1 / 4 APOLLO HASSELBLAD 500EL

Design: Ken L. West Modifications: Francisco Montes

The Hasseblad cameras where the ones responsible for the amazing pictures the Apollo missions brought back from the moon. These modified cameras where fitted with Kodak magazines that allow them 200 black and white or 160 color pictures. Some time ago, designer Ken L. West made available an incredible paper Apollo astronauts model (it can be found and purchased online on www.ecardmodels.com). I bought the model and build it. It sparked my curiosity on the cameras that were used in the Apollo missions. I found some information and decided to modify the original design to add more details that could add more history and maybe ignite some more curiosity on others. I added some details as the signs the camera had to remind the astronauts of removing the dark slide. The dark slide was a slide that protected the magazine before it was installed. The addition of the reseau plate (that produced the crosses in the Apollo images) made impossible to insert the magazine with the dark slide on, so it had to be removed before installing it (the astronauts advanced the magazine before mounting it to the camera and before removing it too).

I also added the other instructions that were added to the camera. This informed the astronaut on what diaphragm aperture to use by the place they were. (HCEX: High-Speed Color Exterior)

I also made the magazine, Magazine S, that was the one carried to the surface. All the images from that magazine can be found here: www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/catalog/70mm/magazine/?40

The camera from every angle.......

B1
LOCK

A1 - Fold, glue and cut by this side A0

A0 get closed like a box close it after gluing A6, B1 C3, C4 and A5 (with A1, 2, 3 and 4)

B3 B4
20 20

B5

A6

B6 ext
A7
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B6 int

B7 - cut in a clear part glue over B5

D1 D5 D6 D7 D8 D0
D0 gets closed like a box

D2
Mag. S

C6 ext

D5

A6

D4

D3 ext

D9

D4

D3

D9 D10 D11

D9 D10
E2

D11

D12

D12

E1

REMOVE DARKSLIDE

REMOVE DARKSLIDE

A5
BEFORE INSTALLING MAGAZINE

B1

FULL SHADOW-5.6 CREW IN SUN-11

1 250

HCEX

BEFORE INSTALLING MAGAZINE

5.6

5.6

11

LM IN SHADOW-5.6 LM IN SUN-11

B2

A2 A3
A3

A4 A5
Instructions

5.6

EVA

A4

A7 Part name
C3 C4 A8

Glue A8 here Cut out

A8

Mag. S

A9

160

140

120

A7 A6 A10 - clear part glue over the indicators on A6 A8 A9

C1

C5

C2

C3

C1

C2

C4

int

C5

C6 int C6 ext

E2 E3 E1

E2

E3