I finished this one up somewhat recently, it was 1/32 scale IIRC, but I forgot where I downloaded it from. The "kit" has full interior detail, (what do you mean, you can't see any of it?!) and had exterior skins for pre-flight, Apollo 7, and lunar Apollo flights. I decided to go with the lunar post-flight, trying to make it look like the way it does in the museums. For the heat shield, I used a coating of spackling compound that I painted grey, and then dry-brushed light grey. I really like the texture of the spackle in this usage, of course I don't touch it very often, but it does have a satisfactory feel to it, and I imagine the real heat shield would feel something like that, if I were so disrespectful as to reach out and touch it at the museum.
The post-flight parachute section details were lacking in the "kit", so I added my own details. Another non-paper cheat, I used various bits of wire and other bits. For the 2 big drogue chute mortars in the front, I pulled out some Wave MSG option parts - thruster nozzles. It's a little bit too fancy, but I was happy with the look. For the 3 main chute tubes, I used empty tubes that hold anti-flea and parasite medicine for cats. I like the way they looked, when I put it on my cats I thought, "what cool looking tubes, I will have to find a model to use these on!" So I saved them...and finally found the perfect model to use them on!
The hatch is held on with tiny magnets, for no good reason - it's not like you can see more of the interior detail if you take the hatch off! Oh well...
The post-flight parachute section details were lacking in the "kit", so I added my own details. Another non-paper cheat, I used various bits of wire and other bits. For the 2 big drogue chute mortars in the front, I pulled out some Wave MSG option parts - thruster nozzles. It's a little bit too fancy, but I was happy with the look. For the 3 main chute tubes, I used empty tubes that hold anti-flea and parasite medicine for cats. I like the way they looked, when I put it on my cats I thought, "what cool looking tubes, I will have to find a model to use these on!" So I saved them...and finally found the perfect model to use them on!
The hatch is held on with tiny magnets, for no good reason - it's not like you can see more of the interior detail if you take the hatch off! Oh well...
