Recent content by lancer525

The one thing that gets me, about all the anti-DIRECT people is that they don't refute the facts, the numbers, and the analysis. All they do is say things like "mickey-mouse plan" and "NASA-hater" and such. The facts are clear. The evidence is overwhelming. Ares doesn't work. It is FOUR YEARS...

Barx2, I really, really wish I had an answer for that question, but I'm afraid I just don't know. In a perfect world, someone in the new Administration would look at the technical specifications, compare them to the piece of junk that Ares is, and say "this is a no-brainer!" but we live in an...

You guys are very welcome. You can follow the DIRECT proposal at the Nasa Spaceflight Forums. Here: http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=15541.0

I built these for the DIRECT team, for a meeting at NASA HQ, and thought I'd offer them to the Paper Modeling Community. They can be found at both Niels Knudsen's and at Jon Leslie's sites. http://jleslie48.com/gallery_models_real.html http://www.nielspapermodels.com/ Happy building!

Larry, I've only been a member for a short time, but I have to say that this has been a great forum on which to participate. Best of luck to you in your endeavours!

Man, I am about six kinds of jealous of you guys who can design parts like that... Absolutely BEAUTIFUL model, and superb workmanship!

Tim, you've built parts of this model, so you'll know exactly to what I refer. The ring that forms the very top of the antenna fairing structure is part of what is giving me fits. :confused: It's made up of three strips edge-glued to the edge of an annulus shaped ring. Also, the flat bottom of...

Well, Scott... It's moving at the Speed of Government. After a false-start, entailing the discovery that I had constructed some parts of it incorrectly, and having an exceptionally warped framework, I decided to scrap the first bit, and start again. Unfortunately, as the instructions aren't...

Nothing against Dan, for Delta Studios is a great model producer, but I'm planning on going with UDon's LM, and Surfduke's CSM, because they're out there already, and can be tweaked fairly easily. I'm planning on doing the CM interior from scratch, using the Apollo documents from NASA. They've...

Oh... Gotcha. It's that mylar film like the balloons and trim and things are made of. Why didn't I think of that? I'm in the middle of a build of Scott's 1/4 scale Mercury, but when I finish it in a few months, I'm going to go back and do Delta's Mercury and Gemini in 1/12 and also Surfduke's...

Please forgive me for bringing this up so much later in the game, but where-oh-where did you find that gold material for the aft end?

USS Georgia BB-71. Would have been the last of the Montanas, and I'd love to build her. Preferably about 1/200. 4 x 4 - 18"/47 Mk III Rifles... sheeeeeeesh! Anyone have any idea how to modify a big Iowa into this? As I understand it, the Iowas were 887' long, 108' beam. The Montanas were...