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Chris (Skorzak)
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Saturn V

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I painted a black ring on the first stage, as shown in the instructions 
 

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Here you can see the same ring (a little bit smaller) on the first stage. 
 

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But none of the Saturns had this black ring on the first stage. I am confused. 
 

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I don't mind the black ring. Even if the other rings are unreal. I built it as Airfix thought it should be. 
 

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These are huge tubes, even as kit and even in 1:144 
 

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First gloss coat - Revell Aqua Color with airbrush. Well thinned it works quite good.  
 

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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. 
 

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Engines airbrushed 
 

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Engines airbrushed 
 

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Added the tiny engines. The Landing module seems to cry like a new born baby 
 

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Added Decals, built the small parts 
 

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Decals applied, airbrushed with glossy clear varnish 
 

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The first stage is very very larg, even as kit in this scale. The service module is so tiny on the other hand. 
 

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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.  
 

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5 big F-1 engines 
 

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5 smaller J-2 engines 
 

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1 small J-2 engine 
 

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Service-module with the Aerojet AJ10-137 engine 
 

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All engines drying from glueing 
 

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"Drone"-view 
 

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Imagine, how big they were 
 

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Lunar lander with folded legs. I have no idea how it should be mounted in the rocket 
 

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View from the "bottom" - Very impressive. 
 

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Thanks that I have a very high staircase 
 

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The rocket and her goal 
 

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The Rocket in the launcher 
 

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For comparison: a pencil 
 

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Happy little lander 
 

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Happy little lander - drone view 
 

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Lunar landing modul sitting in his bay 
 

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Future (1:2500) - present (1:144) - past (1:144) 
 

Коментарі

14 21 January, 21:47
Treehugger
I don't like this Airfix kit but I do like to see you finish it. 🙂
22 January, 07:29
Nicolas
I'm in.
22 January, 19:59
Jennifer Franklin
It is an interesting subject, equally interesting scale, going to be a big one, definitely following 👀
26 January, 01:50
Mike Thomas
Looking 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
Chris
Thank 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.

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1:144 Apollo-Saturn V (Airfix 09170)
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US NASA-National Aeronautics and Space Administration (1958-now)
 

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