New Project Saturn 5 Launch Gantry COMPLETED PROJECT PICTURES FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Nice.  We have to use the rubber ruler, otherwise your gantry would be eight feet tall !   If we had unlimited budgets we could have rooms to accommodate such scale models.  

Looking forward to your progress, Alan.

Alan, nice work, hope to see finished gantry.

-Tom

Alan you are a first class model builder, I know it will be great. I understand there is a 1/72 model of the Saturn 5 out there. That gantry would be huge.

Very cool!   Love the Saturn V.  It's gonna be great.   I still can't believe those guys climbed in and went to the moon (and back).  It's one of if not the proudest achievements of our collective lifetimes.

  BTW, what kind of adhesive works best with those materials?

Alan, I'm looking forward to seeing your progress and the completion of another of your fine works.

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How about a launch gantry for a Lego saturn V????

Very nice. I was at Cape Canaveral for Apollo 11, it was quite impressive.

Oldmike

Cant wait to see it complete

Interesting... but no crawler?

That is one cool project! Are you going to add some steam effects??!!

Is that a scratch-built Saturn V or a kit? I've made a few 1:100 Saturn V's and a IB (Estes) and a Lego - close to 1:100. Currently building another 50th anniversary model rocket 1:100. Also a member of the NAR. Will be following this...

prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Interesting... but no crawler?

I had a problem with the height so I had to take the crawler out but I may add something to simulate the crawler

OC Patrick posted:

Is that a scratch-built Saturn V or a kit? I've made a few 1:100 Saturn V's and a IB (Estes) and a Lego - close to 1:100. Currently building another 50th anniversary model rocket 1:100. Also a member of the NAR. Will be following this...

this is a desktop display it is made of wood and is very nice

bigtruckpete posted:

That is one cool project! Are you going to add some steam effects??!!

maybe but not sure I want to add sound affects like the countdown from NASA

Thank you for all the kind words.

Phil,

You can use plastic weld cement or bondene for styrene and abs.

Gary,

I do not have enough legs parts to make one

Mark,

There is a small hill in front of the gantry to hide the bottom of the platform due to height restrictions on the layout.

OC,

The rocket is not a kit

Nice build. I had one of the Revell kits in 1:144. It was just over three feet tall. I could just imagine one done in 1:48.

Here are some updated photos of the gantry construction. Next I will add handrails.

On this snowy night, I completed the project. Here are some pictures. I took a night shot in the snow just to prove that in our

miniature world, NASA can launch in the snow.

Alan:

Awesome work!

Neal Jeter

WOw! Excellent work!

Ya know, I clicked the like button but I'm having second thoughts...... 'cause  It's not mine!

Someday maybe I can get you to build stuff for me! Love to watch the posts of your work in the meantime. Thanks for sharing.

Heaven help my envy, I am !like engineer joe. Saving the thread and dreaming of being this capable.

Takes me right back to the space race.  When will we see it with the Liquid O2 tank?

Thank you all for the nice comments. 

Joe, 

You will have to wait until it gets on the layout for that picture.

Phenomenal!!! It looks great just by itself. On a layout I’m sure it will look amazing. 

Looking forward to it.

Brother, you sure got the "Right Stuff"...that is awesome!