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Appreciate your thoughts and advice, Bill. Some of what you mention definitely leads me to the "shouldn't" side of thinking in regards to getting a printer. Trial and error I don't have a problem with but I'm not really sure I would be able to get a grasp on the 3d modelling side of it all. Some of that simply comes from my own confidence in my abilities when it comes to computers, which I will admit is very little. I'm the sort of person who has be more inclined to use a pad and ruler rather than learn new ways. Looking at it now it would have been a great idea to explore the different avenue

My brain once again is trying to lead me into something in regards to the printing that'll I will need to have done for the Saturn V build. The person who was going to do it for me seems to have gotten cold feet over it all which means I'm back to shop pricing to get the stuff printed and they'll be a lot more expensive than what had been arranged. So now i'm actually weighing up maybe just getting a printer and trying to print the parts for myself instead. I have no experience in the subject but am willing to give it a crack. There's a free share ML/LUT out there also on the web which I alrea

Cheers, Pete. At this stage I'm unclear just when I will be starting anything physically but I will be happy to jump in once I do have something in my hands.

I like the idea but I don't think the build i'm planning at present will be far enough along to participate? In saying that I still hope to have it finished by July so if you take late comers I'll be in.

Already there down here mate but likewise, Happy New Year to you and all that journey into this thread. 🙂

I get that way with things also. The only results mentioning it that I've been able to find searching are both taken from two reports dated from 1967. Feb 2: The aft bulkhead also has one 6 inch fill/drain line and associated hardware and one emergency fuel drain line used on the test stand only. July 26: The collapse of the emergency fuel drain duct forced termination of the first S-IC-5 tanking test at MTF. I have another copy of the Mighty Saturns dvd on it's way down here and hope maybe one of the engineering camera views may give a glimpse of the area?

That's some fine scratchbuilding you are throwing at this project and your added detailing is doing an amazing job enhancing the look of it all.

No problems mate! You are correct on what that port is and thanks for the bit of background info to where / when it was used. I'm now curious if it was left as an open hole for flight or covered? I presume it would have been covered though. If you look at this picture, you can make out under the paint the letters "DRA" of the drain word.

You're work is really making these small pieces shine mate! Cracking job (bar that one mishap) so far!👍

That's a shame but you still may before you are done hopefully. Just wont be whats gone before but I think manned spaceflight is pretty exciting no matter what they are riding. In saying that I don't know that you could ever top a Saturn V launch? That one was and I think always will be the king during my lifetime. I'll have too settle for seeing a shuttle launch but that along with everything else you get to see while there was pretty damn impressive. What they need to do is give em a destination goal like times of old and it'll really add to the excitement of the space prog

Thanks for the welcome, Ron and yes I do believe those would be some of the preferred choices by the locals there. Your memory serves you well! You've visited places in my own country that I have never been but I made up for a bit of it by coming over and seeing a bit of yours. With your dad working in the program it'd be pretty easy to get hooked on it all. Anyone growing up at the time I think would have been pretty blown away by it all as it was. That Dragon kit for 99.99% of people out there is a good thing mate! It really is a lot of kit you was getting for your money and ther

That would have been really something, Ron! For you and all that got to experience a launch I'm sure it would be something that will stay with you forever and you got to see three. Just seeing something so big rocketing into the sky would have been incredible and the noise once it reached you I have no doubt was pounding everyone pretty good. I got to see a shuttle launch from the causeway back in the late 90's and even that far away it was still pretty loud once the noise reached us. So a mighty Saturn V would have been just incredible with the grunt it's first stage was throwing out.

Researching continues on the subject. On that umbilical, S-IC-5 looks the same as 500F so is on the flight stages. Just what is it's purpose? This is a pic of S-IC-15 from John Duncan's Apollo-Saturn site and gives a clue. I've also just ordered this and with just over 1000 pic's on it. It should have some good ref on it hopefully.

Looking over your friends build that you will integrate into your own project, it appears he was also doing some pretty crazy goodness in the way of detail. You will have no problem combining the two projects because his workings will blend in perfectly with your style. It'll be interesting to see just how far you take things but going on your MLP I dare say it'll be pretty detailed. It's nice to see you are keeping his beacon on top of the crane mast in his memory. He will be looking down with fondness seeing it all come together, Manfred.

