WOW!!! Nice build!! I read up on some of the reviews and I am curious as to what you used to build the internal spine for the spine?
Did you also build the 1/144 Aries 1-B and Orion Spaceplane?
To sort of hijack this whats new thread a bit, I used brass tube for the spine, but the model on the "stand" is supported at the Crew module and the propulsion unit, so really there is no real engineering genius.
As to the last bit.. yes and yes.. both fantastic, but Stargazer himself is a good friend of mine and I did get both kits at a "mates rates" price, however the research that has gone into each and the quality of the kits is excellent. I will post up some pix of my 2001 stuff each in the appropriate forum
And I do like the alternative option GTX posted as well