discussion Tamiya 1/100 Space shuttle Atlantis

[peterairfix]

I have been holding off on this until I found some tile decals of witch I have now ordered.
Here's some of the work done so far the cockpit is well detailed but it's a shame it won't be seen when it's installed.

 

[Bobby Conkers]

Watching with interest. God speed.

 

[peterairfix]

The cockpit has been finished and the crew painted and installed in the fuselage sides.

 

[peterairfix]

Finished the engines and installed the front landing gear

 

[boatman]

Peter this may be a stupid qeustion but in the cockpit i see intrument panles right accros the back of the cockpit now was'nt there a a hatch there for the astronauts to suit up an go through to the cargo bay ?
chris

 

[peterairfix]

see intrument panles right accros the back of the cockpit

I have just taken a quick Google and they emerge in the cargo bay via a hatch at the bottom as hatches are just behind the pilots seats to get to the deck below

 

[peterairfix]

Main landing gear and wings together

 

[Guest]

Peter this may be a stupid qeustion but in the cockpit i see intrument panles right accros the back of the cockpit now was'nt there a a hatch there for the astronauts to suit up an go through to the cargo bay ?

NASA has cutaway drawings of the Space Shuttle

 

[boatman]

THANKS Jakko for putting on these diogram cheers i thought the space shuttle was a brilliant craft an to put it in a museum well im discusted i would have thought they would have made a uprated shuttle as the system worked an very sorry about the people who died in the accidents
chris

 

[Guest]

If it works well but is more expensive than other things that work just as well, chances are it’s going to get retired …

BTW, if “might-have-been” Space Shuttles (and other real space stuff) are of interest to you, I can recommend For All Mankind.

 

[boatman]

thanks Jakko
chris

 

[peterairfix]

Finished all bar the decals and the ones I had set from the us seem to be rather nice and easy to apply.

 

[peterairfix]

All the tile decals are finished any of the smaller ones marked A will be used to cover the gaps underneath.
And I will be give a matt coat once finished

 

[Airborne01]

That is a really unusual and interesting subject - thanks for sharing the schematics!

 

[Steve Brodie]

bit short of Tamiya, not to provide the rest of the crew though. I know they wont be seen, but neither will any of the cockpit details, but they included them. Nice build by the way.

 

[Guest]

The kit dates back to 1979, at which point the craft had flown only with two pilots, so maybe that’s why no other crew figures were included? Still a bit short-sighted, of course.