12-22-2009, 02:48 AM
Baby steps...
This one's for you Jase! I have chosen to replicate all of the detail found on the original back panel... you can really get a feel for what was sitting around their workbench. What to do with these Saturn V bell trimmings...
![[Image: backpanel.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn227/budmataul/backpanel.jpg)
Finally starting the fuselage mods as well. This is going to be tricky... I will next be removing the nose cone to fill with solid resin. This will also spoil my view of the entire fuselage I've been keeping on the bench as inspiration. Oh well... time to get to it... even if it ain't pretty. First, layered some styrene in there to correct the depth of the notch, only to realize it does not go back far enough. Some filler here and there to smooth it out, and marked with pencil what needs to be removed.
![[Image: nosemod.jpg]](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn227/budmataul/nosemod.jpg)
I want to believe... that the MB is from ILM parts. But these nose mods make me question the nose itself. It seems just right to me, granted... ever so slightly too fat when compared to photo reference. Still, I am wondering if this did come from an original why bother to modify this detail? Perhaps the original notch created aerodyamic problems.
This one's for you Jase! I have chosen to replicate all of the detail found on the original back panel... you can really get a feel for what was sitting around their workbench. What to do with these Saturn V bell trimmings...
Finally starting the fuselage mods as well. This is going to be tricky... I will next be removing the nose cone to fill with solid resin. This will also spoil my view of the entire fuselage I've been keeping on the bench as inspiration. Oh well... time to get to it... even if it ain't pretty. First, layered some styrene in there to correct the depth of the notch, only to realize it does not go back far enough. Some filler here and there to smooth it out, and marked with pencil what needs to be removed.
I want to believe... that the MB is from ILM parts. But these nose mods make me question the nose itself. It seems just right to me, granted... ever so slightly too fat when compared to photo reference. Still, I am wondering if this did come from an original why bother to modify this detail? Perhaps the original notch created aerodyamic problems.