2001 Space Station WIP
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metal wood
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love it!
Surgery is the worst! But it'll be so worth it when all is said and done. 
crackerjazz
Sr Member
Wow your progress is amazing, joberg! She looks majestic!
OH MY GAWWWWWWW!!!! I didn't think it was that big! Now... when you're finally done with it put in the backyard face down.
Joberg, this is mind boggingly good ! Glad that I don't have to make it a stand or case !
Re yours of 25th March: that's the first I recall hearing about the "only one plug". Do you recall where that info came from? Now when I see the rear red lit hub face, the other end hub does look to be missing depth and a section ! Maybe the thinking was that only one end would ever be visible at a time (true) and that no one would notice (false).
The photos of the abandoned model at www.visual-memory.co.uk seem to show the mounting plate about flush with the rear hub end line without the plug, presumably the front was the same, so the plug had to be removed to access the mounting plate,......but they didn't need a second plug with face plate detail etc , just a ring ! Very odd.
Re yours of 25th March: that's the first I recall hearing about the "only one plug". Do you recall where that info came from? Now when I see the rear red lit hub face, the other end hub does look to be missing depth and a section ! Maybe the thinking was that only one end would ever be visible at a time (true) and that no one would notice (false).
The photos of the abandoned model at www.visual-memory.co.uk seem to show the mounting plate about flush with the rear hub end line without the plug, presumably the front was the same, so the plug had to be removed to access the mounting plate,......but they didn't need a second plug with face plate detail etc , just a ring ! Very odd.
joberg
Legendary Member
Thanks for the comment guys JHY, as you can see from this pic (plug is at the bottom left) my theory about the "lone plug" is the right one. Let's examine the facts: the Space Station was finished and dressed on all sides, since it's revolving constantly in front of the camera (it had to be).Now, if you're filming the front of the model, you'll never see the back and vice-versa of course. The front plug (fully dressed) served as the rear plug. All they had to do was: move the model and now attach the front to the stand and place the front plug to the back, light it with red and voilà!
The mounting plate that we see is not really flush with the module (the pic seems to show that, but that's an optical illusion, it's recessed but not by much...maybe 1/4 inch max, which could explain one of my other theory: the back of the landing bay can be removed; but I'll have to confirm that). Another challenge when building this model is that the front is different than the back. If both rings had been built, there wouldn't had to remove anything from anywhere
...just changing the lighting of the landing bay, that's all.
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MonsieurTox
Master Member
This is so impressive ! Un travail magnifique, bravo !
