falcon Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) A few pics of my latest work, the Airfix 1/144 Saturn V.The model is built completely out of the box and painted with Tamiya and Gunze acrylics. Edited January 9, 2013 by falcon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mekon Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Really nice build and finish, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Great build Looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) I hate to say this, but the black stripes on the first stage are wrong - they shouldn't extend up onto the ribbed intertank structure. The Airfix instructions aren't clear on this point (Mat Irvine was sent poor quality photocopies to check and didn't spot it at the time) but it should look like the photo below: A nice build though! Edited January 9, 2013 by GordonD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Cheers guys. I hate to say this, but the black stripes on the first stage are wrong - they shouldn't extend up onto the ribbed intertank structure. The Airfix instructions aren't clear on this point (Mat Irvine was sent poor quality photocopies to check and didn't spot it at the time) but it should look like the photo below: A nice build though! B*gger. Looks like I will have to try masking it up and spraying it this weekend to put it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 B*gger. Looks like I will have to try masking it up and spraying it this weekend to put it right. Yes, sorry about that but I do get all rivet-countey when it comes to space subjects. Good luck - spraying white over black is never fun. BTW it's been pointed out to me that Mat Irvine was not sent duff photocopies of the instruction sheet for checking - he was sent high-quality artwork but the unclear painting part somehow slipped through, My apologies to Airfix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Nice work - this one could well be a build of mine later this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadders Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) You could always model a test bed/non flight Saturn V. It would be easier to add the black band. Edited January 10, 2013 by chadders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 The non-flight Saturn was known as 500-F and was in effect a 1:1 scale model. It had dummy engines but the propellant tanks could be filled and it had all the electrical connectors to hook it up to the service tower. Its main purpose was to check that the ground/vehicle interfaces fitted together. It had the vertical stripes connected by the black ring as in the photos above but when the engineers checked the thermal sensors they found that the extra black areas did undesirable things to the intertank regions so the pattern was changed. Which is why the early model kits show incorrect painting details. Falcon, if you do decide to go down that route, bear in mind that you'll need to remove the S-IC-6 markings from near the base, as these specifically designate the first stage as the sixth one to fly, i.e. Apollo 11's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetboy Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Cheers guys. B*gger. Looks like I will have to try masking it up and spraying it this weekend to put it right. Hi,excellent paint finish on your stack,as for changing it,dont bother....98% of people who see it wont know about the stripes,ucks sake, i built 2 out of the box,before i noticed.....looks good..cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Hi,excellent paint finish on your stack,as for changing it,dont bother....98% of people who see it wont know about the stripes,ucks sake, i built 2 out of the box,before i noticed.....looks good..cheers Don But the 2% who do know will complain endlessly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 But the 2% who do know will complain endlessly! But only in a low orbit vacuum. See what I did there? Space joke. Oh please yourselves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 You could always model a test bed/non flight Saturn V. It would be easier to add the black band. Cheers for those pics Mark. A guy at club night tonight mentioned he had seen pics of a Saturn V first stage with those markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Cheers for the kind remarks guys. Looking at a pic of all the Saturn V launches at the local model club tonight and actually noticed that the black stripes on the interstage extend further down than the Airfix instructions show as well. So having had a good look at how to go about it, I have gone with the option of doing the corrections to the model and will post up some new pics tomorrow. Masking all removed it looks pretty good and hasn't spoilt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted January 12, 2013 Author Share Posted January 12, 2013 Now the correction work is done, here are some pics.Enjoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 That has come up a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetboy Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 That has come up a treat. Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinj Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 lovely job. how tall is that thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Excellent work Chris and nice save, now are you going to do the others kits to go with it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Cheers guys. Excellent work Chris and nice save, now are you going to do the others kits to go with it ? I also have the Saturn Skylab, Saturn IB, Vostoc, 2x Revell 1/144 Shuttles and an Anigrand 1/144 Polyus to go with this, so there will be more space builds. Need to get some more white paint first as this one went through 4 jars of white alone. I will be fetching it to the Bolton show on Sunday btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Cheers guys. I also have the Saturn Skylab, Saturn IB, Vostoc, 2x Revell 1/144 Shuttles and an Anigrand 1/144 Polyus to go with this, so there will be more space builds. I very much look forward to seeing those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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