Saturn V
I painted a black ring on the first stage, as shown in the instructions
Here you can see the same ring (a little bit smaller) on the first stage.
But none of the Saturns had this black ring on the first stage. I am confused.
I don't mind the black ring. Even if the other rings are unreal. I built it as Airfix thought it should be.
These are huge tubes, even as kit and even in 1:144
First gloss coat - Revell Aqua Color with airbrush. Well thinned it works quite good.
Those parts took 1/3 of a can of the Revell Aqua Color Gloss coat. The parts are very big and I wonder how big a real rocket must be.
Engines airbrushed
Engines airbrushed
Added the tiny engines. The Landing module seems to cry like a new born baby
Added Decals, built the small parts
Decals applied, airbrushed with glossy clear varnish
The first stage is very very larg, even as kit in this scale. The service module is so tiny on the other hand.
The command module is too small, but otherwise the white heat shild above would not fit. This is due to the plastic thickness in this scale.
5 big F-1 engines
5 smaller J-2 engines
1 small J-2 engine
Service-module with the Aerojet AJ10-137 engine
All engines drying from glueing
"Drone"-view
Imagine, how big they were
Lunar lander with folded legs. I have no idea how it should be mounted in the rocket
View from the "bottom" - Very impressive.
Thanks that I have a very high staircase
The rocket and her goal
The Rocket in the launcher
For comparison: a pencil
Happy little lander
Happy little lander - drone view
Lunar landing modul sitting in his bay
Future (1:2500) - present (1:144) - past (1:144)
Komentáre
14 21 January, 21:47
Jennifer FranklinIt is an interesting subject, equally interesting scale, going to be a big one, definitely following 👀
26 January, 01:50
Mike ThomasLooking good so far, Chris.
The black ring you are referring to was painted on the test vehicles, SA-500, which both Revell and Airfix used as reference for their respective kits. If you're not accurately modelling a specific Saturn V, don't worry about it. As to your other curiosity, the real Saturn V was 363 feet (110.6 meters) tall and weighed an average of 6.3 million pounds (2.8 million kilograms) at takeoff, depending on the mission.
24 March, 06:55
ChrisThank you, Mike. That clarified a few things. As I do not want to build a specific Rocket, I agree and don't mind the painting. There are some things I learned during building, so I would have to build a second one, that woukd be more accurate. 😉
24 March, 23:59
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Vintage kit in 1:144 that I started long ago and now heads towards finishing.
