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Moon Phase
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25-02-2009, 08:43 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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26-02-2009, 08:30 AM
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Support your local RFS
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Now that is a work of art.
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26-02-2009, 09:04 PM
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This, apparently, is the original from which our Eaglemoss jobs have sprung from....except that certain bits are in gold and silver.
http://www.calmels.co.uk/products/orrery.html
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26-02-2009, 10:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PeterM
Issue 21 arrived today with the laughable pair of "red lips" depicting the great red spot. The colour scheme is an insult to the king of the planets. What are your thoughts? Coz in the UK - has there been any fixing up of this, have the publishers listened anyway?
PeterM
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Apologies for the delay, PeterM - took a while to prise a reply from 'em!
The answer is "No" - presently, there is no Jupiter reissue/new paint job. 
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27-02-2009, 12:27 PM
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No obs, raising Harrison
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coz
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That certainly looks like the one I'm building, especially in the gearing.
I put Ceres on last night .... very pleased with the way this is coming together. It's spinning beautifully.
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27-02-2009, 05:05 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Quote:
Originally Posted by goober
That certainly looks like the one I'm building, especially in the gearing.
I put Ceres on last night .... very pleased with the way this is coming together. It's spinning beautifully.
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 yep good stuff Doug mine going smoothly too starting to look like one nice piece of art 
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27-02-2009, 06:04 PM
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Fast Scope & Fast Engine
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what will be your starting bid on ebay Jen?
Cheers Kev.
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27-02-2009, 08:03 PM
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But how about your orrery? 
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27-02-2009, 11:02 PM
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The new Orbiter model video....
http://www.youtube.com/user/MossGoss
(Edit...a few hours later)
Just had another quick look at the above URL, and found that (although misnamed) there are some orrery build guide videos there now as well.
Last edited by Coz; 28-02-2009 at 11:17 AM.
Reason: Additional info
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28-02-2009, 09:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ric
Now that is a work of art.
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Yup....and that work of art has just gone for £7200.
"Wow" is one word that springs to mind.....
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28-02-2009, 03:03 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coz
But how about your orrery? |
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05-03-2009, 09:23 PM
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Think somebody wanted to know the overall height of the completed job - 370-odd mm, or in real money, a smidgeon under 14.75".
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08-03-2009, 06:27 AM
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The UK subscribers are going to have a replacement earth/moon gear issued - the 11-toothed wheel - with the final magazine.
Don't know if you lot will have to wait until the death, or whether the publisher will slide them in an earlier issue.
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08-03-2009, 10:26 PM
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You recall the question re the black plastic right-angles that are attached to the support arms?
You'll also remember that they are not part of the build as such, and are for packaging purposes only?
You'll no doubt also remember the advice given was to bin 'em?
Well don't!
A bright spark on one of the other forums has found that they might have an (unofficial) use after all....the "tube bits" of them are (for obvious reasons) a perfect size to slide along the arm, lodge between the upper and lower gear, and stop the arm from drooping.
Clever, or what?
Granted, rather ugly black plastic, but painted perhaps?
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09-03-2009, 07:20 AM
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No obs, raising Harrison
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coz
You recall the question re the black plastic right-angles that are attached to the support arms?
You'll also remember that they are not part of the build as such, and are for packaging purposes only?
You'll no doubt also remember the advice given was to bin 'em?
Well don't!
A bright spark on one of the other forums has found that they might have an (unofficial) use after all....the "tube bits" of them are (for obvious reasons) a perfect size to slide along the arm, lodge between the upper and lower gear, and stop the arm from drooping.
Clever, or what?
Granted, rather ugly black plastic, but painted perhaps?
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Wouldn't that interfere with the motion when the thing is running? Or perhaps I'm not understanding properly...
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09-03-2009, 10:00 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by goober
Wouldn't that interfere with the motion when the thing is running? Or perhaps I'm not understanding properly...
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Correct - you're not.
Take issue 12, pages 4 and 5 as example.
Arm 05, fitted to collar 31. The longer/weightier the arms get later in the build, the collar grub screw "can't cope" and the arm can droop, sometimes bad enough to end up resting on top of gear 52, (by now flush with gear 54).
The suggested solution = cut the "tube" ends from the black plastic arm packaging. The outer diameter is same as height of collar. The inner diameter matches the arm diameter (3mm).
Slide tube along arm, "sandwich" between (in this example) gears 51 and 54, and tighten grub. The idea/plan is that the tube gives extra stability to the arm.
It shouldn't interfere with the motion because 51,31,54 and arm 05 are locked together - they are, in effect, one piece by this stage.
Yes?
No?
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09-03-2009, 08:13 PM
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F.... F..... F..... Far out !
That's confusing Coz, but good on yer for going to all this trouble to let us dudes know. I'll work it out eventually I imagine.
Cheers,
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09-03-2009, 08:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PCH
F.... F..... F..... Far out !
That's confusing Coz, but good on yer for going to all this trouble to let us dudes know. I'll work it out eventually I imagine.
Cheers,
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You'll see what I mean when you get further on!
What stage/mag issue are you lot up to now?
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09-03-2009, 10:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coz
You'll see what I mean when you get further on!
What stage/mag issue are you lot up to now?
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