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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3010270, member: 76194"]Awesome job. Did you spray paint yours? I've been hand painting my models...not as professional or as smooth a finish as a spray job (and a lot slower), but I really enjoy the extra challenge and the slower pace. I do the models for stress relief, so the slower the better as it seems to slow me down and relax me more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a Vanguard Project kit I'm working on. Here is the outer shell of the satellite.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not as neat as a professional spray job, but I'm doing these kits for my son and myself, and our enjoyment and experiences are all that matters. I'm not trying to impress anyone else.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]746477[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Final product should look something like this, but obviously worse, as this one was finished by a professional.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]746478[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It's a fun little kit of one of America's earliest satellites, and the world's first weather satellite. They may still be on Amazon if anyone wants to take a crack at building it. Only around $20, which is inexpensive considering that prior to the reisue of this 1958 kit some people were paying $150 for the original kits from 1958.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]746479[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 3010270, member: 76194"]Awesome job. Did you spray paint yours? I've been hand painting my models...not as professional or as smooth a finish as a spray job (and a lot slower), but I really enjoy the extra challenge and the slower pace. I do the models for stress relief, so the slower the better as it seems to slow me down and relax me more. I do have a Vanguard Project kit I'm working on. Here is the outer shell of the satellite. Not as neat as a professional spray job, but I'm doing these kits for my son and myself, and our enjoyment and experiences are all that matters. I'm not trying to impress anyone else. [ATTACH=full]746477[/ATTACH] Final product should look something like this, but obviously worse, as this one was finished by a professional. [ATTACH=full]746478[/ATTACH] It's a fun little kit of one of America's earliest satellites, and the world's first weather satellite. They may still be on Amazon if anyone wants to take a crack at building it. Only around $20, which is inexpensive considering that prior to the reisue of this 1958 kit some people were paying $150 for the original kits from 1958. [ATTACH=full]746479[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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