Ralf Spacenut

Fantastic! You did a very good job. This diorama shows what happened exactly today, 50 years ago... I like it!

I like this kit and your work! I hope you have the time to finish it. I'm waiting for the next update! 👍 Ralf

Hi ret, you did a fine job! All those panel lines on the CM are very impressive! But - I've never seen before those red rings around the Command Module. Do you have a source for them? Anyway - I like your CSM! Ralf

Thanks, Randy !😊 Ralf

Thanks, guys! I'm pleased that you like it! 🙂🙃🙂 Ralf

Pictures of the completed model are here! Ralf

Apollo Saturn V with LUT 1/290 (Countdown Inc. ) Dear Friends, my Apollo stack in 1/290 scale is ready and I want to show you some pictures here. Klick here to see how I built it. Some details: Here is a comparison of what I had, wanted and got: I hope you like i

Many thanks, Vern and Pete! 😊 Ralf

Here we are: the last step to complete the model is the base. I didn't want to create something complicated. I just wanted to show the complete stack on the crawlerway on its way out to the pad. Something like that: Source: Floridatoday I had a peace of wood, which fits my needs: I filled some gaps, sanded it and airbrushed it gloss grey. On the top I painted pale yellow and green stripes: Finally some sand and grass - and some time to let it dry: Grass, road and vehicles

That's my attitude too! 👍 Ralf

Thanks, Pete! But wait for the base. If that's ready, I will post better pictures of the completed model. Ralf

This is impressing, Pete! I know, what I'm talking about, as I built some of these old kits in the past. Your scratching and using the foto-etched parts makes a lot more out of it. One question: shouldn't the RCS thrusters looking to the front and to the side be in a right angle? For me it looks as if they aren't. Or is it the foto? Source: Wikipedia Ralf

Pete asked what more I will do: Well, the swing-arm no.9 is still missing! I showed you some updates ago what I planned to do and now it is ready and glued to the tower. Here is the result: Back side: As usual, I added some more details to the tower. (I have to admit: most of that is pure phantasy) By the way, all the yellow vehicles are scratched from parts in my spare box. One more "tower-down" picture: I'm quite happy with that. So that's nearly all for the "Saturn V with LUT". Las

Many thanks! But that's too much praise! I just do my best to let it look like a real Saturn V. Here is a picture of the rocket in comparison with a pen before the final painting: The radiators are made of tiny pieces of a special duct tape called "Putzerband" in german. ("plasterer tape") The tape has little flutes in it and I use it to simulate the tubes of the radiators. Here is a detailed Picture: Ralf

Repainting the Saturn V: This is what the Rocket looked like, when I bought it: The black is not painted but thick rubber-decals. So are all the other decals with text and flags: The Command-Module was poorly glued: I did not change the LES, but filled the gap and repainted the CSM: After that I removed the original decals. I airbrushed it overall gloss white, then I prepaired the rocket for the black fields to be painted: After painting:

Thanks, Pete! Yes, I decided to repaint the complete Rocket. It also will become new decals. The part in the kit to represent the colby crane is very simple. As you can see in one of my pictures, I tried to give it some details with wires and a big hook. But in the end I didn't like it... so I did it again: This is the original crane: Source: Wikipedia with some colorworks, a little wheel from a tank and other parts from the spare box it now looks like this: I designed the Colby Crane decal with the simple old "MS Paint" and it is

Next step was mounting the pipes and supply lines on the narrow side of the tower. I have used a former connection cable for a CD-ROM drive from an old computer. The color is not really original, but I take this "artistic freedom". The tubes (the individual cable strands) were pulled through and glued according to the original tower. Next step are the tubes on the opposite side of the Saturn. Here is the original: Source: Nasa The tubes are also from an old computer. As you can see I started some detailing:

Man, this is so awesome - I have problems to close my mouth again! Really impressive! Can't wait for the next update... Ralf

Thanks, Pete! I'm pleased that you like it! 😊 By the way - the painting in the background is part of the paper base included in the AMT 1:200 "Man in Space" - kit. 😉 Ralf

Next step: adding some details to the platform: Out of these parts (some leftovers and a relais): I built a little "air conditioner ": I scratched the tubes by solder wire and everything else is made of plastic: Some decals and some more aging later: I took some parts of weapons and tried to scratch the hold-downs for the Saturn V: This is the result: Overall: To compare this with the original look a

Sorry , I had a bad cold an could not go on for a while. The Countdown Inc. - Kit includes a little "Crawler-Transporter" which is very simple. But it is still better than the Revell - parts included in the "Space - Shuttle with Booster" Kit in 1:144: To make it a little more realistic, I closed the upper side: Here is a picture of the original crawler treads: Source: Wikipedia And this is what the parts of the kit look like: So I did a lit

Thanks, Pete! The first I did was filling the gaps in the tower structure, adding missing parts and repairing the broken ones. After that the tower was painted gray and red: Next the Launch Pad was cleaned up and primed: The area around the recess in the platform where the rocket stands is surrounded by a yellow area before launch. I made this with a thin sheet: It was painted yellow and glued to the platform: First impression: More to follow!

Hello Space - Friends! My model for the 50th Aniversary GB will be the old (toy-)kit of the "Saturn V with LUT" by Contdown INC. I bought it via ebay and found it much like a simple toy: It wasn't built very well... ...l and even broken in some areas: So I decided to rebuild it completly. Some parts will stay as they are, most parts will be reworked or rebuildt. Regards from Germany Ralf

I‘d like to participate. Happy new year everybody! Ralf

Making someone smile is more than I expected! I'm on your side - modelling this way is the most fun. It changes the way you look at ordinary things! I have always in my mind: "Maybe I can use it for my project?" And the output is always unique! Ralf