SMOKIN II: The Airfix LM

The second project for the Space Modelers Online Kit Instruction Network (SMOKIN, get it?) will be to build the Airfix 1/72 scale LM. It's currently available and can easily be built straight out of the box or tricked out to the max. The object is to provide tips, hints and support for all who participate in the project. This page is intended to supplement the discussions that will ensue on the space-modelers email group. Mostly this will consist of links to other web sites with reference information on the various Apollo LMs, from Apollo 5 to Apollo 17. If y'all run across any useful ones, email me and I'll include them here.

Links

• Apollo Lunar Surface Journal
  Complete transcripts from the moonwalks, with commentary and links to mission photos.
• The Apollo Saturn Reference Page
  The source for anything dealing with the Saturn V and the Apollo program.
• Coatings and Finishes for LM-10 thru LM-14
  Scans of the Grumman Engineering Specification, dated August 1973.
• Lunar Module Data Page
  Source of many details of the LM.
• My Little Space Museum
  Good reference material on Apollo spacesuits and the Apollo Lunar Scientific Experiment Package (ALSEP), for those who want to go 'all out' and make a lunar diorama.
• NASA Apollo Press Kits
  PDF files of the original documents handed to the press before each mission.
• Project Apollo Archive
  Source of an overwhelming number of high quality images from the Apollo program.

Apollo 11 (LM-5) thermal coverings

"The Eagle Has Landed...": Building an accurate Apollo 11 LM from the Airfix kit

David Carlton kindly send along a copy of a follow-up article in the Vol. 1, No.8, edition of Modelworld.