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On Feb 14, 10:25 pm, Ron Caudillo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bones, > I built Vinicio's Jupiter 2 a long time ago. He did a great job on it > and was very helpful to answer me when I had questions building a few > portions of it. Unfortunately, he had decided not to develop it any > further so I asked him if he would mind if I started on a design of my > own. He very garaciously sent me all of the AutoCAD files he had up > to then and gave me his blessing. > > Vinicio incorporated some very ingenious engineering solutions in his > original design work. I did not want to copy his work, but to try to > comup with my own solutions in the design process. I want to do this > so as to not draw away attention to his original work and ensure he > gets the credit he truly deserves. > > Yes, I am designing the Jupiter 2. For the past year or so, however, > I have not been able to do much of anything with it because of various > reasons, one of which was an engineering problem that Rick Steffers > offered a viable solution at last year's IMPC in Virginia. It is not > that hard to develop a model pattern, but it is harder to develop one > that is easy to build (relatively) and has no design flaws (or at > least that's my goal. > > I build every model several time as I design them to ensure that they > can be built and that the pieces fit as they are supposed to. I also > try to make sure that alignment and warpage problems are as minimal as > possible. > > Things are a lot better now and I have begun digging myself out of > this hole. I apologize to all for this lack of progress and hope to > get back on track really soon. > > Bones, I wish you the best in your endeavors! I'm really excited to > see someone else working on this. I love to see how others tackle > designs and texture their creations (my really weak area). > > You can see the current progress of my Jupiter 2 at PENDERCRAFT. They > host all of my available models and will be the exclusive download > site once I get the Jupiter 2 finished.http://www.pendercrafts.com > Click on the blue "click here to enter site" link at the bottom center > of the home page. > Click on the FAN SUBMITTED COLLECTIONS link. > Click on the button with my name on it, RON CAUDILLO. > > I too, have DVD's from the series that I'm using for reference > material. > > Best Regards, > Ron Caudillo > > On Feb 11, 3:28 am, Bones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone here built Vinicio Munoz's Jupiter 2 ?. I partly built it a > > couple of years ago and was going to hand colour it but gave it up as a > > hopeless attempt despite the model being very detailed and fitting > > beautifully. Now I'm colouring it in The Gimp and adding graphics to the > > interior walls etc with stuff I've scrounged from the net... this is my > > first attempt at layering with a program like this...I'm hardware not > > software...must be the 20 years as a sparky coming out. > > Anybody know anything about Ron Caudillo's version of the Jupiter 2, > > there was talk about it ages ago but since then nothing. Having worked > > my way through all the seasons of Lost in Space on DVD (present from son > > for xmas) has got me interested. > > > Bones > > -- > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > What ??..... Me repairing Furshlugginer Veeblefetzer for a living ??? > > I don't think so Alfred !!!!!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
