2001 ASO USSC Discovery One

[DanBKing]

A question, is the Aries cockpit so different that it could not be used? This is off the cuff. I would have to look at it. The Odyssey shares the same technology as the Aries. Just wondering if something suitable wasn't already out there. As far as pods, I don't think making some for the ship would be so hard. If they were made up in layers, knowing you would have to sand the final sphere, and add the outside pieces, something could be done. What are the dimensions of a pod that scale? I know this is asking a lot of questions, but if I were to do this, someone has to help with some of the leg work, and take credit for it too! .

The cockpit of the Aries 1-B is very different from the Discovery, unfortuantly. I'm gonna go Internet hunting tonight, and see what I can dig up.

 

[eatonad]

EVA Pod to scale

UHU02’s Discovery is approximately 1/100th scale. So yes I reduced his EVA model to match.

 

[DanBKing]

UHU02’s Discovery is approximately 1/100th scale. So yes I reduced his EVA model to match.

Damn.............. So, more future work, I see before me...........

My plan is to keep the command sphere detatchable from the rest of the model. So, any mods can be carried out without too much damage.....

What was your reduction percentage of the pod model ???

 

[dnalor]

ah....for every mood a new command sphere...

with pod .....without a pod.....with 2 pods... ah.....how do you feel today

the baby pod looks super..this would bring this model to the next level...

Where are the lights?...the alu rod is a tube....so an easy way to bring the lights to the front..
i even slept over the zathros idea of a connector...
When you use CAT6 cables (i did) you can use the normal rj45 connectors so you still change the command sphere..

 

[THE DC]

Keep it up.

Great thread!

The DC

 

[scifimodelfan]

Totally a,aging work I love this thread. I might even attempt this build some day. It's on mt to do list. Again beautiful build.

 

[DanBKing]

I might even attempt this build some day. It's on mt to do list. .

Aww, go on... You know you really want to.... :mrgreen:

 

[eatonad]

Eva Pod Scale

The exact reduction from UHU02's PDF file is 18.26%. You could probably round that up 20% and be close enough. I was very careful when I rescaled this. From internet sources I found that the EVA Pod Bay doors on the Command Module were 11 feet in diameter and the EVA pod itself was 44 inches spherically. I downloaded some Pod drawings and scaled them, then using the earmuff sections of UHU02 model I scale it down to match the Discovery model.

 

[eatonad]

Correction!!

I did a stupidwall1. I pull thoughs demensions from my head which leaks. I checked my notes. The pod bay doors are 11ft 6 inches and the spherical diameter of the EVA pod was 80 inches. The internet source for these dimesions is:
2001 a space odyssey, 2001, space odyssey




www.planet3earth.co.uk/2001_a_space_odyssey.htm

 

[DanBKing]

Hang in there, just hang in there....

The Discovery build, has become a bit like life, at the moment......

Everything going on, but nothing coming together....

It's just a case of waiting for all the work, and all the time, for all the little things that matter, to come together and fall into place......:-|



Everything takes time...... Tick......... Tick.........

Tick.....

Tick....

T..

 

[Zathros]

This is one mother-fokawe of a model your building there!

 

[DanBKing]

Slight progress...

Extension panels for the main reactor module, built and fitted 'in the flat'.
This seemed to help in keeping everything true and level. (and linear..! Sorry! ops
Gonna do the same with the two parts of the engine module.

Will catch up with more soon.....

 

[DanBKing]

This is one mother-fokawe of a model your building there!

True! But an insult to the Fokawe tribe!!

The real mother of Fokawe is called, Whoda.
Thier son is called, Whatda.....

The Fokawe tribe are a very small race of people....
They run around in the long grasses of the African plains, jumping higher than the long grass and shouting: WHEREDA FOKAWE ???????????

Hence the tribes name...........sign1

 

[Zathros]

There was a tribe here know as the Heckawis. They traveled many many Moons, till one day, the chief said, "Where the Heck are we?" (F-Troop)

 

[DanBKing]

There was a tribe here know as the Heckawis. They traveled many many Moons, till one day, the chief said, "Where the Heck are we?" (F-Troop)

Haha, yeah.
Adapted by me into the South African version.......
But the same linquistic principle.:mrgreen:

 

[DanBKing]

A little more..

Progress is slow, due to life and all its strange ways of working !!!

Engine module is complete and attached to the reactor module in the flat.
Gonna fold up and glue the whole thing tonight....
Then start on the engine nozzels themselves....

 

[DanBKing]

Reactor/engine module assembled

A few small touch ups to do... But, structurally complete. Just the engine nozzels to finish.









The large flaps will be sealed down once the nozzles are attached.



The engine/reactor module I am leaving detachable. So, I have adapted the model to fit the temporary construction stand, and not the other way round, for now. :mrgreen:

 

[Zathros]

Wow, that really is awesome!! I like the way you left space in there for some big D sized ESTES rocket engines..................only kidding!

 

[Marco Scheloske]

Amazing clean and straight work!

 

[Rhaven Blaack]

Everything is looking REALLY GOOD so far.
You are doing a really clean job in this.
This is TOP NOTCH work.