One Small Step for Man - One Giant Leap For Mankind ! ..... ... ..... ... ... ... ..... Airfix 1/72 Apollo 11 Lunar Module

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Choppa Nutta

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Posted 1547495862 · Edited	Reply with quote #1

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of mankinds single greatest achievement ever later this year I thought this might be an ideal model for me at the moment given everything else in my life etc. nice and simple, few parts and nothing to complex Would have been nice if it had included the Lunar Rover but hey, definitely not the best kit of the LEM out there but I think a bit of Green & Blacks milk chocolate gold foil wrapping will help things along just nicely Unlikely I'll be using the "diorama" provided, think I'll be doing the "Blue Peter" thing (google it) and making my own from kitchen refuse Hopefully I'll actually finish this one given I've failed to do so over the last 2 or 3 GB's .... As usually I'll be aiming for that "Original Trophy" __________________ May The Farce Be With You ! Paul... Gallery http://genessis-models.websitetoolbox.com/post/a-gallery-of-my-art-other-endeavours-with-video-links-8037830?&trail=15
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Stathis

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Posted 1547496563	Reply with quote #2

It s gonna be great for sure!!! __________________ -------------- Stathis
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Cellarrat

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Posted 1547500664	Reply with quote #3

Enjoy your build, I'll try to find you a theme song. Bowie's Major Tom springs to mind but sure I'll find something special...........just for you __________________ Blood, Sweat & Lots of Beers Keith, Stockport, N.W. England
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vdbo76

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Posted 1547500898	Reply with quote #4

Rocket man? Hey Paul, great your joining in! __________________ Fabian Amsterdam, The Netherlands https://www.instagram.com/vdbo76/
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Cellarrat

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Posted 1547501267	Reply with quote #5

I was thinking the same thing; __________________ Blood, Sweat & Lots of Beers Keith, Stockport, N.W. England
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Choppa Nutta

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Posted 1547502115	Reply with quote #6

I ws hoping that some one else may have entered the GB so I could've been the 11th project on the table haha some other contenders CellerRat and Fabian anything off Dark Side of the Moon ( by the best band in the world ) Walking on the Moon Space Man Space is Deep and Endless - if anyone here remembers Hawkwind ? Holst also did his Planet Suite Star Man Interstellar Overdrive ( also by the best band in the world ) Fly Me Too The Moon I guess anything by Jefferson Starship Space Cowboy Anything by Orbital I guess But I think I'm going to go with this one __________________ May The Farce Be With You ! Paul... Gallery http://genessis-models.websitetoolbox.com/post/a-gallery-of-my-art-other-endeavours-with-video-links-8037830?&trail=15
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Kit'n'Kaboodle

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Posted 1547542092	Reply with quote #7

Should be an interesting build. Good luck! __________________
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Choppa Nutta

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Posted 1547565585	Reply with quote #8

Haha love it !! one I hadn't thought of lol although to be fair Apollo 11 was more Space Jeep than truck !! That said the Saturn V pushing it up there was one hell of a Space Truck ! I'm waiting on CellerRat's surprise tune ! I'm sure there's a few more out there I aint thought of yet haha Sprach Zarathustra Imperial March __________________ May The Farce Be With You ! Paul... Gallery http://genessis-models.websitetoolbox.com/post/a-gallery-of-my-art-other-endeavours-with-video-links-8037830?&trail=15
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Cellarrat

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Posted 1547569825	Reply with quote #9

Will this do for you? __________________ Blood, Sweat & Lots of Beers Keith, Stockport, N.W. England
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Choppa Nutta

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Posted 1547573254	Reply with quote #10

Haha I hadn't thought of that one !! I knew there must a bunch I hadn't thought of __________________ May The Farce Be With You ! Paul... Gallery http://genessis-models.websitetoolbox.com/post/a-gallery-of-my-art-other-endeavours-with-video-links-8037830?&trail=15
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alainvandenbosch

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Posted 1547577125 · Edited	Reply with quote #11

And what about this one ? And the actual version... after humanity made some little steps... To watch Chris video making-of you can visit «https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i3QCvNaqs8» __________________ Alain Les Éboulements, QC, CANADA
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Choppa Nutta

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Posted 1547644825	Reply with quote #12

Haha thanks for the chuckles guys you've cheered me up no end I love that an astronaut was allowed to take his guitar up into space and play that song from orbit thanks for sharing Alain __________________ May The Farce Be With You ! Paul... Gallery http://genessis-models.websitetoolbox.com/post/a-gallery-of-my-art-other-endeavours-with-video-links-8037830?&trail=15
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papaiancook

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Posted 1548322122	Reply with quote #13

Nice one Paul. Not seen this kit in a while.
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Alba83

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Posted 1548329981	Reply with quote #14

Hey Paul, You always have something different! ... look forward to seeing what it becomes. I have a song for you too... __________________ Steven Glasgow, Scotland
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Choppa Nutta

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Posted 1548345170	Reply with quote #15

Cheers Ian, it's an old kit alright !! Steven, haha hadn't thought of that one either !! now that I'm in the mental prep phase and doing research I'm noticing a number of inaccuracies that are beginning to bug me.... not as nice as the Academy kit as seen in Christian Bruer's photo at the bottom, (which has some additional scratch building on it) no surprise though, it was released in 1970 so it was a rush job putting it together, no doubt Airfix wisely waited for a successful mission before going to the faff of tooling up The window is the one that bugs me most, need to round the corners and change the lines to align parallel with the surrounding frame, then add a sheet on the flat face above to create an overhanging lip to get the "eyebrow" look .. Next is the big triangular flap on the right all molded in as one with the rest of the body... this is supposed to be a structural rod ... no doubt Airfix had limited reference The door is way to recessed with CHUNKY features ... little red arrow shows depth in the door way. need to be flatish and flush etc. This machine aint symmetrical and there's a lump missing on it's lower cheek.. There's (unsurprisingly) a number of other features missing from this "rare" classic vintage kit, such as the docking window, a few more lumps & bumps, oh and some panel lines haha I'm surprised just how much of it is covered in foil and mat black sheet etc. reference shows a distinctly tatty side to the construction ... I find myself contemplating how to emulate the buckling the sheet metal went through by time it landed on the moon because it went through some quite extreme heat cycles ... I choose to build this kit of a model that went to the moon before the end of the decade, and I choose this kit not because it was hard, but because it was easy !! well that's a well known speech I've rather mangled ... lol __________________ May The Farce Be With You ! Paul... Gallery http://genessis-models.websitetoolbox.com/post/a-gallery-of-my-art-other-endeavours-with-video-links-8037830?&trail=15
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