1:144 Soviet N-1

[Dave Manning]

The 1 stage of my paper, 1:144 scale Soviet N-1 rocket is now finished, after cutting and fitting the interstage truss and stabilizers.
I'll be doing a fair bit of tidying up of some of the part's edges, etc, but it's essentially done

[gotham]

That lattice work looks a little intense 😬, well done.

[Dave Manning]

Starting on the 2nd stage now.
I've also learnt to cut along the OUTSIDE edge of the template parts instead of along the line.
Parts, especially the circular support rings will fit much, MUCH better

[Dave Manning]

2nd stage is pretty much complete, apart from detailing and ANOTHER interstage truss to cut and fit.

[Dave Manning]

1st and 2nd stages are now attached

[Dave Manning]

Starting the upper stages and payload stack.
I'm making the payload jettison rocket using a paper straw and need to paint it before fitting to the top.
This is just a dry-fit of the upper stages .......

[Dave Manning]

Made my own payload jettison rocket stack and added quite a few of the tiny detail parts.
All that's to do now is glue down the 3rd stage to the interstage trusses and it'll be DONE

[CharlieC]

Well done - I got as far as the first stage before running out of motivation. I believe the N-1 holds the record for the largest non-nuclear explosion when the second, I believe, launch exploded just off the pad.

I guess lots of small engines would work if the control systems were up to it - clearly 1960s vintage Russian hardware couldn't do the job. It was close run thing with the US getting the big F-1 engines to work properly - fixing the flow instabilities in those big engines was a major exercise.

Charlie

[Dave Manning]

FINISHED!!!!
This Currell's Paper Model is one of the best projects I've worked on.
Considering it's a FREE kit, I almost feel guilty ............. almost ....

[Dave Manning]

Oh well .........

I've gone and started building ANOTHER N-1 but this time as the 4th failed launch vehicle the N-1 7L which exploded 90 seconds into its flight on November 23rd, 1972.
Due to the painting involved I'll be making all of the various components first, deciding what needs to be painted, THEN assemble everything once it's all ready.