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Lunar
jnmczurich writes:
In my "normal" display cabinet I have a glass shelf with 25 different lunar meteorite samples only slices and partial slices but there is not enough space to put in all my lunar meteorites samples. So I was thinking what to do. I found some extra space on top of a smaller cupboard and created a second lunar display. On this second lunar display there are only end sections of lunar meteorites and some few complete rough lunar meteorite samples are integrated.
Before creating a second lunar meteorite display, I was looking though some NASA pictures from the Apollo 17 mission and found a nice picture of astronaut Schmitt in a field of rock debris at the Carmelot crater in the Taurus Littrow valley on the eastern edge of the Mare Serenitatus, see Pic 1. I thought it is a good idea to create a display, looking like or similar to the field of rock debris at the Apollo 17 site and put some lunar meteorites on this display to make it more realistic looking. The size of the display is 60 x 47 cm (23.6 x 18.5 inch).
I chose samples from another 14 different lunar meteorites out of my collection.
Pic 2 List of Lunar Meteorites "on site"
Pic 3 display from left side
Pic 4 display from front side
Pic 5 display from right side
Pic 6 display from top side
The model of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle is a plastic kit from Revell, hand-painted according to the Revell instructions. Scale 1 : 48. It took several stimulating evenings to assemble, glue and paint the model. Very beautiful, fine and
exciting work last winter time.
Pic 7 and 8 Revell model of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle, integrated in the lunar meteorite display.
The two astronauts are a little too tall to match the scale of 1 : 48. Doesnt matter
Each lunar meteorite sample is numbered from 1 to 14 according to the list in picture 2.
Pic 9 and 10 lunar meteorites No 1, No 2, No 3
Pic 11 and 12 lunar meteorites No 4, No 5, No 6, No 7, No 8
Pic 13 and 14 lunar meteorites No 9, No 10
Pic 15 and 16 lunar meteorites No 11, No 12
Pic 17 and 18 lunar meteorites No 13, No 14
Enjoy! Comments are welcome.
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Anne Black
8/24/2024 9:33:30 PM |
Great way to show all your lunars! I see you find things to do in your retirement. ;-) |
John lutzon
8/24/2024 3:38:29 PM |
Thank you for the vicarious visit. Well done. Thank you. Sorry for smoothing out the footprints, I thought I saw a golf ball. |
Tracy Latimer
8/24/2024 2:38:20 PM |
A labor of love and educational to boot! |
Scott McGregor
8/24/2024 9:35:03 AM |
Fun collection and the impressiveness of all the individuals you've collected will be lost on most casual observers. Per Keith's suggestion, maybe get some lunar cutting dust so you can make some astronaut footprints? |
Graham Ensor
8/24/2024 6:45:18 AM |
Very nicely done. Fun way to display them all. |
Keith Hicks
8/24/2024 6:13:22 AM |
Marvellous and truly ethereal....perhaps missing only a few tiny astronaut footprints. |
matthias
8/24/2024 2:31:32 AM |
A splendid completion of Lunar Display I! |
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