With the humidity finally broken, I thought I would start a new project.
I didn't want anything too complicated over summer, and thought this would be a nice build.
I have been following Space-x for a long time, and love that Alfonso decided to do this model.
First up was the main body of the craft. This was straight forward. I did preshape the edge of the heatshield.
Assembled the heatshield, then tried to dry fit it to the bottom. To keep those petals in alignment was going to be difficult. So printed out a copy of the heatshield and assembled it inside out. Using this as a former, glued it behind the petals, one at a time. This aided in keeping the petals in alignment.
The heatshield went on easily with this method.
Next up is the construction of the dome.
I tried to assemble the dome with the glue tabs and was having fit problem. Reprinted the parts and removed the tabs for the bottom three rings and installed tabs to the back of the rings. I was much happier with the result.
Next up are the four Super Draco Rocket Pods.
https://youtu.be/1_FXVjf46T8
Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.
Jim
I didn't want anything too complicated over summer, and thought this would be a nice build.
I have been following Space-x for a long time, and love that Alfonso decided to do this model.
First up was the main body of the craft. This was straight forward. I did preshape the edge of the heatshield.
Assembled the heatshield, then tried to dry fit it to the bottom. To keep those petals in alignment was going to be difficult. So printed out a copy of the heatshield and assembled it inside out. Using this as a former, glued it behind the petals, one at a time. This aided in keeping the petals in alignment.
The heatshield went on easily with this method.
Next up is the construction of the dome.
I tried to assemble the dome with the glue tabs and was having fit problem. Reprinted the parts and removed the tabs for the bottom three rings and installed tabs to the back of the rings. I was much happier with the result.
Next up are the four Super Draco Rocket Pods.
https://youtu.be/1_FXVjf46T8
Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.
Jim
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