1/48th Scale Saturn V

[StevenRB]

Oops. I posted a repeat.

[Mini Me]

Merry Christmas Steven! Rick H.

[StevenRB]

Happy holidays everyone.

[StevenRB]

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-model/spacecraft Here is a site full of pics for the Saturn V. Along with the David Weeks drawings, how can you go wrong? I beleive I'll build the EVA handles on the SM from scratch.

[StevenRB]

https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models...d-model/462519 This sequence gives me an in depth path in recreating detail on the SM. Fantastic stuff here.

[StevenRB]

These are the waterslide decals mostly for the SM with fewer for the CM[ATTACH]409007[/ATTACH].

[JR]

What a gripping video, some very clever youngsters who didn't give up.Well done to them .
Thanks for posting .Steven.

[boatman]

HI Steven some very instresting pics of the CSM an i looked through all 74 pics an was amazed at the amount the amount of fittings on the command module an service module as never seen it so close an in such detail thank you for showin us this an hope you had a nice christmas an hope a better new yr be nice to see you back in starbucks
ATB chris an jen

[StevenRB]

Thank you John and Christopher. Boy, I'd give anything to actually sit in my Starbucks with this project. I went there yesterday and got a mint mocha. I have never done the drive through, only going in to see everyone that's on shift. I seriously miss the therapeutic value I got from this yet I'm aware that it's not just me who has suffered. It's a strange world that took just a mere few months to transform the world of the past to the present one we reside in. I miss the up close, personal contact with excited, inquisitive people. As soon as the questions come, you just can't shut me up. At 61 I really have a deep reconnection to that which excited me as a kid.
There's much to be said when you can share something like this in a public arena which has been conducive to some very interesting conversation. A coffee shop is really a great place. I'm assuming it may take the better part of another year before things can begin the transition back. Well, we've lasted this long haven't we. The future is an odd thing timewise. On one hand it strikes us as being so far in the future where we become impatient. And then, just like that, it's here. Our sense of time is an extraordinarily interesting concept being somewhat polarized or paradoxical itself. Soon enough, we will have had a year of this behind us all.
When the time comes, I wholeheartedly request for your sake to indulge in similar paths to further your personal interests. You will do yourselves a tremendous favor and simultaneously inspire the younger generation by passing the torch. The internet has become an invaluable source for modelers today. I had taken to it with much hesitation and chagrin. It took quite some time for me to embrace the potential it possess. I have had my 'smart' phone for three years come January. I have taken the damn thing out of my house six times total. It sits typically in an uncharged state on my computer desk.
It's clear I have taken a liking to SOME technology. Fact is, I never needed a smartphone for decades. I've no reason to embrace it now. It was given to me as a gift. Yet there is advantage to technology and I decide where that is and then contemplate to what degree I use it. We all do. I now look back on my rambling and can't help but question whether it's due to a manic state. I also realize it's the best I can do when the need to relate to others a view or the sharing of information arises. A substitute has prevailed where one has been temporarily cancelled. This is still a therapeutic substitute for many as well. It's the best we have.

[JR]

Steven, while I admire your method of going into a public space and showing your build, I can't quite see the same reaction to a 1/35 diorama. That rocket is some size and it would soon attract attention.
Friends and family see my models and say " oh that nice " bit of a difference :smiling3: Don't think their ready for the details of the Battle of Kursk. !

[StevenRB]

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Steven, while I admire your method of going into a public space and showing your build, I can't quite see the same reaction to a 1/35 diorama. That rocket is some size and it would soon attract attention.
Friends and family see my models and say " oh that nice " bit of a difference :smiling3: Don't think their ready for the details of the Battle of Kursk. !

Steven, while I admire your method of going into a public space and showing your build, I can't quite see the same reaction to a 1/35 diorama. That rocket is some size and it would soon attract attention.
Friends and family see my models and say " oh that nice " bit of a difference :smiling3: Don't think their ready for the details of the Battle of Kursk. !

When we were kids, it's all we had and it still got our peers attention. Create a group build 'club' and as a group you become more visible. I had already been receiving accolades as a ten year old from my age group. They in turn would request that I build one of their models. Don't sell yourself short. Remember, fear conquers progress, progress conquers fear.

[StevenRB]

This is a close up of the SM. It shows the EVA handles I'll be replicating. I've ordered these from Shapeways. Michael has made them a bit beefier to survive shipping. I'll remove the rails themselves using only the stand off supports. Then I'll substitute metal rods of the appropriate diameter.

[StevenRB]

I just wanted to see how everyone is doing. For the time being due to the weather and painting pretty well out of the question, I've taken on another project. I will start another build thread for that.

[boatman]

OK Steven we will wait
chris

[JR]

Ok thanks Steven , don't think were going any-ware at the moment other than the cave. :smiling3: