Paul,
Thanks! I laminated the solar panels to thicker board, the kind that comes in the Epson large paper boxes (similar to cereal box, shirt liner cardboard). This kept the glue from bleeding through. JoeG -----Original Message----- From: Pcharlebois <[email protected]> To: Papermodels II <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 9:27 pm Subject: [Papermodels II 39698] Re: UPDATE 3 - BUILD 1:12 Ranger Space Probe - block III Hi Joe, I always enjoy watching your builds. I do have a questions, you said that and I quote: ''The wire allows for flexibility but not easy bending. Glued in using CA glue.'' Does your paper discolour of the printed side? Because I cannot see any changes in the photos? Cheers, Paul C On Aug 27, 1:22?pm, [email protected] wrote: > 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 Hungerfordhttp://www.chthulhu.com/ > "The pen is the tongue of the mind." -- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
