Anyway, the smell of diesel smoke, burning trees, cedar posts, and peanut oil with flames roaring into the sky certainly beats all that foo-foo crap smell in those girly stores...
I love the smell of diesel smoke, burning trees, cedar posts, and peanut oil in the morning. Smells like...Victory.
Rick, I agree with you, it would have been a bucket list item scratched to see a launch of the V. I tried 3 times for a Shuttle launch but got scrubbed each time. I was talking to a few guys who did make the V launches, they heartily stated you have to see the IMAX movie that is shown at the Space Center. I think they have it at the Liberty Science Center now and then.View attachment 160283View attachment 160284
I remember watching these missions go up when I was in 4th grade. I fell in love with this rocket at that time....gosh I wish I could have seen one of these in person (or a Saturn V).... sigh....I will have to settle for the video and images I guess...but damn, this is one sexy looking machine.
OK...time to go roll some tanks. I will post some pictures later. I have already made the engines and the fins are drying in the paint shop as I type this (the garage....) Thanks for following!
Rick, I agree with you, it would have been a bucket list item scratched to see a launch of the V. I tried 3 times for a Shuttle launch but got scrubbed each time. I was talking to a few guys who did make the V launches, they heartily stated you have to see the IMAX movie that is shown at the Space Center. I think they have it at the Liberty Science Center now and then.
I'm scratch building Ib right now with BT-5 tanks around a BT-50 core and BT-70 shrouds. I thought it would be fitting, since we're coming up on the 40th anniversary of ASTP next month.
Nice work, NJ! I don't think anyone does Dr. Zooch's Saturn I kits as well as you do! They look like museum pieces. I did not know that Gus Grissom's booster was used for Apollo 5 and the first test of the LM.
couple more...including a few of the normal configuration Saturn 1b.
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The Zooch Apollo 5 is a neat little kit of a forgotten mission! First flight of the LM using Gus Grissom's booster that was slated for the Apollo 1 mission. She flew perfectly!
Amazing as always.
WOW! And you actually have the nerve to 'light the candle' on this rocket? Put it on the shelf and don't tempt Murphy or the Gremlins
I'm in! Excited to have received a Saturn Ib in the secret santa exchange this year. Hopefully mine will turn out half as well as Rick's projects.
Mine is the AS201-205, black and white tanks.
I got the ASTP set (1B and Soyuz) last summer and have been hesitant to get started on it, but for practice I have done some other cardstock rockets. I think I am up to the challenge now, and finally gotten through some other builds so now I have no excuse to not go ahead and dig into this one. So far I have the wrap sheets flattening in a book and have been enjoying reading the instructions several times over.
One idea I had with the fins and those little filler pieces between the tank tubes, is to make a new wrap template for papering the fins that already have the roll pattern printed on them so you don't have to paint them. I mean, you have the body tube wrapped already, right, so why not the fins too? Here is a rough idea of what I mean, then I would just paper the balsa fins with these, or laminate a few layers of the cardstock and use carded fins. The fins would then all have the correct matching roll pattern as the lower thrust structure tube. If I use the balsa stock then I could sand them to a wedge shape first, then paper them. Laminated cardstock fins would just likely be flat with lightly sanded rounded edges. I haven't seen anyone else do this with the kit yet, so I thought I would make this suggestion. This is just a screen shot of my template, I am making this in Inkscape as .svg (scalable vector graphics) to match the size of the kit fins and fillet pieces. I feel like I can get the paper more accurately glued up with a left-right side, rather than the typical fold over the leading edge type of carded fin template, but I could try that method also.
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Fun with rolling tubes! The "UNITED STATES" tube template has a part that indicates the glue area, but you really should put glue on the opposite side where that area will contact, as shown here. I opted to use a glue stick, a little easier to manage spreading the glue around without using a finger. And I prefer to use a longer dowel that overhangs the tube, a little easier to find a place to grip, I had this 3/8" dowel from a prior cardstock rocket project, wrapped with wax paper so glue does not stick, as much.
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finished all the Zooch kit stock tubes, sometimes less is more
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and from Rosco Racer's template, sometimes more is more:
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I kind of like the combination of the Rosco tanks with the plain white tanks on the right, but could also take the Zooch with the detailed plain tubes on the left. From a distance on the launch pad, any of them would look great.
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Out of this batch of 16 tubes, I had one where I slipped a little and the tube came out uneven at one end, I may redo that one, but overall I am pleased with how they all turned out. If you have never rolled a tube before, get some cardstock and a dowel, and try it. A little practice goes a long way.
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