Saturn V big scale scratch build idea

Check this out:

Think that's something, check this out:

(click on the 4 links at the bottom of the page , S-CI, S-II, S-IVB and Instrument Unit)

This guy's been working on this 1/48 scale Saturn V model for at least a couple of years and the detail is just incredible. Also, some of the methods he uses to solve building specific items is just amazing.

I super detailed a Revell 1/96 Saturn V a couple years ago and while it's nice, it doesn't touch these guy's work.

T.B.

Yeah I Googled that one up last week . Very nice work.

... but this one is news. Very nice work. The only bad thing about it is losing all of that detail when/if you assemble it. Still, that's the way to go - balls to the walls.

I have no illusions about my capabilities compared to these folks. I soften the blow a little by considering I'm aiming lower and, at the risk of jinxing myself, I'll have mine finished sooner. ;-)

Thx for the links. Those will be very helpful. I'll definitely be bucking the itch to dive into a full blown detailled Saturn project while I'm cutting my teeth on the garden display.

I was working up some sketches last night and banging around the idea when the image of typically sagging PVC piping on the supply racks started worrying me about how true this stuff runs. Might have to go to a better grade of material or make plans to section each stage into smaller component cylinders, build them up and machine them true as I go. Now rather than later would probably be a good time to get ahold of a scrap of it and see how it takes sandpaper and paint.

Should be an interesting exercise between other projects and chores. If nothing else it'll keep me away from the Hobby Lobby sales.

WmB

It's kind of sad, that the plastic kit manufacturers have had to limit their output to the *manned* Saturn rockets. I have always found the unmanned Saturn 1B's to be the most intriguing of the series. Fortunately, they have not been *totally* neglected: