Thanks Wildman, I'll check it out.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: jw <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 7:35 pm Subject: [Papermodels II 40205] Re: UPDATE 1 - Pioneer 10 Spacecraft Hershey's Almond Kisses are gold wrapped. You might have to overlap or laminate a few wraps to get a large enough surface area. ? Wildman ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 40204] UPDATE 1 - Pioneer 10 Spacecraft As with the Ranger spacecraft, I'm enjoying these side trips from the sub. There's something about a spacecraft that has left "home" and gone off to travel millions upon millions of miles into the unknown. I have a pretty good chunk of iron meteorite (about 6 lbs US). And I always wonder where it came from and where it's been. I've actually done a lot on this model but want to post pics and build in a logical order. After the High Gain Antenna, the next part is the Main Bus. It's one piece with lots of cutting and folding. I made sure to completely pre-fold everything that needed it before glueing up. You can see in the third picture how there was a little delamination at some of the folds. The board I used was thicker than I normally use. I scored with the knife from the front and that's what happened. For this build not a big deal. I glued back the major ones. The whole bus will be covered over in silver and gold foil so these things will not show. Before glueing the Bus closed, I added in 3 things - 1) a circular support in the middle to keep any cupping at bay. 2) a support at the outer end simply for support and weight, and 3) a glue tab on each side that could not be on the drawn part because it was one piece. These offer a lot of body to the piece overall. Next was to start the foil covering. Since I wanted to use spray mount or white glue, I wanted foil that had a paper backing. For the silver I bought a large Hershey's Chocolate Almond bar, I've found this to work fine. I didn't want to, but I sacrificed and had some of the chocolate. I cut into strips and worked around the sides of the bus. I made the strips tall enough so they could be wrapped over the edges just a little. I could have sworn that there was another Hershey bar that used gold foil but I couldn't find it. Guess I'll try the craft store, but I'm sure theirs won't be wrapped around chocolate - bummer. Thanks for checking in! Joe No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2396 - Release Date: 09/26/09 05:51:00 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
