Hello guys, thanks for all the kind words!
Ruben, the statue looks swell, but I don't think I can do it in 1:500
I'll be more like the Gagarin monument made out of a match.
Don: sounds cool. As a side story - with my then 5yo son we used to parachute the Apollo CM (1:144 scale) from our balcony when we lived in a block estate.