scheller2

My Pleasure. As I said, I really enjoyed building this. Obviously the parts for the astronauts' backpacks were missing, but as you can see, I ordered the beautiful minifigures from minifigs.me as suggested by Hod Carrier. The parts for the descent engine (2 x 30132, 2 x 93061, 1 x 11090) are missing. 2 x 85861 (Dark bluish grey) from step 135 were missing, but could easily be replaced with unused black ones from the set itself. 2 x 3069b for the stowage assembly were missing. One 86861 (white) for the tracking light was missing, but I think it was because your original design used 98138 instead (this was included in your list, but not used). Finally I was missing 2 x 3710 for step 172 (this may be because I did something wrong, but I don't think so). Finally 4 lacquered silver bar/clip are needed for the landing gear, but only one is provided in your list. Fortunately I was able to get these pieces from my collection of spare bricks, so it was not an inconvenience at all :-) That's the one! It just goes to show my lack of proficiency in flickr that I wasn't aware that you had written comments to each picture. I look forward to building the LEM again, this time reading your comments as I go along. I believe the contingency soil sampler was stored in a special pocket in Armstrong's space suit. He was supposed to take the contingency sample as the first item on his todo list after stepping on to the lunar surface, but he decided to start by setting up the camera instead. There was a really crazy story about a lady who acquired the contingency sample bag on an auction for only $ 995 and later sold it for 1.8 million. The soil scoop however was stored on the MESA, so I will include both in my model. Once again thank you for sharing the wonderful MOC

Hi LemFliggity, I discovered this thread after having been looking for ways to improve the LEM. Long story short, I ordered all the parts from BrickLink (which took ages to arrive due to the CoVid situation). I have now added your improvements to my model and I just can't thank you enough. The improved model looks fantastic and I really enjoyed adding all the details. Unlike the original LEGO model, I was actually able to learn something new about the LEM from your design. Just a small warning if anyone is trying to do what I did: The parts list that LemFliggity provided is not complete. Most importantly the parts for the engine details are missing. LemFliggity: I would be very happy if you could enlighten me on what the part depicted in the picture marked "before step 145" represents? Once again thank you Cheers Scheller2 P.S. I appreciate your addition of the contingency soil sampler, which I have Buzz Aldrin hold in the attached picture.