Hi Allan, your Saturn V model looks great, the F1 engines look good on your rocket. Here's some of my models collection l have built, as well as some built by professional model builder Nick Proach from Canada. l have built the 1/70th scale Apogee Saturn 1B Apollo 7 which stands about 1 meter high. Both the Airfix 1/144 Saturn V & Saturn V Skylab rockets l have built. There are some 1/72 resin model from realspace models l have also built, including the Mercury Atlas, Mercury Redstone and Gemini Titan, as well as Sputnik. The 1/72 Space Shuttle Discovery,full stack, the 1/12 scale Mercury Capsule Friendship 7 and 1/24 scale Gemini capsule,1/48 scale Redstone, Atlas and Titan rockets, are built by Nick Proach. Also 1/6 scale astronaut figures Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan.l am currently building a 1/72 revell space shuttle Atlantis, and have received 3-D printed parts for both my Dragon 1/72 Saturn V & 1/72 Saturn V Skylab rockets, which will stand over 5 feet tall.
Here’s my Saturn 5 LEGO the grandkids bought me for Father’s Day last year
Took me 3 weeks to build it , to many parts look the same
Not a bad replica for LEGO
Cheers
One thing...the Command Module looks too small for the Service Module..? Is this a flaw in the kit or is there something missing?
Mike
Wow Mike, what an eye for detail you must have.
I checked the NASA specs (divide by 144) and it appears at first that you are right. [Spec:3.5m/144=24.3mm v model length is 18mm]
But then, looking at the technical drawings, it is not clear to me if the forward and aft Boost Protective Cover are included in the specs (3.5m command module length).
Because on my photo of the model, they are removed, still attached to the LES (Launch Escape System) tower. [as seen in photo 5 & 7 OP].
If you include that it brings it back to (144 scale) specs for length and diameter.
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Here’s my Saturn 5 LEGO the grandkids bought me for Father’s Day last year
Took me 3 weeks to build it , to many parts look the same
Not a bad replica for LEGO
Cheers
Yes Martin, that's really cool.
Great for LEGO.
In fact it was the LEGO post from Granada a few weeks back, that set me off in this direction.
Did you have to paint and decal it, or was all that preprinted?
Nice models, guys. I have a stash of unbuilt kits, including a Revell shuttle (it's BIG). I used to build SF/space kits but as they are often on the large side soon realised I had a problem - nowhere to put them when finished.
Plus they need to be in glass cases to keep off the dust. Maybe one day.....
Wow Mike, what an eye for detail you must have.
I checked the NASA specs (divide by 144) and it appears at first that you are right. [Spec:3.5m/144=24.3mm v model length is 18mm]
But then, looking at the technical drawings, it is not clear to me if the forward and aft Boost Protective Cover are included in the specs (3.5m command module length).
Because on my photo of the model, they are removed, still attached to the LES (Launch Escape System) tower. [as seen in photo 5 & 7 OP].
If you include that it brings it back to (144 scale) specs for length and diameter.
In your photos the diameter of the command module cone looks much less than that of the service module cylinder, that was all.
Alan,
It was assembled straight out of the box. no painting, transfers etc... all plastic moulded coloured pieces
I think there were 10 polythene bags full of Lego with each bag assigned to a specific part of the rocket - F1 engine base unit ,stage 1, stage 2, J2 engine base unit, stage 3, service module, command module, launch escape tower, lunar module ( located inside stage 3 ), rocket support brackets ( not used ) and a 36 page assembly book
My Lego Saturn 5 stands about 1m tall. I'd hate to slip and drop the thing , boy what a mess it would make , not to mention re assembly , it would be a nightmare as there are so many similar parts with subtle differences for specific parts of the rocket. You would have to totally pull it apart and place the parts one by one into bags again. From memory I think there was around 2000 parts
In your photos the diameter of the command module cone looks much less than that of the service module cylinder, that was all.
Great model though
Mike
Yeah, you're right. Specs indicate both command module and service module diameter to be 3.9m (ie 27.08mm scaled). Whereas the model service module is that, the command module is smaller (20.0mm).
I guess you'd say it was a minor flaw in the kit.
Needed to accommodate the protective cover, which brings it back to spec size (as mentioned earlier).
Interesting observation, thanks for picking that up Mike.
For interest sake, I attach a great photo of the actual command/service module Columbia, taken from the Lunar Module (Eagle).
I'm impressed how close the model is to reality.
Thanks
Is this a flaw in the kit or is there something missing?
