SPA Modeler

Todays update... it does not look like much, due mostly to it being lots of little detail painting work... interrupted by a few long errands and outings...

The retro and after maneuvering rockets... I still need to paint the ablative coating color inside the nozzles


Cooling unit, Communications equipment, Radar Rendevous Target Device, Power Cells, and Fuel/Oxydizer/Water Tanks on mount. I still need to finish painting the wiring


Interior of the Equipment Section, I still need to paint the framwork brackets and wiring/plumbing


Crew section with a coat of Gloss Black and starting to do Red detail work painting


More to come in the next few days...

she be coming along!

Yes indeed.... and I am really fighting the urge to go to town replacing the molded on wiring and plumbing detail in there. Then this would not be a proper review and turn in to another long term project as well....

Oh cool! Don't know how I missed this. Been really thinking of getting some spacecraft.

Stikpusher wrote:Yes indeed.... and I am really fighting the urge to go to town replacing the molded on wiring and plumbing detail in there. Then this would not be a proper review and turn in to another long term project as well....

Same here!

Adam wrote:Oh cool! Don't know how I missed this. Been really thinking of getting some spacecraft.

Same here!

Well, you could not go wrong buying this classic kit. She is a beauty as is. With a little creativity she can be a show stealer!

Well where was I? I hit a speed bump due to trying some new weathering techniques and had to go back and fix those up. And I have been doing bits and pieces of detail painting over the past week. Today it was time to get it all assembled.

I used oil paints to apply a pin wash on the Equipment and Retrograde Sections. . It worked good enough on the Retrograde section, but did not react well with the Floquil paint on the sidewalls of the Equipment section, my first time using that medium. Next time I know to use a dissimilar layer in between. So I touched up the paint there and then used Promodeler Wash to take care of that section.

Equipment Section



Retrograde Section



After getting that work fine tuned I added the equipment that goes in those sections

Equipment Section



Retrograde Section





I also applied the Promodeler Wash to the Astronaut figures



Then I applied their uniform decals- I still need to do a little more work on their faces and then add their helmet faceshields



And I have been working on the red edging and mettalic red detail work for the capsule itself, all based off of photos of Gemini 3. Today I finally glued the capsule exterior to the heat shield so now all that needs to be added are the hatch windows. Which I will do after the decals are on and the final Flat coat on the exterior.







then a test fit of the Adapter Section to the Crew Section



and a test fitting of the Astronauts







Keep looking, more to come soon...

Now this one really comes to live! What a progress!
All the detail painting took its time but it really adds to the overall appearance. Have there been decals for the fine red lines on the black capsule?

Thank you Thomas. Yes the kit decals come with the little red hash marks. I started applying them last night. And yes, all those little detail painting items really help bring the kit to life. It's too bad that Revell chose not to include much of that in the instruction sheet. In 1/24 scale those things really stand out and are noticable. I will have some commentary on both in my next review update.



BTW, I really love all the new emoticon choices that we now have.

Stikpusher wrote:...BTW, I really love all the new emoticon choices that we now have.

We have to thank our mate Adam for those! A great addition to our place!