Thanks Hotdog. That picture of the umbilical that sits below the tunnel on the S-IC at Huntsville looks spot on to the couple of pic's taken of S-IC-15. The other next to it which is also shown in that LIFE image with the large hole I'm curious about. It does appear to be on the thrust structures so what is it's purpose? I mean there is no tail service mast that aligns with that position so does anyone have any ideas on what it's function is? I've been looking more for some pictures and came across this one during construction of the stage. Not sure if it is a test

G'day all. I've been looking for good reference pictures of the Saturn V and have found the pictures on John Duncan's Apollo-Saturn site to be really helpful. I'm curious if there are other similar sites out there with that calibre of detail pictures that John's site has? I'd like to find some detailed images of the area's that can't be seem on the Saturn V stages that are on display. For example bar a couple of pic's of one of umbilical connect on the thrust structure I haven't seen any good pictures of that area. I have found some pictures from back in the day with them connected from search

Just finished going through ya thread and WOW. Those really are some nice pieces you've created, ApolloMan! I'd say I like everything you've done and posted in this thread. You're display room must look just amazing with all those fine works. The Saturn V, Challenger tribute, the Rover and your astronauts all look fantastic. You really do some nice work both with builds and finishing.That painting you did on Buzz's visor is just insanely COOL!

You did a great job with that, Manfred! I'm sure Thomas would be very happy having you finished it and his wife I'm sure is very much appreciative of the fact also. Well done mate! Merry Christmas to you and all that grace this Real Space board.

You could probably say it was the most daring mission of the Apollo program. It proved they could get there and back safely, which thankfully they did. As mentioned above they did all this on the first manned flight of a Saturn V which was the first flight of a Saturn V after the issues the Apollo VI flight experienced. Incredible really!

No problems. If the pictures you posted in the other thread are anything to go by then I'm sure not only myself but everyone would love to see some more of them. You obviously know your thing when it comes to cameras! One of the pictures you posted already I was using a long with some others I found on the net for the heat shield panel pattern in the engine fairings. Even the picture Hotdog posted have all lead me to seeing this as the pattern of the panels and what I'll pass on to have added onto the Weeks drawing. Be it correct or not that is how I've been seeing things.

No need to get testie now.. I'm certainly not having a go at your works mate. I't's simply because of the pictures I've looked at that things don't look the same to me. Even the one you just posted I myself can't see the same thing. For example, where the outrigger supports locate in the pictures it looks like they are right out near the fairings so I'm not sure what the panel is on your drawing. Maybe it's a perspective thing that I'm not taking into account or perhaps that panel is hidden from view. It may be just as simple as that? The line you show for the rounded fairing edge again

Thanks for that Hotdog. Although I'm seeing things a little differently from looking at what images I've been able to find, I think that will give him a really good idea of what I would like added to the David Weeks drawings he'll be using to draw the pattern. I've also been humming and haring over the F1 engines. The batted versions are true to flight but am thinking I will go with them in their uncovered state. Particularly as these days a lot of the detail can be printed on them in the process. habu2, do you have any more pictures like those excellent fairing ones you poste

I forgot to mention above that I am one of those stringer counters.. That kit should have been a detailing delight! So I'm in talks with someone about some files being created to use for a build. It will be 1/72 that is decided. Long term goal would be to have a ML/LUT to display it on so I needed to take that into account with the scale. Work will commence early next year on the files as he's tied up till then with other jobs but after those it'll be onto some stuff for me. The part's will be printed down here to help save me on both shapeways costings and the OS postage side of t

For most people out there they would be none the wiser of all the inaccuracies. It's really just the rivet or in this case, stringer counters out there that can see all of it's issues but it is a shame that it does have so many issues. Thanks Hotdog for that list, I tried searching for basically just that info without any luck. I've now ordered a set of David Weeks drawings a couple of nights back and look forward to getting them. They'll be a big help in many ways. Not sure if Glenn keeps them in stock or has them printed to order but either way they should be down her

Yeah I've been looking but haven't found anything that clearly says yes they were present during launch. I am thinking that may have been the case though so will probably only have the exposed post pad showing on the build. I was looking at some LUT engineering camera footage and from one camera I can at least see the opening of the post pad. There doesn't seem to be any contrast difference surrounding it so am thinking the heatshield most likely is surround it. But it's still hard to tell and know for sure.