{"id":20201,"date":"2019-11-08T10:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20201"},"modified":"2019-11-08T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T15:25:18","slug":"gemini-reference-book-for-model-builders-at-space-in-miniature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20201","title":{"rendered":"Gemini reference book for model builders at &#8220;Space in Miniature&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/\">Space in Miniature<\/a> (SIM) is Michael Mackowski&#8217;s website devoted to space modeling.\u00a0 He\u00a0 includes a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/books\/about.html\">books and reports<\/a>\u00a0 in which he &#8220;covers various topics in the area of building scale models of real spacecraft&#8221;. He has just released a new book about modeling Gemini spacecraft:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Building Gemini Reference Book for Model Builders is Published<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20204\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20204\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20204\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-lunar1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1548329714&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunar Rescue Gemini &amp;#8211; SIM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Lunar Rescue Gemini &amp;#8211; SIM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-lunar1.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-20204\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-lunar1-375x500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-lunar1-375x500.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-lunar1.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunar Rescue Gemini. Credits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\">SIM<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ninth installment of the Space In Miniature (SIM) series of reference booklets for spacecraft modelers is now available. This 72-page soft-cover booklet describes in detail how the author, Michael Mackowski, built nine different models of the Gemini two-person spacecraft. These include some standard NASA versions as well as some proposed Gemini variants that never made it off the drawing board.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20205\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20205\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20205\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-agena1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1541588843&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gemini XI with an Agena\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gemini XI with an Agena&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-agena1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20205\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-agena1-500x375.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-agena1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-agena1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/gem-agena1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20205\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gemini XI with an Agena. Credits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\">SIM<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While there already is a Gemini book in the Space in Miniature series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/books\/sim2.html\">SIM #2<\/a>, that volume did not have any detailed how-to articles. The new book is loaded with over 200 photos of work in progress of the following model projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gemini IV<\/li>\n<li>Gemini VII<\/li>\n<li>Gemini XI with Agena<\/li>\n<li>Rogallo Wing Capsule<\/li>\n<li>Manned Orbiting Lab (MOL)<\/li>\n<li>Big G<\/li>\n<li>Winged Gemini<\/li>\n<li>Lunar Rescue Gemini<\/li>\n<li>Gemini to Mars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All are in 1\/48th scale except for a 1\/24th scale Gemini IV and a 1\/72nd scale Mars mission concept and use a variety of kits and scratch-building. This book documents those builds, including how to correct the old Revell kits, and presents a bit of background on the \u201clost Gemini\u201d projects that were never built. The result is the largest SIM book to date, covering a unique collection of nine historical and theoretical Gemini models built over a span of four years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20206\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20206\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"833,1032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gemini EVA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Gemini EVA. Credits: SIM&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA-827x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-20206\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA-404x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA-404x500.jpg 404w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA-768x951.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA-827x1024.jpg 827w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GeminiEVA.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gemini EVA. Credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\">SIM<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This book is printed in black and white on coated paper, and is available both as a hard copy book as well as a full-color pdf file. This guidebook will be a unique resource for the serious space modeler. A hard copy of SIM #9 &#8211; Building Gemini sells for $12 plus shipping, while a pdf download costs $10. A combination package of both the hard copy and digital version is available for only $15 plus shipping. To order, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\">www.spaceinminiature.com<\/a> or send an email to <a href=\"mailto:mike@spaceinminiature.com\">mike@spaceinminiature.com<\/a>. The other titles in the SIM series are still available.<\/p>\n<p>====<\/p>\n<p>See also the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/models\/model.html\">SIM Gallery<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/ref\/ref.html\">space modeling reference materials<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/paper\/mainpaper.html\">SIM Paper Models<\/a>. The latter includes free instructions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/mars.nasa.gov\/insight\/\">Mars Insight<\/a> lander:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20203\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20203\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/paper\/mainpaper.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20203\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/insight_det1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2838\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1549459055&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0083333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Insight Lander Paper Model at SIM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Insight Lander paper model at SIM.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/insight_det1-1024x890.jpeg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20203\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/insight_det1-500x435.jpeg\" alt=\"Insight Lander Paper Model at SIM\" width=\"500\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/insight_det1-500x435.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/insight_det1-768x668.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/insight_det1-1024x890.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20203\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insight Lander paper model at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceinminiature.com\/paper\/mainpaper.html\">SIM<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space in Miniature (SIM) is Michael Mackowski&#8217;s website devoted to space modeling.\u00a0 He\u00a0 includes a series of books and reports\u00a0 in which he &#8220;covers various topics in the area of building scale models of real spacecraft&#8221;. He has just released a new book about modeling Gemini spacecraft: Building Gemini Reference Book for Model Builders is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gemini reference book for model builders at &#8220;Space in Miniature&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,23,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-space-models","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-5fP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25494,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25494","url_meta":{"origin":20201,"position":0},"title":"Space in Miniature releases new &#8220;U.S. Space Missiles&#8221; ref book for modelers","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Space in Miniature, led by Michael Mackowski, has released a new digital reference book for space model builders. 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