I've built another Ariane 5, this time with the Hermes spaceplane.

The Hermes is a 3D printed item I found on Shapeways.
This is a single piece, so not much to build there. I ordered it in White Natural Versatile Plastic, which is a rough, sintered powder so it took a while to get a smooth finish (I used a spray filler).

The work went into making the decals, esp. the tile patterns. There are tiles all round the cockpit and the nose, so I made several small sections that are supposed to fit together. I haven't gotten that quite right yet: the decals overlap a bit, and this is very visible because they are semitransparent, and they are on a light background.







With my other Ariane builds:

That's pretty neat! I like how that Hermes came out of 3D printing. What scale is this? 1/144?

it's 1/125, to fit the Heller Ariane 5 kit.

That looks very good for a printed item! Cool. 

Lots of PSR until I had a smooth finish.

Quote from: Hobbes on March 02, 2023, 06:49:43 AMI haven't gotten that quite right yet: the decals overlap a bit, and this is very visible because they are semitransparent, and they are on a light background.

Could have fooled me, they look darn night perfect to me, specially in that scale. 

They do look good!

Looks great! Wish I had thought of that.

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 02, 2023, 04:00:52 PMThey do look good!

They do, don't they