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Mike Mackowski's Mir Build
Core SA Pix
This is how I painted the core solar panels. Home | Previous | Next
core_sa11.JPG
core_sa11.JPG

core_sa11.JPG

Next I had to make a way to anchor these panels. I trimmed off the T shapes, and then glued on lengths of brass rod. These rods would go into aluminum sleeves mounted in the core spacecraft. Remember I want to be able to remove the arrays for travel. The rods have a razor-saw slit cut in them to slip over the tab at the end of each panel.