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Drawings and documents: looking to acquire…

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Jun 302014

I have a pretty fair supply of interesting documents and large format drawings… but not an infinite supply. Consequently, I’m in the market. Do you have interesting aerospace (aircraft, missiles, spacecraft or even perhaps unusual naval or terrestrial projects) documents, large format diagrams or actual blueprints? If so, let’s talk. I’d like to borrow, rent or buy such things. My preference is of course for unbuilt projects, but basically *anything* interesting would be… interesting.

If you have something you’d be willing to share, but not give away, I’d be happy to scan it and send it back ASAP. Alternatively, I’d be happy with good scans.

Additionally: a lot of interesting stuff pops up on eBay. I am actively trolling eBay for such things; just bought two documents tonight. But there’s so much stuff on eBay, with such weird and divergent descriptions, that I can’t possibly hope to catch everything. So if you see something on eBay that looks interesting, by all means let me know.

Some documents for Patreon

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Jun 302014

Here are photos of portions of a few documents I’m considering as Patreon rewards. These have not yet been scanned in; some will require a bit of effort to make them presentable, but all are pretty interesting in my view. If I understand the Patreon system correctly, the system debits the credit cards or PayPal accounts of those who have pledged at the “end of the month ” (any day now, I expect), and the rewards will be distributed a few days later – when I have them ready – to those who have been successfully charged. The upshot is that if you buy in the day *after* billing, you don’t get the rewards for this month, but only *next* month. So you miss out on the first batch. The $100 benchmark is safely in the past, and there seems to be a slow creep towards the $200 benchmark, which will mean two uploads as rewards for the first month is feasible. In the event that the contribution level gets there, I’ll try to have one large format drawing and one document per month, so long as that’s practical.

So if you don’t want to miss anything, sign up soon!

A NASA report from 1972 showing a *lot* of designs for Space Shuttle concepts. Includes designs that clearly foreshadowed the Shuttle as actually built, as well as some really wacky ones.

Two official aircraft recognition guides from the early 1950s to help ground observers tell friendlies from potential bandits.

A Convair report from 1948 on an assault seaplane. Includes a *lot* of excessively detailed design diagrams. This one might have to be broken up into several parts due to the size of it.

A report on the Regulus II missile which includes detailed diagrams of both the tactical missile version and the reusable test flight version. Some really snazzy large foldouts, which will require a bit of work to clean up.

Support The Cause via Patreon

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Jun 282014

EDIT: I should note that Patreon contributions will likely be the sole source for most if not all of the diagrams and documents I release from here on. A few might wind up being sold individually as with prior Air & Space Dwgs & Docs, but most if not all won’t. I will shortly post information on some of what I have coming up. Some of it will, I trust, be of considerable interest to many…

I’ve launched the Patreon funding campaign:

http://www.patreon.com/user?u=197906

If you appreciate the aerospace research I do and the stuff I dig up, please consider contributing. As a bonus, you will get goodies if you do! High rez large format diagram scans, brochures, reports, proposals, etc.

Pledge $0.75 or more per month

You get my thanks and a warm fuzzy feeling, knowing that you are contributing to saving the history of aerospace engineering!

Pledge $1.50 or more per month

You will receive the uploaded documents and blueprints at 125 dpi

Pledge $3.00 or more per month

You will receive the uploaded documents and blueprints at 200 dpi

Pledge $4.00 or more per month

You will receive the uploaded documents and blueprints at 300 dpi

Pledge $5.00 or more per month

You will receive the uploaded documents and blueprints at 300 dpi plus a bonus CAD diagram at 300 dpi, sized for 8.5X11

Pledge $6.00 or more per month

You will receive the uploaded documents and blueprints at 300 dpi plus a bonus CAD diagram at 300 dpi sized for 11X17

Pledge $8.00 or more per month

You will receive the uploaded documents and blueprints at 300 dpi plus a bonus CAD diagram at 300 dpi sized for 18X24 or larger AND the diagram in the native vector format

Pledge $10.00 or more per month

You will receive all the prior rewards, plus have the opportunity to vote on what will be released next.

Tell all your friends.

Model projects

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Jun 222014

It’s been a bad half-year for model work. Scratch that: it’s been a piss-poor half year. Starting somewhere around October, I began to be beset with issues (weather, travel, financial and especially health) that put a serious damper on my ability to work on both CAD and physical models. The result is that I am *really* behind on some projects. Some for Fantastic Plastic, others for private individuals/companies. But now that winter *finally* seems to be over (I had to run the furnace just a few days ago, now the AC is on), there are no near-term travel plans, APR V3N4 is out and a few recent bronchitis scares blew past without going full-blown, I’m back to working on models, both physical and digital.

The next all-new one I’m working on for FP will, I think, turn out pretty spiffy. It’s actually going to be a conversion kit, starting with a conventional, easily-obtained plastic kit as the basis. In a few days I hope to have a few things worth showing. But in the meantime, here’s a hint as to what the subject will be:

Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N4 now available

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Jun 162014

At last: Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N4 is available. This issue has 128 pages. The main article focuses on the Boeing Model 844-2050E, the final, almost-built version of the X-20 Dyna Soar spaceplane. Included are not only detailed diagrams showing the design and construction of the spaceplane, but also drawings and information on proposed operational versions, including passenger ferries, satellite inspectors/interceptors, even nuclear bomber versions.

Also included are a large number of all-new diagrams that finally show the Dyna Soar atop the Titan IIIC accurately and in detail, along with proposed variants, variant launch systems and suggested space stations.

An article by Bill Slayton on the Lockheed CL-295 design series. This was a series of tailsitter VTOL fighters including designs derived from the F-104 as well as wholly new designs.

