AXM's Space-X Dragon V2 1/48 scale Papermodel

[Papermodder]

Good day.
With the humidity done for the moment, I thought I would start a small project.
Soon after the abort test for Space-X's Dragon V2 manned spacecraft, AXM designed a model of this craft in it's abort test configuration.

This image is actually of a flight ready configuration, as for the test the solar panels were not installed.


I thought being a recent event, that this would be an interesting build. Not the most complex, but still interesting.



The main body of the craft was cutout shaped and assembled. Including all the petals for the heat-shield.



Assembled the heat-shield and did a test fit. To try to align all those petals while gluing was going to be a nightmare. So I printed another copy of the heat-shield, and assembled it inside out. Started gluing this in place, under the petals. One petal at a time. This helped secure and align them.







When complete, coloured in any gaps.



The heat-shield was then easily glued into place.



I am in the process of starting to assemble the dome at the top of the craft.



Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

 

[Timbaux]

Sweet subject. Great work Jim!

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Tim.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

Excellent little project here, Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Patrick.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Good Evening.
Another update on the Dragon.
Finished assembling the dome tonight. I found on dry fitting that the glue tabs were hindering the fit of the rings that make up the dome.
Reprinted the dome pieces and cut them out minus the glue tabs. I installed my own tabs to the back of the pieces. This worked out much better and they were much easier to assemble and align.









Next up will be the construction of the four Super Draco Rocket Pods for the sides of the craft.



https://youtu.be/1_FXVjf46T8

Thank you for following.
Questions and comments always welcome.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Good day.
I have been working on the Super Draco Rocket Pods.



They are simple enough constructs. Just don't try to glue one on all at once. It was better to attach the top half first, then the bottom half. A lot less hassle.

This is where I am at.

















This completes the construction of the Command Module.
Next up will be the Trunk.



Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

More excellent work with card, Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Patrick.

Jim

 

[amateurmodeler]

Looks great so far. I saw a launch tower for the dragon saturn 5 in paper. Looks tedious.

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Amateurmodeler.

As with any kind of modeling, you have a choice of how complex a model one wants to challenge.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Good Evening.
Update time.

Been working on the Trunk. Fairly simple. I did find, that when attaching the fins, it is better to glue the top half first, then the bottom half. A lot easier then trying to glue it all at once.







I found that by using a copy of the main body of the Trunk, it could be used to make a representation of the mounting ring used during the test.



Upon looking at the pics of Dragon on the pad, I got an idea for a display base. Just a simplified version, this is suppose to be just a simple fun little build and didn't want to go hog wild.

Still working on it.



Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

Just about ready for lunch

 

[Papermodder]

Just about, Patrick.
Not much left with this one.

Jim

 

[Go Flight]

Very cool. Thats a pretty sweet model.

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Kev.

Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Good evening.

This afternoon finished the base and mounted the Trunk.
This evening Dragon was placed into position.
I'm calling this one done.









This was a fun little build and I think adding the base and mounting ring just sets it off.

Thank you for following.
Questions and comments welcome.

Jim

 

[Quaralane]

Nicely done, Jim

 

[Papermodder]

Thank you Patrick.

Jim