The Solar System
Something a little bit different!
My mate bought this for his four year old son who is developing a keen interest in space. I got the job of painting it! Something completely different, but it’s also an interest of mine so I had some fun with it.
I’ve got no idea what scale it is mind! I know in reality you could fit one million Earths into the sun, but I think that would be a bit hard to replicate with a model kit. The size of the sun here is roughly the same size as a golf ball, just to give you an idea of the size of the model.
I would have preferred Pluto to be there as well mind, but it’s been relegated to a dwarf planet unfortunately, poor thing.
Cheers for looking!
2 additional images. Click to enlarge.
Craig Abrahamson said on June 12, 2017
Interesting project, sir…nicely done.
Richard Mcstay said on June 12, 2017
Cheers mate! completely different, but it’s still a model so I thought why not post it!
Editor said on June 13, 2017
Absolutely right!
Richard Mcstay said on June 13, 2017
Cheers Martin!
Stellan Schroeder Englund said on June 12, 2017
Wonderful model and thought provoking for a four year old i guess. Love your comment on Plutos fate 🙂 You may have to upgrade the tiny solar system later on if the astro people decide to reinstate Pluto as a planet again. Are there after market stuff to get for it in case…?
Richard Mcstay said on June 12, 2017
Thanks very much! You never know, there might be a photo etch asteroid belt as well!
Greg Kittinger said on June 12, 2017
Scientists be d…med! Pluto is still a planet in my book!
Richard Mcstay said on June 12, 2017
Same feelings mate! I loved the photos we got back from the new horizons probe!
Hans Wilhelm Fischer said on June 12, 2017
Nice Project. looking fine.
On first glance I see no scale neither in the relation of the planet sizes nor in the relation of the distances. It’s just the order. Nontheless I like it.
Richard Mcstay said on June 12, 2017
Thanks very much! It definitely wouldn’t work in scale!
jim wasley said on June 12, 2017
Very different,a 4 year old built that Wow think what a modeler he will turn out to be,I enjoyed it always nice to see a change from the norm.
Richard Mcstay said on June 12, 2017
It was me who built it Jim, but hopefully it will catch his interest.
jim wasley said on June 13, 2017
Sorry Richard I thought you just painted it’lets hope it does catch his imagination.
Robert Royes said on June 13, 2017
Now that’s really nice! I think they have found some geological activity on Pluto recently.
Richard Mcstay said on June 13, 2017
Thank you Robert! There is still so much we don’t know about our own solar system! But saying that, we still don’t know an awful lot about the depths of the sea.
Peter Klin said on June 15, 2017
Unfortunately the Solar system is not something you can “easily” model in scale but until you are a child, you do not care about scale (I remember the dogfights between 1/48 and 1/72 fighters…) and I guess your little friend is enthusiastic about your work.
Richard Mcstay said on June 15, 2017
My display cases are still a mix of different scales. I’m sure he’ll like it. Hopefully it won’t get broken straight away neither…
david leigh-smith said on June 15, 2017
Great job. I hear scientists are hopeful of one day finding intelligent life in our solar system…
Richard Mcstay said on June 15, 2017
Thanks David. I don’t know, I heard dolphins were quite smart!