Steve's 1:48 Revell Apollo 11 "Eagle" lunar lander

[Stefee]

Loving it, carry on Commander Armstrong.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

I dont think I will come anyway near as good as your finished model Stefan. I have been using it as a reference along with the files you sent me. They are quite a tricky build.

[Hecky]

Great job! I'm loving the scratch building. Will you be using gold leaf for some of the heat shield?

[HAWKERHUNTER]

yes George. At presant I have sprayed the lower stage black. It will then get a coat of satin on the black and then I will attach the gold foil.

[scottie3158]

Looking very nice indeed.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Thanks Paul

[Stefee]

[QUOTE=HAWKERHUNTER;n1259964]

• • I dont think I will come anyway near as good as your finished model Stefan. I have been using it as a reference along with the files you sent me. They are quite a tricky build.
  
  Thanks for the compliment but yours is looking mighty fine to me, I never even thought about the edges being uncoated aluminium.
  It is a tricky build but I got off lightly compared to you as my kit was 10 years newer and has obviously been modified and extra parts supplied.

[Airborne01]

Excellent work mate! All credit for persevering!
Steve

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Thanks Steve. Getting there with it now.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

I havent gone to sleep on this one chaps its just been a long and frustrating experience with the foil. First problem was I have somehow managed through the years of having this kit to loose a piece that was part of the landing gear. I have highlighted the piece.



So I had to fabricate one out of piano wire. Bit of a bodge job but when covered with foil it blends in OK with the others. Then the week has been spent getting the foil on. Looks a bit rough but I guess the actual vehicle looked a bit rough as well.

I had to fabricate the black bits on the legs and used gold thread for the foil ties on the legs. I dont know the actual names of these bits.

I am pleased with how the undulations in the foils and insulation have turned out. The landing gear feet were a problem. I was going to foil them but everytime I tried to push the foil into the foot the foil just kept tearing so they got a coat of gold spray instead. My patience ran out. Now onto the final stages of adding the cluster thrusters, radar/radio domes, ladders etc. Then I just have the 4 thruster deflectors to make and attach.


Thanks for following.

Steve

[Stefee]

Looking really excellent - wish you had mentioned the missing parts earlier as I have a couple of spares but your "bodge" looks absolutely fine.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Thanks Stefan.

[yak face]

Great work steve ,cheers tony

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Thanks Tony.

[flyjoe180]

Steve, this is looking fabulous already, very nice work with the foil and paints

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Cheers Joe. I can see light at the end of the tunnel.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

So a bit more work completed today. So I needed to add some thermal blanket protection to the top of the landing gear.

So for this I used some Milliput putty which when dry was painted. It didn't need to be neat because the thermal protection was quite rough looking. I have also added some airiels, radar dishes, ladders and cluster thruster bodies.



Now started work on the final bit of scratch building, the thrust deflectors. I first cut out some plastic card to the right size and then put the concave curve into them by laying them over a heated bar.


Then just a bit of trimming down at one end to match the shape of the ones fitted to the Eagle.

Next step will be cover them with crinckled foil, spray them anthracite and build the support frames from piano wire. Should get that done in the next couple of days. Updates will follow but getting close to the end now. Thanks for looking in


Steve.