Space Shuttle Atlantis

Frank Krause
Hi Ingmar, you're at home with different kind of kits and scales. You're right - the Atlantis is impressive and well executed!

Burkhard D
Nice and very decorative. Hard to believe that the Shuttle program is already history. 😮 🙂

Ingmar Stöhr
Thx!
As with many other subjects. As you build, you search for references and familiarize with the topic. Most of the times you learn something new... and that's one of the nice side effects of our hobby.

scalemates
nice work!

Bill Gilman
Very nice job! I attended NASA "Space Camp" in Florida with my son when he was 10, and we were able to visit the building where the shuttles were repaired and maintained. I was quite surprised when I saw the appearance of the tiles. There is a huge variation in color, and they appeared to me to be very uneven and rough. But at the same time, it appeared very functional! It was a great opportunity for my son and I! 🙂

Ingmar Stöhr
I had a look at the Buran in the museum at Speyer last year. My first thought was: "It looks like a cheap mockup!" The outside is so uneven and the tiles look cheap. But every detail picture of the shuttle has the same look. So I gues thats a kind of understatement. How can we make a multi billion Dollar spacecraft look as it was a bargain... 😉

Bill Gilman
I agree - when I first saw a real shuttle, I thought it looked like it was made from cardboard! I forgot to mention that the coolest part of Space Camp was seeing Columbia STS-50 landing at Kennedy Space Center. You knew it was in the area when you heard a double sonic boom (one from the nose and one from the tail). Very steep glide angle - perfect landing (or it looked that way to me!) They bussed us Space Campers over to the press stand area for the landing. Cool!

Ingmar Stöhr
Hi Bill, I now someone who would go a looooong way to see a shuttle launch or landing. Sadly that era is over. But maybe the future will see a new orbiter. And who knows... maybe we can go on a space cruise someday. Till then we have to find solace in our models 😉

Mike Kryza
The shuttle is an eyecatcher for me...

Ingmar Stöhr
Tank you, Mike!

Ingmar Stöhr
The late hours.... to much tanks.... Thank you Mike!

Mike Kryza
passiert mir auch...😉

Glenn
nice job! it looks brand new. I going to weather to hell outta mine maybe weather it with grey and black pastles or ash! for that re-entry look!

Burkhard D
You could try to reproduce re-entry marks with the help of a blast furnace or a blowtorch 😄 😉

Glenn
Now Burkhard i don't want to over do the weathering too much!!! 😠

Ingmar Stöhr
It looks a bit cleaner on the pictures. In reality it looks more weathered. But I didn't want to overdo it, so I held back a little. But I'm looking forward to see your approach.