It's been awhile since I've built anything in the "real space" category, so I figured it was time to get back to my first love. (At least as far as modeling genres go....) When Bruno of "Scissors & Planes" fame offered a range of Saturn 1Bs in 1/300th scale, I thought it was time to try my hand at one. I chose SA-206, the launch vehicle that took the first crew to Skylab.
I began by enlarging Bruno's model to 1/288th scale, a more common space modeling scale. Bruno provides the basic shape of the model, but the Saturn 1B (like most rockets) has all kinds of vents and cable tunnels and antennas and other rocket thingies adorning the sides, so I added what I could. In all, I count 166 additional scratchbuilt pieces I added to the model.
The hardest of those (and the thing I saved until last) was the Launch Escape System's tower. If you look up "insane" in the dictionary, one of the definitions you'll find is, "scratchbuilding an Apollo LES tower in paper in 1/288th scale.
It was a fun little (literally) build and I can't wait to try one of his Atlas IIs. And they don't have and LES....
I began by enlarging Bruno's model to 1/288th scale, a more common space modeling scale. Bruno provides the basic shape of the model, but the Saturn 1B (like most rockets) has all kinds of vents and cable tunnels and antennas and other rocket thingies adorning the sides, so I added what I could. In all, I count 166 additional scratchbuilt pieces I added to the model.
The hardest of those (and the thing I saved until last) was the Launch Escape System's tower. If you look up "insane" in the dictionary, one of the definitions you'll find is, "scratchbuilding an Apollo LES tower in paper in 1/288th scale.
It was a fun little (literally) build and I can't wait to try one of his Atlas IIs. And they don't have and LES....
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