dimanche 5 octobre 2014

(Space) Ship in a Bottle

Hello Ladies and Gents



Finally i had my first long weekend since i kicked myself into a deep dark hole called 'Mechanical Engineering Dept', so this weekend i can build a model again, though a quick-ish one.



The model i was building is 1/144 Progress M-SO1 spacecraft from AXM paper space scale model. The Progress M-SO1 is a modified Progress M vehicle (7K-TGM, GRAU Index 11F615A55) adapted to carry 'Pirs' ('pier' or also called SO-1) docking module onto the ISS, The 'pirs' module is docked into the nadir (earthward) docking port of 'Zvezda', while its sister module, 'Poisk' ('Search' or also called MIM-2) was carried by Progress M-MIM2 onto zenith (skyward) port of 'Zvezda'. The finished model will be inserted into an empty bottle for display, much like ship in a bottle



The kit is fairly simple, the service module assembly is similar to AXM Progress kit but the cargo module and fuel compartment are substituted with 'Pirs' module

Assembly starts with service module and the solar panels



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The lower part of 'Pirs'



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Then the middle part, which contain the EVA hatches



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