The solid rocket boosters had a bad coat of paint I had applied several years ago. I applied oven cleaner and wrapped in foil to strip the paint. The right booster is the result, took off all the paint and most of the primer.
Assembling two orbiters... one for this project (bay closed, launch configuration) and the other for my Mir project (bay open, docked to Mir)
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6 21 May 2023, 16:08
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This model represents the Space Shuttle Columbia with the older NASA markings (pre-1998), the oldest of the four space shuttles. I selected Columbia for this model because it was the orbiter I supported the most frequently. There were 27 Space Shuttle launches from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A/B during my tour of duty: 9 Columbia, 7 Atlantis, 6 Discovery, and 5 Endeavour. Interestingly, my unit (45th WS) provided launch weather briefings for all types except the Space Shuttle, for which launch weather was provided from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Even so, I provided meteorological support for safety, since local thunderstorms posed a significant risk to pre-launch support activities.
