1/48 Sat V four differnt designers

[closet astronaut]

I started off with Greelt's design but it stops with the interstage, so I had to improvise, using parts from Ton Noteboom, Fredric Bouchr and Surfduke.

[jparenti]

Now THAT is the nice complete Saturn V I want to have! It all blends together very well.
Did you have any issues with sizing at all? Specifically with getting parts from different designers to match up smoothly?

[Ron40]

Wow that is an impressive model. The scale allows a lot of
detail. Certainly deserves to be considered for a P.O.T.W.
Glad this one came out of the closet.
Ron

[757rol]

Simply awesome ...

[alfadoc]

Absolutely spectacular. I like your appropriate use of other materials for parts of the engines. I tend to be a paper purist, but I mostly build WWII airplanes so it is a bit easier to use paper exclusively. For pipes and spheres, multimedia is the way to go. Nice job!
I assume the Mercury Redstone and Gemini are the same scale; I had no idea the Mercury was so tiny compared to the Saturn: looks like a bottle rocket by comparison!

[closet astronaut]

Yes..all models on table are 1/48 scale, the Gemini and mercury are Ton's. The main pipes are paper wraped in phone wire, they are actually the pipes used on the launch pad designed by Greelt. The smaller pipes on the third stage are 18 guage electrical wire.
The dark base of the main tank on the third stage is actually the top part of the 1st stage tank from Greelt's first stage, you can see it in the photo of the top of the first stage. I printed it out full size then cut it down. The spheres are cotume jewlrey, I've never seen a good sphere made out of paper. The second stage alone has parts from Greelt, Ton and Fredrick. It is deffinatly a Frankenstein model.

As far as sizing, after building the first three rings on the first stage I learned I had to fit every ring on top of the previous before gluing into a cylinder. I would build the ring up to the piont of closing it, then wrap it around, mark it and cut, or add some paper to make it work. The third stage was too long, I had to cut it down after having it completed, luckily the top ring slid right down where it needed to be. There was alot of things that needed tweeking, but hey it's paper nothing ever fits exactly, and you can do anything with it.....Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome!