Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: Alvis 3.1 on October 31, 2023, 07:34:39 AM
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Model depiction of the launch complex at Weenemunde, Germany. Wilhelm Von Baum, descendant of a family of specialist brewers, has combined the three greatest things Germany has contributed to the world: Beer, rocketry, and Volkswagens! A team of 3 NSA agents infiltrated the facility and photographed most areas. Model workers have reproduced what they documented, and attached are technical and threat assessment statements. Utilising a very potent brand of beer as fuel, the rocket system utilises liquid oxygen as the oxidiser. The primary payload is HERB 1E (Hypersonic Experimantal Reentry Body 1E), a 2 crew spaceplane. Alternate payloads include the Schnelles Silber (Quick Silver) Orbital Interceptor and a ballistic missile stage, which utilises Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle warheads (MIRV) and carries the program name of "Grief" (Griffin). (MIRV Griffin)
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Wilhelm Von Baum and workers.
The extreme volatility of the beer based fuel allows for it to be loaded into the rocket by hand, one bottle at a time.
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Ballistic Missile variant. Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) warhead system, Project Grief. (MIRV Griffin)
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Schnelles Silber (Quick Silver) Orbital Interceptor variant. Two 20mm nose mounted cannons and a radar targeting system in a highly modified Mercury capsule design.
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HERB 1E Goes Ballistic!
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External tank
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Alvis does it again !! :-*
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Size comparison to V2
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Vehicle breakdown
First Stage
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Second Stage
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Schnelles Silber (Quick Silver) Orbital Interceptor
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MIRV Grief
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Ground support vehicles
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Radar Van
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This became my 65/95 project. Every time I'd get near 95% completed, I'd add more detail or another vehicle and push it back to 65% (or worse) I even wound up making another completely different flight vehicle using a V2 (several Dragon V2s died to make this project as it was) and it looked like I'd never get it done.
Then my wife retired and we made a quick decision to relocate to a new house. This is the last thing I am going to pack, as I decided to call it "close enough" to being done. It's likely going to get broken in the move pushing it further back down below 50%.
This is as complete as I expect it to be.
Alvis 3.1
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Oh sooooooo good ! :smiley: :smiley:
Beat Musk's Tesla into space by how many years ?
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Nice that they used the only known self-repairing version of the Beetle as the basis for the re-entry vehicle of the tourist model :smiley:
Good to see you back, by the way! Missed your particular brand of insanity. ;)
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Fabulous space program modeling including attention to all those down-to-earth parts which add depth and understanding.
Sanely insane 8) :-*
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I'm at a total and utter loss for words. Every time I think I've found the last little detail three more pop up. My goodness...what an achievement!
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This is such a cool build! I can ID most of the figures (looks like Miniart with some Hasegawa), but they look great! The Von Braun guy looks the part, too.
What kit did you use to make the interceptor? It looks like a 1/48 Mercury capsule with a Gemini hatch, or is it the 1/48 Gemini kit with one segment removed? Regardless of the source, it looks great.
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The capsule is an Estes Mercury capsule, scaled at 1/32, with a Gemini style hatch scratch built. The nosecone was made from Milliput.
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Awesome, just simply awesome!
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As always great work Al!
Also wo ist Gunter Wendt?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Günter_Wendt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Günter_Wendt)
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File this under "Fun With Chemistry":
The VW Van was one of the first things built, and was sprayed with Vallejo rattle can semi gloss. It's still slightly tacky after a couple years, and dust sticks to it something awful. I don't recommend either it or their gloss spray can clear coats, they have apparently no real set drying time.
Secondly, after a couple years, the Tamiya Flat spray can flat coat is cracking some of the Tamiya Spray Can Flat Black sections. That's irking.
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Awesome! Great fun, great build. ;D :smiley:
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Beautifully bonkers and well built.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who has "ooh just add another bit" syndrome when doing dioramas ;D ;D ;D
Mog
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This is delightfully insane.
Also, a MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE version of this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKkt_g9Tc7M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKkt_g9Tc7M)
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Also wo ist Gunter Wendt?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Günter_Wendt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Günter_Wendt)
I believe the correct phraseology is: "I vonder vere Günter Wendt?"!! IYKYK