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More rockets in 1:480
When I was building Mike and George's Saturn IB in 1:480, I got the crazy idea to build an entire collection of manned launchers in the same scale. So I decided to try a Mercury Redstone, figuring that if I could pull off one of those at that scale, I could probably build any other rocket in 1:480 too.
As it turns out, 1:480 is an insanely small scale for a Redstone. This is the (free) model from Delta 7 Studios, originally in 1:96 scale, printed here at 1/5 of the original size: (In hindsight, I shouldn't have printed it centered and wasted so much paper around the sides.) And what does it look like finished? Next up, Mercury Atlas? Are there any good ones besides the one at Precision Paper via the Wayback Machine? |
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Excellent workmanship. That will be a very nice collection.
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Maybe the Canon H-2A? Though i do not know the scale it comes in...
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The only other one I know of is Carl's (surfduke) at Index of /surfduke/-Mercury
Nice job on the Mercury Redstone. Too small for my fat fingers. |
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Kevin,
I used the Precision Paper Atlas and Titan at 1:200 scale for rocket gardens (plain paper construction). I also did Ton's Titan at 1:200 (looks better than the PP version). It was finicky at 1:200 - good luck at microscale (very nice Redstone by the way). Yogi |
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Wow...
That's just nuts! In a good way! The smallest one I've built is the Little Joe II, which I will eventually get around to releasing. Never in a million years could I imagine trying to build the MR. Great work! Mike |
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Thanks for the positive responses everyone.
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It looks like Surfduke's Atlas is a little more complex than the PPSM one, so I'll probably take a look at the latter first. |
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WOW !!!! How good is that ? you have made a wonderful model there.
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When you get to the Titan, be prepared to scratch build a box prism for the engine/thrust structure. You might be able to work out some detail at this scale, but it stumped me at 1:200.
1:200 builds of Precision Paper on the left; Ton's (multiple) on the right. Done in plain bond paper. You can just see the cobbled up thrust truss ... and a slight scaling issue (likely my bad, somehow). Yogi Last edited by Retired_for_now; 06-22-2010 at 02:40 PM. |
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Oh, I LOVE this!
What a great idea...I've thus far stuck to 1/144 scale, but this 1/480 is insanely wonderful!:D Great job on the MR, and I can't wait to see what you do with the Gemini Titan. Thanks so much for sharing this with us! Cheers! Jim I started the exploration ship GRONLAND in 1/600 scale (see photo below) but the idea of a fleet of launchers in this mini-micro scale is intriguing! |
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