Leo's Vostok on Lars Folmann's transporter

[BARX2]

With Lars' permission, I upscaled his railroad transporter to (about) 1:48 and mated it with Leo's Vostok. I needed a stand for the Vostok, so this was a natural. I think Lars has created the only model of the R-7 transporter. It is a real gem.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RzySK-9QGcU/SaVo8xWm_3I/AAAAAAAAAfw/u86JYhOjX3g/s800/S1052010.JPG

More pictures here:

Picasa Web Albums - Joe - Vostok (http://picasaweb.google.com/jepolch/Vostok#)

[Ashrunner]

Well done! The Vostok is gorgeous...an excellent build of a very good model.

[redhorse]

This is really cool. You're tempting me to try a rocket :)

[BARX2]

Rockets are not that difficult - just a bunch of cylinders and cones. :)

[lee4752]

Of course people like me have some problems keeping the seams straight on those long cylinders. Good thing I'm not a cross-dresser. I'd be stocking challenged:D

[lox_501]

Hey BARX2, this is a very nice Vostok, was this a flying kit or a scratch built? Heck, where can I get one of these. :)



With Lars' permission, I upscaled his railroad transporter to (about) 1:48 and mated it with Leo's Vostok. I needed a stand for the Vostok, so this was a natural. I think Lars has created the only model of the R-7 transporter. It is a real gem.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_RzySK-9QGcU/SaVo8xWm_3I/AAAAAAAAAfw/u86JYhOjX3g/s800/S1052010.JPG

More pictures here:

Picasa Web Albums - Joe - Vostok (http://picasaweb.google.com/jepolch/Vostok#)

[BARX2]

Sorry I didn't give a link to Leo's site. You can download all his wonderful models here: Space flight paper modelling (http://www.cardmodels-r.narod.ru/index-e.htm)

No, Leo's model is for display only. If you want a flying Soyuz TMA - another great model - you can download Ton Noteboom's Soyuz here: http://jleslie48.com/gallery_models_real.html Scroll down to near the bottom of the page.

Ton's Soyuz can be built as a flying model or for display. I built the display version. It's also in 1:48 scale.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z314/jepolch/Ton%20Suyuz%201-48/Soyuz1-48003.jpg?t=1235920757

[BARX2]

Here's a picture of Leo's Voskhod (a different version of the Vostok launcher) next to Ton's Soyuz TMA. The Voskhod was not quite finished at the time I took the picture - and before I cleaned my work table! :o

[THE DC]

Appreciate your alerting us!

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The DC

[rickstef]

refresh a couple of times, or try another browser, but the link works, all of them do

[Zathros]

Rockets are not that difficult - just a bunch of cylinders and cones. :)

And too look this good they have to be perfectly matched. Your too modest, great work like usual.

[BaneOfSorrows]

Wow, beautiful build of the Vostok. I'm personally into the space models myself, and I'm currently working on a build of Ton's Soyuz. Do you think that R-7 Transporter would fit Ton's Soyuz? If so, where can I get it? If not, do you have any suggestions for displaying it?

[BARX2]

Lar's transporter is 1:96 scale, so you'll have to double the size. That will make it way larger than normal size sheets of card stock. I had to jump through some hoops to copy different parts off the pages and double their size. Good luck as it was kind of mind-boggling for my small brain. :o I don't think I got it exactly right. I think the transporter I made is approximately 1:50.

On another note, Ton's Soyuz model is colored with white frost on the boosters - the way they look when fueled and the rocket is standing upright. It wouldn't look that way on the transporter. If you're going to build Ton's model, don't bother with the transporter. Just stand it up. Another thing, the transporter for the Soyuz is different than the one for the Vostok. If you want to build the transporter, I suggest using Leo's Vostok and scale it down to 1:96 to fit the transporter. Then both models will match in size - and it won't take up a whole shelf to display it! :)

[obwand10]

ton's website has a 1/96 soyuz

[obwand10]

hi baneofsorrows. ton has a website with a 1/96 soyuz and not with the white frost.
pe2tr Card models (http://www.pe2tr.nl/index2.htm) click the file soyuz launcher.

[BARX2]

hi baneofsorrows. ton has a website with a 1/96 soyuz and not with the white frost.
pe2tr Card models (http://www.pe2tr.nl/index2.htm) click the file soyuz launcher.

Yes, but the Soyuz has a different transporter. Lars' transporter is for the Vostok launch vehicle. The Soyuz transporter is longer, among other things.