1/70th Saturn 1B, Apollo Capsule, and Mars Lander Fans!

[sandman]

Great news!!!

If you ever wanted to clone everybody's favorite 1/70th Saturn 1B or the Mars Lander or just a flyable Apollo capsule go here!

https://www.tela.com/~dtkostron/

Warm up your PDF software...get a cup of coffee and download your brains out!

All the plans and patterns are there!

Get ahold of Paul Graf (he's a member here) and get the vacuform wraps for the Saturn 1B...get the T-104" tubes from Totally Tubular, a tade smaller than the BT-51 but close! He is coming out with the BT-100 tubes soon, get a capsule kit from Apogee Components, get some decals and you're set!

BMS has the Mars lander cones.

No excuses now 'cause you didn't get a Saturn 1B or a Mars Lander as a kid!

Go build!!

sandman

 

[teflonrocketry1]

Sandman,

Thanks for the update on KosRox. I always find useful scale and kit cloning information at that site.

Bruce S. Levison, NAR #69055

 

[Silverleaf]

Dangit..

See what you've done Sandman, first its your Little Joe 2, then its Drew's Energia-Buran, and then there is my own Terrier-Sandhawk, Nike base, and DM-F3 Delta 3..now you throw me this bone..

So little time, so many scale rockets..*drooooool*

Thats it, I'm giving up sleeping..8)

Thanks for the link.

 

[loojack]

Thank you! The Apollo pad abort test rocket looks like an interesting rocket to build! Thanks again! ..loojack

 

[astronboy]

Hey Sandman,

What is there to do about those few weird sized body tubes you need for the 1b? That has stopped my cloning efforts in its tracks......

 

[sandman]

What is there to do about those few weird sized body tubes you need for the 1b?

There are only two odd tubes. Not really a difficult hurdle to overcome.

But that's just me!

For the BT-100 (3.744" O.D.) you could wait until Totally Tubular comes out with it or carefully cut down a BT-101 (3.938" O.D.)

For the BT-51 (1.011" O.D.) you could use a Totally Tubular T-1.04" tube (.029" big) cut it and reglue it with the seam on the inside Or a BT-50 with a couple of paper wraps to make up the .035".

That size difference would be very dificult to spot by eye.

Of course...I have some BT-51's and some BT-100's someplace

sandman