Revell 04909 Apollo Saturn V 1:144 Scale Unbuilt/Unpainted Plastic Model Kit

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The components feature raised panel lines appropriate to the type – lots of corrugated surface detail, perhaps not as fine as, say, the newer kits from this manufacturer. The Apollo Saturn V is an iconic type and is certainly impressive as you can see from the video at the start of this review, so this project is all going to be about fine preparation and that finished paint job – a nice weathering challenge! a b "Saturn V Launch Vehicle Evaluation Report—AS-502 Apollo 6 Mission" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2020 . Retrieved January 18, 2013. a b "SP-4206 Stages to Saturn". history.nasa.gov. NASA. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021 . Retrieved July 7, 2020.

The Command and Lunar modules are quite well detailed, especially given the scale and it’s worth looking at the photos of the manufacturer’s completed model above to see how these can look when added. As of 2023, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle to have carried humans beyond low Earth orbit (LEO). Saturn V holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit: 311,152lb (141,136kg), which included the third stage and unburned propellant needed to send the Apollo command and service module and Lunar Module to the Moon. The kit S-II aft interstage comes with eight ullage motors. These were reduced to four on the Apollo 11 launch vehicle, and were later omitted entirely. The attachment points for the kit parts therefore need to be removed and the stringers restored. The kit motor fairings are too small and need to be replaced with New Ware parts. The S-II fairings extended on to the aft interstage—all the New Ware resin fairings need to be divided at an appropriate level, with their trailing parts added to the interstage and aligned. New Ware provides a photo-etch personnel access hatch. a b c Johnston, Louis; Williamson, Samuel H. (2023). "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?". MeasuringWorth . Retrieved January 1, 2023. United States Gross Domestic Product deflator figures follow the Measuring Worth series. Cortright, Edgar M. (1975). "3.4". Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. NASA Langley Research Center. ISBN 978-9997398277. Archived from the original on February 14, 2008 . Retrieved February 11, 2008.Upon arrival at the Vertical Assembly Building, each stage was inspected in a horizontal position before being oriented vertically. NASA also constructed large spool-shaped structures that could be used in place of stages if a particular stage was delayed. These spools had the same height and mass and contained the same electrical connections as the actual stages. [67]

The Space Review: Saturn's fury: effects of a Saturn 5 launch pad explosion". www.thespacereview.com . Retrieved January 18, 2022. Bilstein, Roger E.; Lucas, William R. (1980). Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle. Washington, DC: U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ISBN 0-16-048909-1. OCLC 36332191.

A little bit of background

Streigel, Mary (July 1, 2015). "The Space Age In Construction". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 19, 2020 . Retrieved October 4, 2019. Main article: S-IC The first stage of Apollo 8 Saturn V being erected in the VAB on February 1, 1968. Engine fairings and fins not yet installed. And that’s it. Something of an epic build, involving equal parts frustration and satisfaction. I’m glad to have done it, but I wouldn’t care to undertake such a large-scale revision project again. To help me understand and try to fix these problems, I used David Weeks’s 1/48 Saturn V drawing sets, available from RealSpace Models. At exactly twice the scale of the kit, they were a real boon to confirm the location and orientation of various details. Unlike the two-plane separation of the S-IC and S-II, the S-II and S-IVB stages separated with a single step. Although it was constructed as part of the third stage, the interstage remained attached to the second stage. The third stage did not use much fuel to get into LEO (Low Earth Orbit), because the second stage had done most of the job. [11]

NASA's Ares Projects Ares V Cargo Launch Vehicle" (PDF). nasa.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2021 . Retrieved July 8, 2020. NASA SPACE VEHICLE DESIGN CRITERIA (GUIDANCE AND CONTROL)" (PDF). ntrs.nasa.gov. NASA. March 1971. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2021 . Retrieved July 7, 2020.For the first two uncrewed launches, eight solid-fuel ullage motors ignited for four seconds to accelerate the S-II stage, followed by the ignition of the five J-2 engines. For the first seven crewed Apollo missions only four ullage motors were used on the S-II, and they were eliminated for the final four launches. About 30 seconds after first stage separation, the interstage ring dropped from the second stage. This was done with an inertially fixed attitude—orientation around its center of gravity—so that the interstage, only 3feet 3inches (1m) from the outboard J-2 engines, would fall cleanly without hitting them, as the interstage could have potentially damaged two of the J-2 engines if it was attached to the S-IC. Shortly after interstage separation the Launch Escape System was also jettisoned. [35] It’s no wonder that countless models, toys and replicas have been produced over the years from big model-making names like LEGO, Airfix and Revell.