Looks great, Joe. The foil is definitely the killer app for that. Paul M.
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 40296] UPDATE 3 - Pioneer 10 Space Build 1:12 Moving along to the antenna support and the Asteroid-Meteoroid Detector. I'm glad I decided to use the foil. I almost skipped it but think it brings this alive. Every picture or illustration hows a lightly different arrangement of the silver vs. gold foil so some of it is a best guess. Trimmed out girder and bottom plate. Glued the girder to the plate by "walking" it around the round plate. The plate is double-thick illustration board. There's an upper plate that a shallow cone attached to. Built those up as directions showed - simple. I believe the entire cone of the antenna shoul be one piece, but in this model it's been broken up between the large piece (see post #1) and this smaller cone. When the parts are glued in place, it will look like one cone resting on the support. If I'd studied the directions and the pieces longer, I might have built this differently but it's no real matter. Built up the top plate and shallow cone, glued rtogether. After that glue dried, I mounted the top plate by fitting it inside the ring formed by the girder. This gives it much strength and helps hold the shape. Before glueing to the Main Bus, I cross-sliced the area to be glued. #1 it's not necessary to glue the entire surface #2 it's harder to get a flat join. I built the Asteroid-Meteoroid Detector as per the instructions. Inside the supports, I glued in wire pieces for strength. The wire protrudes from the ends of the supports and stick into the Main Bus. Used CA glue to attach. Thanks for looking! JoeG --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
