Space Drawing 26: 4-man Rescue Apollo

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Jul 152011
 

New Space Drawing:two North American Aviation diagrams showing a proposed 1965 version of the Apollo spacecraft, with seating for four for rescue purposes.

You get:

1: Docking Provisions – 4 Man Apollo Rescue Vehicle Study: NAA drawing 2129-1 showing the modified docking adapter that would allow the rescue Apollo to dock with a regular Apollo. Available in both the original color scan and a cleaned-up grayscale line diagram. 10,750 X 2599 pixels.

2: Four Crewmen in Block II C/M: NAA drawing 2680-2 showing an inboard view of the capsule with details on seating arrangement and provisions for four crewmen. Available in both the original color scan and a cleaned-up grayscale line diagram. 9854 X 2578 pixels.

All drawings come in JPG format and GIF format, as well as “halfsize” and “quartersize” versions for easier viewing & printing.

Space Drawing 26 is a 22 megabyte ZIP file, and is available for $4.50.


Be sure to check out my other Air & Space Drawings & Documents!

 Posted by at 6:02 pm

1/32 HML?

 awesomeness, blather, models, new products  8 Responses »
Jun 182011
 

A model I’ve wanted to build for *years* is one of the Small ICBM “Hard Mobile Launcher.” There were three different vehicles manufactured by three different companies; the one on my mind is the Boeing variant on non-display at the Hill Aerospace Museum. The time and effort involved in such an endeavor, with dubious hopes of payoff, have kept me from this one.

A recently mentioned, Revell later this year is going to re-release the 1/32 “Atomic Cannon.” It dawned on me that the two vehicle would look good next to each other. But a 1/32 scale model of a 110-foot-long truck would be a big, big thing, and thus kinda expensive. I have recently been making good headway with display models (I will shortly post photos of some recent and ongoing efforts), and so my thought for a large-scale HML would be to produce a limited number as finished display models. I half-jokingly posted this notion to another forum and did get one expression of interest, interest which apparently remained when I mentioned the pricetag. “Interest,” of course, does not count until  money changes hands.

So, my question here is twofold:

1: Anyone interested? The price would be substantial, but less if there are more interested & paying aprties up front.

2: Is 1/32 the right scale? Seems that 1/35 is a more common “armor” scale, and is of course slightly smaller. Wouldn’t affect price a whole lot, but a few inches off the length might matter (about 41 inches for 1/32, about 38 for 1/35). However, the Atomic Cannon is only available in 1/32… and another difficult-to-find and expensive version at 1/40 scale (33 inches).

 Posted by at 1:30 pm

1/3 Off Sale on Reichdreams Dossiers

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Jun 162011
 

Through the weekend, I’m running a sale on the Miranda/Mercado “Reichdreams Dossier” series. Buy in groups of seven, and save 33%!

RD’s 1 through 7 would be $68.00 to download individually. Buy them together for only $45.33!

RD’s 8 through 14 would be $102.50 to download individually. Buy them together for only $68.33!

RD’s 15 through 21 would be $105.50 to download individually. Buy them together for only $70.33!

Sale has ended.

 Posted by at 12:19 am

Reichdreams Dossier No. 21: FW190 Extreme

 aircraft, awesomeness, books, drawings, history, new products, projects, rockets, weapons  No Responses »
Jun 162011
 

Now available: Justo Miranda & Paula Mercado present Reichdreams Dossier No. 21: “FW190 Extreme.” This issue includes advanced versions of the WWII German Focke-Wulf FW190 fighter. Includes engine studies (piston, turbojet and ramjet), armament studies (guns, cannon, upward-firing weapons, a range of guided and unguided air-to-surface and air-to-air missiles, glide bombs, cruise missiles), alternate wing planforms, ejector seats, avionics and even parasite fighters!

This issue contains more than 80 pages of technical diagrams, many in 1/72 or 1/48 scale. Yours to download for only $20! You can also buy it in printed form through MagCloud. Check out the MagCloud page for a higher-resolution “preview” of the issue and to buy a high-qaulity printed and bound edition for $30.60.

Be sure to check out the other issues in the Reichdreams Dossiers series.

 Posted by at 12:18 am

Article 34: Bell D188A Mach 2 VTOL Strike Fighter

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Jun 092011
 

Now available for download is Article 34, the PDF version of the “APR Special #1,” Bell D188A Mach 2 VTOL Strike Fighter, already available as a printed book through MagCloud. The PDF file has been compressed somewhat to make the filesize manageable, but it still comes in at a hefty 60 megabytes. In that you get the full 72 page, full-color book packed with data, diagrams, artwork and photos… just in electronic format. And for the low, low, incredibly low price of only five bucks!


