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The linear shaped charges on the Saturn IB's fuel tanks, for range safety destruct, were also painted red... Later! OL J R
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I'm sure Freud would have a thing or two to say about my interest in modes of transportation!
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Thanks for the advice. Sorry it is taking so long for me to have a go. Still not managed it yet but hope to very shortly. Regards Kevin
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Thank you for the kind words and great encouragement. Spurs me on. Regards Kevin
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The crawler is a real beast of a machine. As a boy, I, like many others, watched the TV show "Thunderbirds". There was one episode where they try to move the "Empire State Building". This always reminds me of the crawler. (This picture is linked from the the thunderbirds wiki fandom site). It is almost beyond belief that the crawler does (essentially) this. Picks up a 40 story building, drives it up a hill and then places it down. Crucially without it falling over! (It also contains my favourite use of mercury). For anyone interested here is a video (which is one of three) of inside the crawler Regards Kevin
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However just had a thought, I don't picture Kurt Debus in overalls (since all the photos I have seen are of him in a suit) but what about the legendary "Gunter Wendt". In a way the first and last person of the Saturn V (in the sense of creator of Saturn V and last person to see before liftoff) So if nobody objects, I will call them Gunter and Werner as a tribute. Regards Kevin
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Early on in this thread Mechanic let me know about the fins in this post Quote:
I have been thinking about this since then and eventually settled on the idea of making them detachable in such a way that if they were "caught" then they would detach before ripping/damage happened. To do this I have used magnetic paper and ferrous paper to attach the fins to the F-1 engine fairings. So first up was to do one fin as a test. This is the first time I am doing something on the 1/24 model without having first built it on the 1/48 model. Here are a couple of photos I am using ferrous paper on the fairing where the fin attaches and magnetic paper on the edge of the fin that attaches to the fairing. (Magnetic paper comes in various "grab" strengths. I am using a strong one. It worked well so into full production. Here is a photo of the ferrous and magnetic paper parts for the next three fins. I am also using the (one-sided) self adhesive versions of the paper, so you just peel off the white part which reveals a very sticky side (got to get it right on very first contact). Now the fins under construction So Gunter and Werner check them out I have seen a photo of the real fins all lined up in their yellow cradles ready for fitting (but cannot now find it). However I thought you might still like this picture of the real thing (from NASA) I decided to do the 1/48 fins too. That way the models keep in step. Here is a size comparision To finish off I stood the 1/24 model on a box and attached the fins. Two photos, with and without the Mr Bump mug for scale. It is hard to get everything in shot now. I am pleased with how they have turned out and have attached and removed them several times. All works well. The 1/24 is starting to look like a Saturn V now I think. Regards Kevin
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Ingenious way to attach, or detach, the fins Kevin!
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That is indeed clever! Where do you find magnetic paper? I want to try it as well.
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