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| Lunik |
Being sat at home does have its drawbacks, but also the advantage of being able to complete some of the little side projects that I never seem to get around to, such as my ongoing fleet of mock satellites.
The latest little model is inspired by a recent purchase I made on ebay, currently in postal hell, but also by the Brooke Bond Race into Space cards. After looking at them again for reference on the Early Bird satellite, I recalled another memorable model that I could make quite simply with a leftover Xmas bauble, the Soviet moon Probe, Luna 2.
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| Early Bird |
So after hastily building a small Early Bird out of a plastic tube and some straight pins, I raided the bits box and very soon had a passable model of Lunik too! Of course, once I had the superglue and bits on the go, I had to see what else I could fabricate and soon I had the Navigator Deep Space Probe made from a torch reflector, a bubble wand an handful of kit parts. Unfortunately, Navigator isn't quite complete, as the superglue dried up before I could finish!
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| Navigator Deep Space Probe |
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| Model of Soviet Luna 1 probe |
The fascination for me is with the industrial look of the early probes, especially the soviet era ones, which look like they have been made from leftovers in a boiler factory. This has the advantage of allowing me to put together something which retains the overall 'look' of the actual model, without having to resort to exhaustive detailing.
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| Probing the Secrets |
Its just as well I wasn't going for absolute accuracy as after I did a couple of test shots of my Lunik, I realised the smooth chrome finish of the bauble also caught a reflection of me, the doorway and the mancave!
