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This is what you will need:
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The four sheets of paper,
containing the drawings -
download them here: Sheet 1, Sheet 2, Sheet 3 and Sheet 4! Print these sheets on a colour printer with at least 600 dpi to obtain the best results! |
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A
ruler, a Scotch Tape, a pair of scissors, a Stanley Knife, a Glue Stick,
an Universal Glue, a cardboard and finally:
a Paperclip (unfolded), to bend the cones and cylinders, and a small pin, which will become the RDS at the end. |
Let's get started:
1. ATV Main Structure
Important Note:
When assembling the ATV parts arrange the various cones and cylinders such, that the tabs are in line with each other!
The same applies to the arrows that are sometimes printed onto the cardboards parts. These arrows shall also point to the refering tab!
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First cut out the ATV Hatch, the Structure
between Avionics Bay and Propulsion Module, the Thruster
Support and the Cargo Carrier interior wall. |
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Take the smaller parts of the Thruster Support
and glue it onto the bigger ones to get the final "Thruster
Support Arrangement". |
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Now cut out the Cargo Carrier and form a
cylinder out of it. Take the Cargo Carrier interior wall
and glue it into that cylinder
(use the Universal Glue for that task). |
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By now you should have two cylinders and one cone. Now we will get into the fun stuff of AIV - Assembly, Integration and Verification
;-), |
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Before we can add the Propulsion Modulem
the Solar Array Support needs to be inserted (in the four
holes). |
2. ATV Interior
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You should get the following structure |
3. ATV Front Part
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Cut out the ATV Front End and form a cone out of it.
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Next one is the ATV Hatch Cone. |
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The next step is to glue the Adapter to the Adapter Plate (again: use the lines as reference, such as to obtain the following result). |
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If you can't get enough of filigrane stuff you can try the following: RVS and RVS Support. Form two small boxes from the RVS Support and glue them onto the marked places on the ATV Front End. |
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The same applies to the irregular shaped RVS boxes. Remark: Although I have included the ATV Star Trackers on Sheet 1, I am not recommending to assemble these parts. They are EXTREMELY small and as such do not add a lot to the realism of the model! They are included on the ATV Hatch Cone as two little dots beside the exclusion segment for the Targets. |
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Back to the "bigger" parts ;-): Glue the Adapter Plate on the back side of the ATV Front End (use the Glue Stick for that task). If the pin is long enough it will punch through the center of the Adapter Plate (at the center of the crosshairs). The logo shall be at the tab of the ATV Front End. |
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Here you can see the assembly from the "inner perspective". |
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Here is the whole assembly from above and aside (looks already a bit like a spacecraft, right? ;-))... The ATV Front Part and the ATV Main Structure have to be aligned in such a way that the logos on both structures match! |
4. ATV RCS / Engines
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Cut out the Thruster Nozzle parts, shape
them into the form of small cones. Hint: Use the Paperclip to wrap the paper around, to create a cone with a smooth curvature! |
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Position the four thrusters over the marked spots and glue them with a droplet of Universal Glue onto the Thruster Supports... |
5. ATV Solar Arrays
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Use the Stanley Knife and the pair of scissors to cut away the white paper in between the four elements of a Solar Array. |
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Repeat these steps for all four Solar Arrays (the other four Solar Arrays are spares - in case you loose control of the cutting devices ;-)). Finally glue the Solar Array onto the Solar Array Support, using the outermost black line on the support as reference. |
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Now we come to the last step; the assembly and attachment
of the Antenna Boom. Hint: Use a small droplet of Universal Glue for this purpose! |
6. ATV Footer
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Next one is the rectangular shape. Cut away the six marked rectangles by using the Stanley Knife. |
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The next part is little bit tricky... When cutting it out leave a little bit of material around of it, add glue (from the Glue Stick) on one of the triangles and then fold it together. |
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Now cut it out "exactly", removing the remaining material, so that you get a structure as in the left photo... |
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Move the triangle's tabs through the three holes of the rectangle... |
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... add glue to the tabs (on opposite sides) and glue the tabs onto the rectangle. |
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Finally add glue to the "free" halve of the rectangle and glue both parts together. |
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... and glue the "Copyright" triangle into the ATV Footer. Hint: Use the Glue Stick instead of the Universal Glue! |
You have made it...
In case you had some problems with the description - here are some images of the complete ATV from four different viewpoints:
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Once more the ATV Footer... |
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... the Solar Array plus Solar Array Support... |
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... the Thrusters, the RCS and the Antenna Boom... |
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... and the whole ATV Paper Model in Scale 1:100! |
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To ESA's Human Spaceflight website
Last update on January 29, 2002
Created by Norbert Frischauf [ Norbert.Frischauf@cern.ch ]