Apollo 17 Lunar Rover

Lunar rover
Lunar rover

Karl made the following modifications to the Lunar Models kit to depict the Apollo 17 Lunar Rover:
  • Front end: rebuilt the LCRU, camera mount, the ENTIRE area where the batteries and electronics are (right in front of where the crew sits)
  • Crew station: low gain antenna
  • Rear equipment section: rebuilt almost the entire thing from scratch.
  • For the high gain (TV) antenna, he glued pantyhose to it to simulate the gold mesh. He says that if he had it to do over again, he probably would have rebuilt it completely, using wire and pantyhose.
  • He adds one other tip on that kit: the axle assemblies are extremely fragile. If he had it to do over again, he would run a steel rod between the wheels, just like a real axle, to hold them in place better.

    Base kit: Lunar Models
    Scale: 1/25
    Model by: Karl D. Dodenhoff
    Photo by: Karl D. Dodenhoff