CST-350, USCG Bruce Melnick

Atlantis · June 08, 2011, 09:27:52 PM

The CST-350 is the passenger variant of the CST-250 cargo/ satellite repair ship. This particular ship is a USCG SAR bird designed to rendezvous with stricken space vessels/stations. This particular ship is the Bruce Melnick, named after the USCG's first astronaut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_E._Melnick) and is based out of Hickam Spaceport near St. John in the US Virgin Islands.

Right now, the model itself is still in the PSR phase, though the construction is virtually identical to the 250.

Atlantis · June 09, 2011, 07:38:52 PM

Following first round of PSR: I still have quite a way to go.

GTX · June 10, 2011, 01:10:40 PM

Interesting. What scale?

Regards,

Greg

Atlantis · June 10, 2011, 02:32:26 PM

1:144, scale-o-rama'ed from a Snaptite 1:200 Revell shuttle.

anthonyp · June 10, 2011, 07:08:27 PM

Nice, can't wait to see it finished!

Atlantis · June 10, 2011, 07:39:33 PM

A quick look at the decals (this is from an older draft).

Brian da Basher · June 11, 2011, 08:23:04 AM

A V-tailed space shuttle! Very cool!

Brian da Basher

Atlantis · June 11, 2011, 08:37:54 AM

Quote from: Brian da Basher on June 11, 2011, 08:23:04 AM
A V-tailed space shuttle! Very cool!

Brian da Basher

Inspiration:

Atlantis · June 12, 2011, 01:50:40 PM

tanktastic43 · June 12, 2011, 02:03:10 PM

That's a beauty.

Well done.

tt43.

GTX · June 12, 2011, 11:03:29 PM

Taiidantomcat · June 13, 2011, 07:18:43 AM

Lovely

anthonyp · June 15, 2011, 07:48:52 PM

Dude, that rocks!!!! Love the idea of an Orbit Guard. Might need to steal the idea and somehow integrate it into my early Starcom mega one man build...