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Hello everybody,
before I go on with the next Water Bags, I have made a test arrangement with the Shuttle stack on the MLP to look at the space conditions in the front part of the shaft (Primary SRB Hole), in which then the shorter bags have to be mounted around the SRB. 
The lineup of the stack was, of course, again a shaky affair, which had to be carried out with the utmost caution in order to avoid fatal crashes. 
And after this overall impression I put the stack aside and have only placed the support posts upright, in order to get a better view for the further consideration.
And so that the support posts cannot always slip away, I have made a small template of the SRB Aft Skirt. 
And after this detailed view, I then scratched the next two bags, the wider front bag of which is sitting between the two 18’’ outlets.
And these two fit well so far already to the previous bags, wherewith the Secondary SRB Hole would be covered up. 
So far again for today. 
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Hello everybody,
and with the clear-sightedness template, the perspective is naturally even better.
So then let’s go on with the two short middle Water bags in the front shaft section right in front of the SRB, as can be seen in this picture from the STS-2.
And here we go with these two bags in “handbag format”, which are made quickly. 
And they fit well into the gap between the SRB Supports,
and thus also between the MLP Support Posts.
The same two bags sit directly in front of the front shaft wall and have their turn now.
And so slowly the Primary SRB Hole fills up.
Tomorrow the two side Water Bags will be added.
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Do you plan to represent the suspension ropes for the short bags? I think at such a small scale they would be nearly invisible.
Great updates … those water bags look very good … but soooooooo small, wonderful work to get that area looking so good … about the bags … I take it that during each launch, they get destroyed ?
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Hi Mark, I think that’s too much of a good thing. But it would be doable with thin 0,1 mm wire.
Maybe I’ll reconsider … But probably not.
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Thanks John. 
Definitely!
Hello everybody,
today I will scratch the side Water Bags, for which the parts have been prepared.
The gluing on the PTFE foil was unproblematic again.
The outer bag had to be slightly shorter, so that it fits between the two 12’’ outlets.
After the first side bags were ready, I realized that I had cut two sheets too little. 
But that was quickly done,
and here both bags are ready,
which could then be tried in the shaft.
And as one can see, they fit well between the SRB Support Posts.
The left SRB shaft is fully equipped now and so I can turn to the right shaft tomorrow, in order to glue the Pipe Supports under the ring line. 
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Hello everybody,
and because it just fits to the SSWS, here out of sequence, a look over to the Launch Pad 39A, on which one now more often can admire the SSWS of SpaceX, which looks something different.
For me, these pictures were new and very interesting that time, which is why I want to show them here briefly.
Here is a pic of a SpaceX Water Deluge Test with a linked huge HiRes shot,
Quelle: flickr.com/NASA Kennedy (Kim Shiflett)
and here in full action at the recent launch of the Falcon 9. 
Source: twitter.com/NASASpaceflight (Ben Cooper)
and here a shot from the FSS perspective.
Source: twitter.com/NASASpaceflight (Ben Cooper)
But one will have to become adjusted slowly to these pictures from Pad 39A …
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That is definitely a quick way to boil water for a coffee !
Better, save yourself if you can!
Hello everybody,
today to the gluing of the Pipe Supports under the ring line behind the LH2-TSM.
First, I have glued the three supports on the SRB Blast Shield, because this determines the clear height of the ring line over the MLP deck, under which the rest of the supports must find place.
How remeasurements of the height of the supports have shown, the latter fluctuates by 0,1 - 0,2 mm, 
which is why I initially placed them only provisionally under the ring line,
so as to be able to compensate for minor differences by replacing the supports. 
Afterwards, I then glued the front, middle and rear support, so as to get a uniform alignment in the longitudinal direction.
After that, I have removed the ring line again and went back to the bracket holder in the mini vise, which offers more degrees of freedom for the gluing of the supports.
After this strand was completely equipped,
it went on behind the front bow.
For gluing of the six supports on the inside of the line and the six triangular supports under the outlets I then have inserted the ring line again into the shaft.
So far again for today.
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Hello everybody,
now there is only one last assembly step to complete the difficult SSWS chapter, I want to do today.
Now there are only 12 supports left, and after the position of the ring line was stabilized, I have begun with the gluing of the first six supports under the ring line,
and so it went on to No. 6. 
Next came the six triangular supports under the outlets,
First on the Blast Shield at the inside of the shaft,
and then on the outside.
And after the small support under the 16’’ rejuvenation was glued still, the deed is actually done and the SSWS thus finally completed, 
or is there still something missing?
You are right, of course, since the two slim Supports are still missing under the 9’’ transitions, which I quickly added. And to the celebration of the day the Rainbirds are also coming along in order to finally round out the picture. 
And here with a little better light, further panorama perspectives of the SSWS Status Quo.
But this should be enough now, and so I will now look in on the paint shop, whether the guys eventually have time and desire.
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Stunning work - its really amazing to see how much more detail keeps getting added 
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Superb dedication to detail, brilliant work. I don’t envy the guys in your paint shop though 
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Thanks John, then stay tuned, the show will go on.
Thanks Tim, I’ll give them still a longer break.
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Hello everybody,
I also find that the result after several starts is rather impressive and I’m fully satisfied and enthusiastic. 
The SSWS in its entirety was a hard nut and took lots of effort and was, above all, very time consuming, but so I had always imagined it, wherefore all the effort was really worth it.
The overall view looks really impressive, although one can see many details only from up close and the white plastic also swallows a lot, which will get even clearer in the painted condition.
I look forward every day anew when I see the MLP in front of me, because I know all the details and know where they are.
After this milestone has now been reached, I can sit back for a while and let my tired eyes relaxe a bit …
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Hello friends,
to the warm-up I have first done some small things, which I have put so far aside again and again.
There were initially still to do the openings for the Rainbirds, what were now finally made. Since the openings in the paper kit were somewhat too small, they had to be corrected anyway. In addition, I had deepened them too far already, since they should only be about 0,5 mm deep.
And so the MLP deck looks now from above.
After that, I went to the Stair Housing once more, with which I was not completely satisfied, especially since it was built in an early stage, in which I was still not as exacting and crazy for details as today. 
Since the housing from the Paper Kit especially at the back with the door looked relatively pale,
I had it at that time a bit weathered, which then but became a bit too dark. In addition, I had now found some detail photos, which have naturally animated me for scratching. 
In this image one can see some details that seemed to me feasible, especially this red warning bell in the upper left corner.
Here is a similar picture from that time from the other side.
Source: apollosaturn.com (John Duncan)
This is why I built the housing once again, and now I find that the coloring, except for the too bright door, it fits better into the picture than the old one, which in turn is pure taste. 
And now to the required small parts, e.g. this bell. At first, I had thought of small red discs, which I had punched out of the cap of a thumbtack, which should be about 1,4 mm in diameter.
Then, of course, there are also pin needles with correspondingly small, flat head, which I dipped briefly in red color, which looks almost even better.
For the red box underneath the bell, I used the holder of an interdental brush, from which I have cut off one of these side pins, which correspond to the required size with 1 mm x 1 mm.
As one can see in the pics, the bell sits on a small support or socket, which I still need to color.
Then I tried the lower longer locking lever made of 0,3 mm steel wire, which is inserted in a brass pipe (0,4 mm) and could be rotated thereby. The ball handle is a glue drop, but it is still a bit too big.
Since the lever seems to be too long and too thick on the housing, I have tried the whole thing again a little smaller and shorter, with brass wire 0,2 mm in a 0,3 mm brass tube, but still without a ball handle.
This could already look better and should be tried on today.
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At this scale my eyes would be tired all the time ! … great updates though.
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