Hi friends.
It's been a long time since I posted a work in progress and even some time since I posted some work at all. So here is something new.
I started building a new rocket. I realised that apart from the tiniest rocket in the collection (Blue Streak) I didn't have any European rocket in the ménagerie. So I thought an Ariane 5 would be a good addition.
So after some research I got to work. First, the virtual drawing board. Ton Noteboom's version as well as David Brown's remake lack the detail I wanted to add into the model. I redid some parts and recoloured a lot. The pure white of the fairing and boosters (EAP's - it's French after all, mes amis! EAP stands for Étage de Acceleration à Poudre - Powdered acceleration stage - heh!) was changed into an off white colour like the real stuff. I also redid all of the logos on the EAPs and the fairing got some extra pictures added like the specific version I am to make.
So we start below, the main engine, the Vulcain 2 engine. Meanwhile, I rolled the part which would make up the hull of the first stage. I embossed it lightly to get the insulation tile structure in the paper. It is 270 grams paper so very thick and sturdy. It already had the grey colour of itself.
I used fast printed versions of the original models as templates for this and all of the engine base structure. I scratch built the ribs on the cone and added two glass marbles which happened to have the right size as helium pressure vessels, wrapped in aluminium tape. I made the top tank dome out of metallic coated paper.
It's been a long time since I posted a work in progress and even some time since I posted some work at all. So here is something new.
I started building a new rocket. I realised that apart from the tiniest rocket in the collection (Blue Streak) I didn't have any European rocket in the ménagerie. So I thought an Ariane 5 would be a good addition.
So after some research I got to work. First, the virtual drawing board. Ton Noteboom's version as well as David Brown's remake lack the detail I wanted to add into the model. I redid some parts and recoloured a lot. The pure white of the fairing and boosters (EAP's - it's French after all, mes amis! EAP stands for Étage de Acceleration à Poudre - Powdered acceleration stage - heh!) was changed into an off white colour like the real stuff. I also redid all of the logos on the EAPs and the fairing got some extra pictures added like the specific version I am to make.
So we start below, the main engine, the Vulcain 2 engine. Meanwhile, I rolled the part which would make up the hull of the first stage. I embossed it lightly to get the insulation tile structure in the paper. It is 270 grams paper so very thick and sturdy. It already had the grey colour of itself.
I used fast printed versions of the original models as templates for this and all of the engine base structure. I scratch built the ribs on the cone and added two glass marbles which happened to have the right size as helium pressure vessels, wrapped in aluminium tape. I made the top tank dome out of metallic coated paper.
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