The crowdfunding campaign is still offering high-resolution digital posters for pledges of $10 and a full set of files to 3D print the control panel yourself for $100.
A change in manufacturers, though, significantly increased the cost to produce the control panel, resulting in only the full-scale metal replica going forward at the higher price. The project was previously asking $1,200 for the full-scale metal edition, $695 for a full-scale plastic and acrylic version and $295 for a 36-inch wide (91 cm) half-scale, injection-molded plastic model. Production of the full-scale replica Apollo command module control panels has begun with the first laser-cut section. Related: The Apollo Moon Landings: How They Worked (Infographic) The Kickstarter campaign is offering the full-scale metal replica for $3,900. Then we need to cut the upper acrylic panels." "The next step is to get the left and right panels cut, which could happen next week. The two years of modeling it really paid off," Lasoff wrote. "In my entire thirty-year career, I can honestly say this is an extremely impressive creation.
#SPACESHIP CONTROL PANEL UPDATE#
18) revealed the first laser-cut panel section in an update to the project on the Kickstarter crowdfunding website (opens in new tab). The replica panels will be built and assembled using 14 separate die-cast metal molds and CNC-machined acrylic plates, which will then be painted, laser etched with text and outfitted with LED backlighting to illuminate the panel, just like the original. The replica Apollo command module control panel features every switch, knob and indicator as the original, based on the blueprints for and 3D scans of the historic NASA spacecraft.
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