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Thanks again for all the nice comments! I was too young at the time of the Challenger disaster to remember when it happened but I get chills too when ever I see the video of the last flight. That was part of the reason why I wanted to do a different mission for my display model. Got the...

I agree, the details on this (and all of AXM's models) are very well done! Added the Canadarm and it's supports as well as the body flap this afternoon, just need some engines and it will be good to go!

A little more progress today. OMS pods, payload bay doors, tail and Ku-band antenna all added.

Awesome shots!

Thanks guys! Got a little more work done during my lunch break and after work this afternoon. The spacelab and MPESS (forgot to take some pictures of that build), are assembled and installed within the payload bay. Flight deck windows also added. Starting to look a little more like a shuttle now!

I decided to go back and build another shuttle (this will be #5 for me). I built all of the other ones before I joined here, so it will be nice to have a record of one of these coming together. For Challenger, I decided to to the last successful mission STS-61-A/D-1. This was a unique mission as...

Wow incredible work! That is a museum quality model!

This is part 2 of the build and the finished model... Lots of little parts to build but adds some good depth to the model!

My next rocket build was done earlier this week, but just now getting around to posting it. This is the Ares I-X prototype rocket from 2009, I borrowed a few parts for the SRB nozzle from AXM's SLS model and re-sized to 1:144 just to add some extra details. No fancy staging on anything with this...

Thank you!

Glad to hear you didn't loose everything. Your progress is looking good!

Finally had some time to add to my rocket garden; this time building AXM's Antares 110 with the standard Cygnus payload inside. Not as complex as AXM's other models, I may add the newer 230+ model with the enhanced Cygnus later and compare the two.

Great job! Fits the sphere just right!

Wow, that is an incredibly detailed build! Amazing!

Thank you everyone, for now the rockets seem safe but I will let you know if anything changes! Here is the rest of the build and final assembly, the details were tough at this scale but still came out nicely.

And here is the build of the 3 Common Booster Cores (CBC):

Made some good progress through out the week! Here is the cryogenic second stage as well as the payload fairing and interstage:

For my next build I am going back to AXM and using his design for the Delta IV Heavy. Similar to all my other rocket builds this will be rescaled to match my others from 1:96 to 1:144. All my builds so far have been from the bottom of the rocket and then the payload, so I decided to try...

Thank you everyone! Just for fun, here is the Saturn 1B compared to Falcon 9 and Atlas V.

Great job on these! Looks great! Thank you for sharing your template as well!