I’ve been enjoying making this 1:96 card model of a Saturn/Apollo booster. At first I got it completely wrong
as there are very few instructions, and really just the photos to go on. However, the models are very accurate and good fun to make. I used to make Airfix models when I was a teenager, but this is much less modelling by numbers and I am forced to learn a huge amount about the rocket.
I’ve been reading the Saturn V News Reference as a way of finding out more. I’ve always been stunned by the sheer scale of everything – the 10m rocket diameter, and especially the F1 engines. Making the model also highlights this, especially now I’m getting to the top of the stack and finding the Apollo spacecraft to be very fiddly indeed!
I’ve been using the Saturn V blueprint poster, produced by Boeing, as a reference. This prints brilliantly, and I’ve managed to get a very large (~1m long) version printed, white on a blue background. It looks great. The Apollo Maniacs website is a superb resource on all things Apollo.
One small niggle: the decals don’t seem to match any of the flight articles, although there is an Apollo 11 version. I’m not really that bothered.
I was going to start with the 1:48 version of the model. This would be truly huge. The 1:96 model will be about 120cm tall. Maybe one day…
More about this when I’ve finished, probably.
March 7, 2008 at 22:04 |
Great job! I am looking to find every manned spacecraft in the same scale. I know there is a lot of stuff in 1:144 but I really would like to find the set in at least 1:96 or, ultimately would prefer 1:48. Any leads?
March 7, 2008 at 22:48 |
Try this. I’ve only built the Apollo/Saturn V model, but there are a few at 1:48 as well as other scales.