The third article is on the McDonnell F-4(FVS),a mid-1960’s concept to replace the low-mounted fixed wing of the F-4 Phantom II with an all-new variable geometry “swing wing.” The story goes from the F-4(FVS) in its numerous incarnations through the Model 225, McDonnell-Douglas’ entry into the 1968 US Navy VFX contest which resulted in the F-14.

Also, Aerospace History Nuggets on the US Navy SCAT VTOL and the Republic Aircraft RAC-730 SSTO aerospaceplane.

23 megabyte PDF file

Here’s the complete issue V3N4 layout:

It is available in three formats. Firstly, it can be downloaded directly from me for the low, low price of $10.00. Second, it can be purchased as a professionally printed volume through Magcloud; third, it can be procured in both formats. To get the download, simply pay for it here through paypal.

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To get the printed version (or print + PDF version), visit my MagCloud page:

http://scottlowther.magcloud.com/

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Also available: the V3N4 Addendum. This contains 49 pages formatted for 11X17. Includes larger and improved versions of all the CAD diagrams produced for V3N4, as well as larger versions of some of the illustrations from the X-20 and F-4(FVS) articles (as well as a number of illustrations that did not appear in the X-20 article):

The V3N4 Addendum can be downloaded for only $4.00!
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Go ahead, patronize me

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Jun 152014

I’ve slapped together a Patreon “campaign,” but I have not yet launched it. However, I’ve stitched together the screenshots of the thing, shown below, listing the “milestones” and the “rewards” I’m considering. In short, I have a fairly good sized library of stuff I’m fairly certain would appeal to a fair number of folks, and this would be a way to get it all scanned and cleaned and posted and whatnot. The way this works, the more an individual contributes, the higher the quality of product they’ll get, and the more the total contributions, the faster the rate stuff will be put out there. The specifics might change, but I think this is a proper sort of setup.

If you have a suggestion or any sort of comment at all, feel free. Advertising, marketing, all that stuff… not my area. So if you see something stupid, or something that could be better, let me know.

Huh, well how about that…

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Jun 152014

APR issue V3N4 is done, at 128 pages. The V3N4 Addendum is done, at 49 (11X17) pages. All that’s left now is uploading and reworking the webpages and posting them as available. I *was* going to say something like “I think they might be available tomorrow,” with “tomorrow” meaning Sunday, but I see that it is in fact already 4AM tomorrow morning. Earth, with its stupid 24 hour rotational period… it really needs to get in synch with my 25 hour circadian rhythm.

APR V3N4 previews

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Jun 082014

I’m getting close to being done with this one. The main article, clearly, is the one on the Model 2050E Dyna Soar, the second far smaller article is on the McDonnell F-4(FVS) and derivatives, the third is the old Bill Slayton CL-295 article from the original version of APR. There will be a few more small pieces, not shown here.

Issue V3N5 will almost certainly be smaller than this. Apart from the Lunar Gemini article, it will likely be composed of a number of all-new smaller articles. I’d like to move forward a short article from further down the run to this one, due to having some new info, but that info is embargoed by the source till later in the year. It’d be nice to get back on the two-month schedule for APR, but I wouldn’t hold my breath on that.

Revell: vote on models

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May 292014

The Revell plastic model kit company is soliciting ideas for new models they’ll produce. You can vote and submit new ideas here:

http://ideas.revell.de/ideas/

Some of the ideas include (remember, these are just suggestions from the peanut gallery, and Revell is under no compulsion to actually produce them… however, higher vote counts just might help):

2001 – Discovery 1

ESA Hermes shuttle

X-303 Prometheus 1 :350

1/1400 BC-304 Daedalus

Lunar Module 32^nd Scale

32^nd Scale Gemini Space Capsule

U.S.S. Grissom Oberth Class starship

2001 : Boeing Aries IB

NASA & USAF Lifting Bodies

Hubble Telescope 1 :72

1 :32 Apollo CSM Block 2 Columbia

1/144 Skylab and Salyut Space Stations

1/48 Space Shuttle Orbiter

Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne 1/72

Lockkheed AH-56 Cheyenne 1/48

Douglas XA2D-1 Skyshark

Lockheed A-12 1/144

T-4 ‘Sotka’ 1/144

1 :48 Bell YFM-1 Airacuda

1/32 A-10 C ‘Warthog’

Lockheed A-12 / M-21 & D-21 1 :48

North American AJ Savage 1/72^nd scale

Firefox

VLA

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May 202014

The nuclear phase of the expedition is now complete, after one last pass through the museum today (which included getting a look at the back, where a number of interesting display models are stored). The numbers:

Sunday: 810 photos, 3.9 gigabytes

Monday: 519, 2.41

Tuesday: 192, 1.0

Some of these will be trimmed out… out of focus, or pointed at the floor, or excessively redundant, etc. A few will be crudely edited… a lot of the photos show details of display pieces with a tape measure for scale, and a hand holding the tape measure… and sometimes a good chunk of my whole person. Can’t have that. No friggen’ selfies.

So if you want in on this, now is the time. Now is the end of the time, in fact. Next time I get to a motel with good wifi (or, barring that, get home), the options to buy in will be removed. You can get the PayPal button to get the complete set of photos on DVD (and the option to get an early prototype version of the resulting book of nuclear weapon diagrams) here:

http://up-ship.com/blog/blog/?p=24608

After finishing up this afternoon, I launched south to see the Very Large Array. The dishes were scattered to hell and gone, rather than bunched up close; this reduced some of the photo opportunities. Bu I still managed a few interesting shots.

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