Thanks, Mike. This is a fun little model.
JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Mike Hungerford <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 12:02 pm Subject: [Papermodels II 39691] Re: UPDATE 3 - BUILD 1:12 Ranger Space Probe - block III On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Solar Panels, Bus, and Tower 2 > ________________________________ > Constructed the Solar Panels. > Because of the larger scale of this I added wire support to the panels and > the Bus ring. The wire allows for flexibility but not easy bending. Glued in > using CA glue. > > The finished Ring with the Panels looks nice and flat. > Glued up the Instrument Bus to the Ring. The six legs fit and sat extremely > well. I used white glue just on the bottom of the legs to attach. Seems > secure. > Attached the Tower to the Bus. Overall looking good. It has not escaped me > that I assembled with the antenna bracket facing the wrong side. I'll cut > that off and add to the proper location. > > This leaves just the small thruster in the bottom and the antenna to build. > I will use some sort of mesh on the open parts of the antenna. Some good > suggestions have been made for material to use. > > For over a year I've been claiming I'd build something non-military (at > least directly) and this is a good subject. > JoeG Joe, Looking really good! Thanks for sharing your progress with us. :-) -- Mike Hungerford http://www.chthulhu.com/ "The pen is the tongue of the mind." -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
