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Aft compartment bottom Best, Nando :)

@zathros I bought the model at e-cardmodels.com, but the site now is under maintenance

Just a little update. With the internal ring the heat shield is complete. The next step is the section 2: the aft compartment. Best, Nando :)

Second test: the heat shield After the hatch I went ahead with the heat shield, following the sequence suggested by the instructions. Here too I had to figure out where to cut (outside, in the middle, inside the contour line), then how to glue (with or without tabs), and finally whether to start...

Thanks Revell-fan, Ravhen Blaack and Tonino. Zathros thanks for the reference. In my endless search for reference, documentation and stories, I found this document that depicts the decisions that brought to redesign the hatch after the Apollo 1 incident and why the new version is named...

more pictures .... Here where I am. Best, Nando :)

A few years ago (2011), Ken L. West designed a magnificent model of the Apollo command module, which I hastened to buy as soon as it was made available. Since then I have never built it believing it beyond my abilities. But this year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing and I would...

Happy birthday and a Happy New year Tonino! Best, Nando

In the mean time I started a new project to celebrate next year the Moon fiftyeth anniversary. I choose the Ken's Apollo Command Module. The first problem was the model's final dimension: I have to reduce it to one half. Therefore a lot of problems arose, mainly about which kind of paper, which...

Fiat lux, et lux... erit ...;)

Absolutely right!

I just used the spare parts, covered with transparent tape, then cut and glued on the panels. Nando

Yesterday in the evening on a Italian tv channel, during the live broadcast about the landing on Mars, my little model of Marco was used to illustrate the details of the mission. I'm very proud :) Best, Nando

Monday the 26th of November the probe Insight is scheduled to land on Mars. I discovered that around the landing, two small cubesats, launched on the same missile of Insight, will relay status information about the lander's descent and touchdown. ( see this animation ) I found here (...

Happy birthday! :) Nando

@Tonino, don't warry, your baby is in good shape. Lot of people went to the event ( near 700 ingresses ), and our paper models aroused much interest and admiration. Here below some pics and here more. Best, Nando

Here my models and Tonino's Shuttle Cockpit at the event in Altec in Turin, My town Best, Nando

In reality it's a Zealot cube, or better to say a Zealot ancestor: the Cardmodels.net forum ;)

I thank everyone for the support and encouragement you have given me throughout the construction of this model. At the beginning I believed that the model was simple, but continuing in the work I had to work hard to realize the single parts. They are particularly complex and despite the perfect...

Complete! Best, Nando