Here's my new home-made SpaceX toy.
Soyuz 6 & 7
I based my design on the toy featured on Paul V's brilliant Spacex website.
The bodies are made from deodorant roller tops.
The engines are salt bottle caps finished with cap gun ring caps
The solar panels are segments of an old metal bracelet
The orb heads are plastic golf balls
I've included the docking magnets described on Paul's site. It docks perfectly!
I ran out of red enamel early on so had to use water-based red. Not ideal but it worked OK.
The lettering is my usual sellotape/ letraset trick
Quite tricky, I enjoyed making these Soyuz a lot.
In my haste though I forgot to add two silver radar poles. I've a good reason for adding them now as something dramatic happened when I took this moon shot.
I hope you like these Soyuz.
Brilliant! What's next?
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch Kevin! Next is a little Molab made from a light bulb. After that I need to re-glue many of the parts of the 2 Soyuz, as I dropped it after the photo shoot! Drat!
DeleteVery inventive use of everyday items Woodsy, you could write your next book on the subject! Love the symmetry of the two Soyuzes. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Arto. I like the symmetry too. They dock really well with their nose magnets!
DeleteA nice finishing touch with the sellotape/letraset lettering, Woodsy. More superb ships for your growing space fleet :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Tone. It was fun. Alas I dropped them tonight and will need to re-glue many of the parts! The trials of a junk modeller!
DeleteThe cap gun ring 'engines' are inspired !
ReplyDeleteMish.
Nice work! You certainly make good use of those practice golf balls! I do like the solar panel wings too.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Lewis. Yeah, those balls have really come in handy. And I don't even play golf!
DeleteAnother triumph, Woodsy!
ReplyDeleteInstantly recognisable, subtly different yet so right.
And if there'd be an Oscar for part sourcing talent, you'd've won it many times over.
Cheers -- Paul
Thanks a lot Paul! When I'd finished I realised that I'd forgotten the stick antennae. I checked your site for how they look and read that you'd made your own for your actual Tri-ang toy! They look really great! How did you make them?
DeleteSorry for late reply Woodsy.
DeleteI made one out of a square-sectioned polystyrene rod obtained from a model shop, carving and sanding where needed. The dish is the kind of cap sold by DIY centres to fit over and hide screw heads. Then used that master example to make a mould and with patience and luck managed to cast two copies in polyurethane. Airbrushed a coat of gloss black and a coat of Alclad and that was that.
Best -- Paul
That's so skillful what you did Paul. Very impressive and as close to the actual toy antennae as anyone could ever get short of the real thing. Fabulous and inspiring! Thanks.
Deletegreat result! sputnik next? ew :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch EW. Carrying on with my SpaceX toys project, I'll be making a MOLAB next.
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