1/12 Apollo Command Module

[Kolokolnikov]

I know Ecardmodels.com was carrying it for him, don't know if they still are though?

Did you try this link?

Link= https://ecardmodels.com/product/1-12-apollo-command-module-paper-model

Yes, I have already bought a model on this site, but I still have questions for Ken. I hope to answer.


By the way, if anyone is going to build the model, the bottom layer of the main control panel does not exactly match the holes.

Before printing, it is better to correct the position of the elements or not to cut out the part and position along the holes and print. I discovered this after the start of builb.

 

[Kolokolnikov]

I will try to keep the most detailed report on the build.

There are round and rounded holes in the panel, it is better to punch them with punches than to cut with a knife. I used super small punches made of medical metal needles.

 

[zathros]

I've never built this model. I don't know if printing differences, scaling, etc. can cause these kind of problems. I never trust a bunch of gauges to go on like that because I have never seen them line up right. Your way is best.

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

That control panel looks FANTASTIC! I like the technique that you used.

 

[Kolokolnikov]

I've never built this model. I don't know if printing differences, scaling, etc. can cause these kind of problems. I never trust a bunch of gauges to go on like that because I have never seen them line up right. Your way is best.

As I will return home, I will show what the problem is. There are minor shifts of screens in relation to the holes. This is not a problem of scale or print, it is the problem in the file. Perhaps this is a Ken's mistake.

 

[zathros]

Sounds like it. I built an ESKA Ekranoplan model I designed, and to give the "set back" instrument look with a glass cover, I did each one separately. Works out easier in the long run.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Your cuts are so precise - it is amazing!!!

 

[the mole]

Your cuts are so precise - it is amazing!!!

These are my thoughts also. I looked at the cutouts and thought, you can't get cleaner cuts than those in the photos. I can only imagine what's to come.

 

[Kolokolnikov]

Here is the problem I was talking about.
This is not a big problem to solve, but need to be very careful, for not to reprint these details.

 

[Kolokolnikov]

Your cuts are so precise - it is amazing!!!

These are my thoughts also. I looked at the cutouts and thought, you can't get cleaner cuts than those in the photos. I can only imagine what's to come.

Thank you, I went to this for a very long time.

 

[Kolokolnikov]

I also forgot to add, it is important to glue the imitation of rotating parts on thin cardboard. Otherwise, they look very thin and unnatural. It is these details that I will redo and glue them again.

 

[Awry_Chaos]

Looking good and coming along well!

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

I like the look of the control panel.

 

[Kolokolnikov]

Remade the rotating handles, it is much better. And also installed all the rivets, only on this part there are more than 100 of them, and 2 hours of work.




Before and after

 

[Kolokolnikov]

And it also seemed to me that the panel joint should look normal, and since 2 layers were already laminated, I had to come up with a way to style this joint. I used Tamiya's tape for protection, cut through the sheet slightly, and then scraped off some of the paper with the tip of a knife. Then I painted over the resulting groove with a liner, did not dare to paint it with liquid paint in order to avoid it getting under the tape.
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[Kolokolnikov]

Result of today's work

 

[Awry_Chaos]

Good techniques!

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

That is how a control panel should look! You did a FANTASTIC JOB on this!!!

 

[the mole]

OUTSTANDING JOB!!!!! I'm gob struck by your ability to think outside of the box in this short period of starting this build. I'm thinking to myself if you have done all this with just one control panel what is instore for the rest of the other parts to come. Thanks for sharing with us the insight and your thoughts on how you see this model can be built and improved. I'm liking the journey you have started. Please continue.

 

[micahrogers]

What Scale is this? 1/12th? Daaamnnnn That is one tricked out panel. Looking at the end result I'd have thought this was 1/6th or even 1/4 scale. This is gonna be one hell of a model.