Hi Woodsie,
I've been kinda out of the loop for the last month. An old friend asked me to make some models for Australia's new Space Agency HQ, so I came out of retirement and into 30 days of intense activity!
Here's a 1/2 scale model of Australia's first satellite
a 1/15 scale model of a Europa launcher as fired from Woomera
and two life-sized Dust Experiments as designed by an Australian and flown on Apollo 11
and everything packed up in two custom made travel crates, complete with logos! (I resisted the temptation to stencil "Ark of the Covenant; Direct to Berlin" on them!)
Lewis
Oz
Some amazing large-scale work, Lewis!
ReplyDeleteThe delivery date was always fixed, but they decided they wanted EVERYTHING for their opening, as opposed to spreading it over a few months as originally planned. As a consequence, I had to cut some corners to get it all done in time.
ReplyDeleteThese models are mostly made of cardboard (except for the nose cone of the Europa rocket which is two part foam and car putty!)
The chequerboard pattern is made from white and black sticky vinyl sheet because masking and painting that fluted hull would have been a nightmare!
I always feel I could have done better, but given the constraints, I'm amazed they turned out as well as they did!
Would I use cardboard again?
I dunno about that...