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The start of the Backyard Obs.
I've finally got the opportunity to build a backyard obs. So I've spent a little time lately contemplating what to put up that is both within budget, and small enough to avoid requiring planning approval. That is, under 3x3x2.5m
I thought about a Roll of Roof, but the yard logistics preclude easy placement of the rails. I thought about a dome, but the cost just is a bit high. So after a bit of looking around I went for a design based off of both Harry's Astroshed design and EorEquis's TinyObs. A size between the two.
Now I just had to work out a model to make sure I had the mechanical logic right in my head. So I spent a focused few hours this afternoon doing my first scratch built architectural model.
I'm glad I did this as I caught one design aspect that I forgot about that would interfere with operation of the full scale design so I need to remember to tweak that.
But here it is, the <un-named obs> 1:24 scale model.
Now i Just need to build a scale model of the pier, mount and scope....
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