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I WANT ONE!!!
The good rocketry news just keeps on flowing! Count me in!
I wonder what other kits could use that capsule... :drool:
Cheers,
Michael
The good rocketry news just keeps on flowing! Count me in!
I wonder what other kits could use that capsule... :drool:
Cheers,
Michael
I wonder if they are using the old Century tooling?
Oh Happy Day! I wish we could pre-order!!!!
I wonder if they are using the old Century tooling?
Assuming you could get the correct size tubes and other components, you could build a 1/45 scale Saturn 1B or Saturn V although I'm sure those would be massive.:wink:
The good rocketry news just keeps on flowing! Count me in!
I wonder what other kits could use that capsule... :drool:
Cheers,
Michael
Tower Hobbies is accepting orders at a price of $39.95:
https://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LNFSUH&P=G
Yep...they would be monsters!!! I upscaled my 1/100 SolidWorks models to 1/45 scaleYour Saturn V would be 8-1 tall and 8.8 inches diameter.
The only thing that is the same with this Version and the older Centuri version is the Capsule. This version has a Vacuum Form corrugated Wrap for the lower body tube. The fins are two piece injection molded plastic. All the detail pieces that get glued to the corrugated wrap are molded plastic. The engine nozzles are two piece molded plastic and have the rubber booties molded into them. Attached are a few images of a model I through together for test flying. It takes about 5 hours to build. I didn't use any primer or putty, just shot a coat of white paint and then silver. The nozzles should be painted black and white and the escape tower needs some black color as well but since this model was build to be test flown and then most likely thrown away, why bother. The HARDEST part to build on this model is putting on the decals. The finished weight is going to be more like 8.5 or so ounces with 1.5 ounces of this being clay in the nose. I hope to see a lot of these being used for sport scale events at NARAM.
John Boren
Yeah, I did that with the Mercury Redstone and ended up getting my order 6 months after everybody else was getting theirs from other sources
The only thing that is the same with this Version and the older Centuri version is the Capsule. This version has a Vacuum Form corrugated Wrap for the lower body tube. The fins are two piece injection molded plastic. All the detail pieces that get glued to the corrugated wrap are molded plastic. The engine nozzles are two piece molded plastic and have the rubber booties molded into them. Attached are a few images of a model I through together for test flying. It takes about 5 hours to build. I didn't use any primer or putty, just shot a coat of white paint and then silver. The nozzles should be painted black and white and the escape tower needs some black color as well but since this model was build to be test flown and then most likely thrown away, why bother. The HARDEST part to build on this model is putting on the decals. The finished weight is going to be more like 8.5 or so ounces with 1.5 ounces of this being clay in the nose. I hope to see a lot of these being used for sport scale events at NARAM.
John Boren
Yep, cluster mod time!!
If you go with a cluster of motors in the center you would have to get ride of the 6 nozzles down there. Now since a BT-5 body tube just happens to fit inside each of the 6 nozzles, you could have a cluster of 6 mini engines with a 24mm core motor.
John Boren
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