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: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Shuttle stack on launch platform.
200426: Detail of launch platform and Tail Service Masts (TSM).
200426: shuttle stack assembled.
200426: shuttle stack assembled.
200426: shuttle stack assembled.
200426: Detail showing decal application.
200426: Detail showing decal application.
200426: Underside showing detail and brass attachment sockets for External Tank.
200426: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200426: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200426: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200426: Attachment to External Tank was improved with brass pins and tubing.
200311: Progress to date.
200310: Re-doing the solid rocket boosters in white (rettlecan)
200310: Re-doing the solid rocket boosters in white (rettlecan)
200308: External tanks were undercoated in buff tan, then masked for insulation color (home mix of MM Acryl)
200117: Leading edge tile paint. Paint is MM Acryl Gunship Grey
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: Ready for primer.
191214: Ready for primer.
191214: Open windows (no clear parts) on Academy kit were filled with 5-min epoxy; Hase kit comes with a tinted windshield. Both will be painted over and decaled.
191113: Components in the 1/200 Hasegawa kit.
191113: Components in the 1/200 Hasegawa kit.
191113: Components in the 1/200 Hasegawa kit.
191113: Components in the 1/200 Hasegawa kit.
191113: I've taken to signing my work.
191113: I bought some images of the thermal tiles and other details that can be used to make decals.
191113: Twin Shuttle kits, Academy (1/288 scale) and Hasegawa (1/200)
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, this one for my future-space-nerd grandson for display in his nursery and a slightly-smaller one in 1/288 scale for me.
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.