Check out the other Aerospace Projects Review available for download: http://www.up-ship.com/blog/eAPR/articles.htm

 Posted by at 9:25 pm

Air Drawing 54: B-1A Structure 2

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Jun 092011
 

New Air Drawing: part two of a set of diagrams showing the B-1A internal structure. Part 2 (adwg54) presents a 3-view overview of the aircraft and  fuselage structure diagram. You get:

1: Wing-Structure Diagram, Outer (-55B), North American Aviation/Los Angeles drawing L9120010. 6251 pixels by 2807 pixels

2: Horizontal Stabilizer – STRL Arrangement (42 1/2degree LE Sweep), North American  Aviation/Los Angeles drawing L9210153. 6258 pixels by 3075 pixels

3: Vert. Stab Prelim Structl Arrangement 55-B Config, North American Aviation/Los Angeles drawing L9230153. 11344 pixels by 3087 pixels

4: Strucutural Arrangment – Nacelle External Compression inlet (RDT&E), North American  Aviation/Los Angeles drawing L9320085. 10900 pixels by 3149 pixels

All drawings come in the original color in JPG format and B&W GIF format, as well as “halfsize” and “quartersize” versions for easier viewing & printing.

Air Drawing 54 is a 34 megabyte ZIP file, and is available for $4.50.

Be sure to check out my other Air & Space Drawings & Documents!

 Posted by at 12:43 am

Air Drawing 53: B-1A Structure 1

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Jun 092011
 

New Air Drawing: part one of a set of diagrams showing the B-1A internal structure. Part 1 (adwg53) presents a 3-view overview of the aircraft and  fuselage structure diagram. You get:

1: Fuselage Structure Diagram (B-1)(-55B), North American Aviation/Los Angeles drawing L9300606. 11,559 pixels by 3101 pixels

2: General Arrangement Three View RDT&E A/V No. 1&2, North American  Aviation/Los Angeles drawing L0020001. 4945 pixels by 3049 pixels

Both drawings come in the original color in JPG format and B&W GIF format, as well as “halfsize” and “quartersize” versions for easier viewing & printing.

Air Drawing 53 is a 36 megabyte ZIP file, and is available for $4.50.


Be sure to check out my other Air & Space Drawings & Documents!

 Posted by at 12:42 am

Gonna rework the website

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Jun 072011
 

The more eagle-eyed of y’all might’ve noticed that the main website, http://up-ship.com/blog/, has not been changed in quite a long while. Additionally, the Drawings & Documents section has not been changed in even longer. This is because I haven’t had new stuff to add in a long time. I do have some new stuff to add, but changing the website is kind of a pain. So I’m planning on reworking things a bit. Instead of the links on the main Drawings & Documents page linking to the cumbersome “aircraft” and “spacecraft” sub-pages, they are going to be re-linked to individual blog postings. That means the blog is soon to be over-run with posts that are warmed-over versions of the existing Dwgs&Docs ads.

Hopefully this will help speed along new releases.

 Posted by at 10:11 pm

You want this, don’t you…

 aircraft, awesomeness, models, new products  8 Responses »
May 302011
 

Now available… the “C-21 Dragon Assault Ship” model that I mastered for Fantastic Plastic. All assembled and painted, it looks friggen’ AWESOME.

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/C-21AssaultShipCatalogPage.htm

Good, good….

Let the funds flow through you!

This is by far the most complexicated model kit that I’ve mastered, but from the looks of it, it was worth the effort. Now if it turns out that THIS was what was used to insert the SEALs into Casa Del bin Laden…

Even at 1/144 scale, it’s a substantial kit.

 Posted by at 4:09 pm

Get Up-Ship.com Updates by Email

 APR, blather, new products  11 Responses »
May 302011
 

For some years I’ve posted updates about new products (Aerospace Projects Review, aerospace documents & drawings, Justo Miranda’s publications, etc.) by email to customers and those who have requested to be added to the list. Recently, the system I’ve been using – blind carbon copying a whole boatload of email address – has become troublesome and unweildy. So I’ve just signed up for the “icontact” system to manage these email updates.

If you want to be added to the email list you have to sign up. All that’s required is that you add your email address in the box below and hit “submit.” You won’t receive any emails apart from the subscription confirmation (it’s free, by the way) and any Up-Ship.com updates I send out. Your email address won’t be visible to others.

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 Posted by at 12:32 pm
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