
Moon Ship progress
Got to get this thing done. Mostly just assembly at this point.
Category Sculpting / Miscellaneous
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 864 x 726px
File Size 218.9 kB
I got the 1/72 Dragon kit of the Saturn but was VERY disappointed in that it had next to no details like the old 1/144 Monogram or Airfix kits. The real thing is all fussy with hatches and fiddly-bits all over the outside.
The Estes Saturn was in 1/100, got one I ought to build one of these years. 1/96, is it some kind of adaption or something with the old Revell kit?
The Estes Saturn was in 1/100, got one I ought to build one of these years. 1/96, is it some kind of adaption or something with the old Revell kit?
Building it bigger would mean sorting out all the fiddly details I'm NOT adding to this build. The original design was expected to be built in orbit and used a LOT of rigging wires and odd structural higgery-pokery all over it. So much so that I still haven't gotten a full notion as to how fussy it was intended to be- though that was partly due to ever-changing details in the published art. The design was being considered as a kit by one of the outfits that do SF stuff, but they backed out of it, likely due to all the nightmare stuff going on and the likely compromises and/or conflicting data on what and how parts were suppose to go together. This is one beast I have no interest in duplicating for myself- though I am still thinking about the Mars mission version and definately doing the launch vehicles, sort of predesecors to the N-1.
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