Titan Space Launch Vehical

[kerick]

I think I'll have to install a pair of rods through the Titan fuselage to attach the SRBs to so everything lines up and stays together.

[Wardukw]

Good idea...keep everything squared and life will be good ...also a bit of structural strength 

[kerick]

I installed the rods to hold the SRBs and was having an awful time getting the one SRB to line up with the Titan. Finally I figured out the attachment point on the SRB was off and I had to reattach it in its proper place. Much better now. I bought some Valejo metallic paint for the Titan missile body as much of it is bare metal. I think the name of the color was dull aluminum. A friend of mine from the model club speaks highly of it. He said Floquil is better if you can find it. I think I'll paint all the white first, mask off the bare metal, then black undercoat, then the metallic. I'm considering getting one or two more shades for the fun of it.

[Gondor]

Mooooooar Strutz!!

[Wardukw]

Oh I can't wait to see this Kerick as im gonna be painting a plane for the 50s GB and it's gonna be bare metal and I'll am very interested to see how yours turns out.

[kerick]

I haven't given up on this. I've been doing the art work for decals for 3 different projects. The Titan launcher, the Shuttle C previously mentioned and a NASA WB-57 using the Italerari B-57, the DB resin and vacuform parts and a new cockpit donated by an F-14 that will get made into the medium bomber.
I picked up two colors of metallic paint by Vallejo. Never tried it so we will see. If it works out I might be using it on the 1/72nd Razor Crest I've acquired. I'll let you know what happens.

If I get really crazy I could do a small space plane on top of the Titan that would be a cross between a Dynasoar and an X-38.

[kerick]

Here's the decal sheet I've been working on. Some of the art work was really tedious pixel by pixel work in Paint to clean up the image. The NASA swoosh for the WB-57 tail was a real pain as I couldn't find a straight on shot of it so I had to adapt it from the NASA logo. Others were simple cut and paste. At least the government logos are public domain so no copyright issues. Not like I'm going to sell it anyway. I was able to download the font for the US AIR FORCE. Its called amarillousaf. The United States font is Helvectia medium. I did grab the tilted lettering for the WB-57 off the net and had to literally cut and paste then scan it in. Easy to bring it into Power Point from there. I put it all together in Power Point and added the stripes and dots.



If I do the space plane it will be based on the X-38 and its descendant the Dream Chaser.





The Titan is 1/128th scale so I'll see how that translates to a space plane. I've got a small Space Shuttle that might be a good start.  I have a Micro Scale sheet with American flags on it. I need to dig that out.

[Wardukw]

Impressive stuff matey 
That's a heap of work and well worth the effort 

[kerick]

Space plane will have to wait for now. Painting of the Titan white parts is done. The bare metal is next. Please pray for me. I may loose my mind. Other detail painting is also nearly complete. I just need to suck it up and spray!

[Wardukw]

Isnt loosing your mind the whole reason we build wiffies ??
Actually I think it's mandatory to be honest 🤔 😅

[kerick]

Isnt loosing your mind the whole reason we build wiffies ??
Actually I think it's mandatory to be honest 🤔 😅

I still don't trust my ability to paint and not have some weird chemical reaction ruin everything. If that happens an object shaped like a white German hand grenade might fly across the room.

I've lost my mind a long time ago and can't find it anywhere!

[Wardukw]

Isnt loosing your mind the whole reason we build wiffies ??
Actually I think it's mandatory to be honest 🤔 😅

I still don't trust my ability to paint and not have some weird chemical reaction ruin everything. If that happens an object shaped like a white German hand grenade might fly across the room.

I've lost my mind a long time ago and can't find it anywhere!

It's the same as that old line ..you have be insane to work here but it helps .
Besides insanity is only a matter of perspective..one dude said insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting something different to happen..or something like that 🙄
We never do the same thing twice so we're covered there 👍

[kerick]

I've been working on this project to try and finish it today in time for my club meeting. Putting stripes on the SRBs is a real pita. Plus I painted the NMF on the Titan body. I masked over the white, sprayed white over that to block any leakage under tape, sprayed black then the Vallejo metal finish. It promptly leaked under the tape anyway. Lots of clean up and touch up. PITA. I think I have it looking halfway decent now. Pics will be posted soon. Still working on a launchpad to display it.

[kerick]

Yee Ha!!! I finished something! The Titan V space launch vehicle. What if NASA and the Air Force hadn't sunk everything into the space shuttle and kept the reliable Titan going to launch the satellites and space probes it was so good at.
Here's the promised finished pics.











The "launch pad" is made from scraps from an old printer painted with good old Testors gloss grey from a can. The rest is covered in previous posts.  The pics are not very dramatic but, its a missile. Not too many ways to pose it. Not too bad for PVC and spare parts. The only thing I bought for this was paint and decal paper.

[Old Wombat]

That's awesome, mate! Excellent!