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No one is doubting the quality of his models. And I've spent weeks and even months building or scratchbuilding complex models. But we all make personal calculations of whether we want to add something to our collection badly enough to build it. And if it's going to be difficult for me to even...

I've got no idea what the direct link is or who is behind the site. I found the link I posted by Googling a few keywords. Although the models look cool, when I run them through my personal calculator (i.e., will I actually build them and is the hassle of downloading them worth it to me?) I think...

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This model -- and the repetitious work it requires -- always struck me as a major commitment. Good luck!

I thought those were stills from the movie for a moment. Great job!

Indeed, but look at the diagram. What trouble would it have been to link the Command Module (the red module at 9 o'clock) with the Core Docking Hub? More access, more strength.

But ASTP and the ISS are very different designs from Endurance. If the ISS were circular and there was some key module in the center, I bet there would be more than one access to that module. Plus, a single-point design puts a lot of stress on that single point when thrust is applied. (And in...

Thanks for the kind words. I'd love to do the model in a bit bigger scale, with a flight deck inside. With all those windows, you could actually see a lot. While I found a couple of photos of the flight deck (with its rotating seats for when the vehicle flies inverted) but I couldn't find...

Here is my build of Bruno Vanhecke’s Saturn 1B. His model comes in 1/300th scale, but I enlarged it to 1/288th, a more common scale for model rockets. I modeled SA-206, which flew the first crew to Skylab. I built the basic shape of the model, then used spare copies (printed out about a percent...

Here is my build of the Lander from "Interstellar." I enlarged it from UHU02's model of the Endurance. While Endurance didn't do much for me, design-wise, I did like the Landers, meant to ferry cargo modules from Endurance to a planet's surface. They struck me as a utilitarian design with a nod...

Haven't tried it. May look into it. Thanks.

Thanks for the kind words, guys. They were fun builds. I know there are some other B5 models out there on some Russian site, but whatever format they are in, my iPad is unable to unzip or open them....

Here are a couple of “Babylon 5” ships I built. One is canon and the other is my design. The non-canon one, the EAS Agincourt, is a largely scratchbuilt light cruiser based on the Omega-class destroyer. For the forward, midship and engine sections, I used Jaybats' Agememnon card model, but they...

Thanks. I found that replacing the kit parts with silver metallic paper really added a lot. I still want to model an X-15 with an XLR-11 motor, though....

Thanks for the kind words. I didn't change the template. A friend electronically removed the wing markings (I only have an iPad and no Adobe Acrobat) but everything else was old-school cutting and pasting and grafting....

Thanks, all. Some better photos:

I’ll will try and take some “beauty” shots later and post them, but here is my latest.... After finishing Ken West’s great X-15A-2, I became convinced that, despite his claims to the contrary, the model could be converted into the shorter, original X-15. It was just a matter of what you cut...

I think this model would scale up well. If you printed out multiple copies, you could add plenty of 3D detail. You could even apply individual appliqué panels. At 1/96th scale, I thought it might be overkill, or at least bad for my aging eyes. As it was, I wanted to detail the ends of the...

Thanks for the kind words. My only advice is to follow Ken's instructions. Also, he provides formers for the fuselage chunks, but I used a circle cutter to cut my own to make sure they would all be the same size. When cutting formers by hand, there always seems to me to be minute differences. Or...

Indeed, it is the work of John Bowden, a very talented designer with an eagle eye for detail. He catches things I've never seen or heard of. For example, I built this and noticed that the second cabin door on the starboard side is smaller than the others. I asked John if that was an error and he...