 16:56

Alexander Grivonev
This is some truly fantastic work!

5 December 2018, 06:05

Spanjaard
i am certainly in. got one shuttle in my stash too 🙂 (well, mine is 1/144 😛 )

5 December 2018, 09:58

Łukasz Gliński
What a project! These windows are fabulous, pity they're not available in the EU.

14 July 2021, 19:46

Torsten
Great work 👍

16 July 2021, 05:42

Album info

Inspired by Phil Smith's 1:72 Space Shuttle Discovery, this Revell 1:72 orbiter was purchased in 2012 with an ambitious plan to super-detail an orbiter in a similar fashion.

Revell Space Shuttle Atlantis

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1:72

In progress

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1:72 Space shuttle windows (Accurate Model Parts SHTL-WINDOWS-072)

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Rockwell International Orbiter

NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-now)
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