habu2 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Lego has announced a Space Shuttle kit depicting Discovery and Hubble. Available for order on April 1st. https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/nasa-space-shuttle-discovery-10283 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Now available on the Lego website Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I've read about it elsewhere too but I'm still uncertain about the scale. Has it been mentioned anywhere? We already have (well my son has) Saturn 5 rocket which is in 1/100 scale so a matching pair would be cool. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 I have read it is approx 1:70 scale. My 1:72 shuttle is ~19"-20" long Lego website: Quote The shuttle model measures over 8.5 in. (21 cm) high, 21 in. (54 cm) long and 13.5 in. (34 cm) wide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, habu2 said: I have read it is approx 1:70 scale. My 1:72 shuttle is ~19"-20" long Lego website: Thanks! Sounds about right since after my post I begun to think about my unassembled Tamiya shuttle and how it might be just a tad too small to be accurately represented in Lego. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 FedEx just delivered mine.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I got one over the weekend too. Haven't started it yet though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Finished her up last night. Awesome build, she's big and heavy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) Man, Lego did a nice job on that. How well they can render things within the constraints of their parts geometries is remarkable. (and therefore, there is a remark about it) Edited April 17, 2021 by southwestforests Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Started mine last night, finished the Hubble, amazing how real it looks (for a Lego). The shuttle build will have to wait til next weekend (or later) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Finished mine last week. FYI if you remove the solar panels the Hubble will fit in the Shuttle payload bay with the doors closed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Garner Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 On 4/1/2021 at 1:22 AM, janman said: I've read about it elsewhere too but I'm still uncertain about the scale. Has it been mentioned anywhere? We already have (well my son has) Saturn 5 rocket which is in 1/100 scale so a matching pair would be cool. The Saturn V is closer to about 1:110. If you're looking for a Lego Shuttle of roughly comparable scale, set number 10213 or the modified re-release 10231 are close, though slightly undersized. There are also various fan-designed ("MOC") instructions out there that more closely match the Saturn V scale and have some better detail, especially on the SRBs, (though one has a large single-piece nose and cockpit part that IMO looks very wrong with its oversized flight deck windows, one center-aligned) if you're interested in sourcing the pieces yourself. The detail on the smaller models is, of course, less than on the ~1:70 new 10283 pictured in this thread, but you do get an ET and SRBs if you're looking for the whole Shuttle stack There are instructions out there for a set of them for 10283, but they are enormous and would be very expensive to source parts for. On 4/16/2021 at 10:02 PM, southwestforests said: How well they can render things within the constraints of their parts geometries is remarkable. That's one of the things about Lego that appeals to the perfectionist in me. When building a normal model, there's always (scale-permitting) something else that you can add to make it more realistic, some detail that you have omitted. With the Lego system, you can get arbitrarily close within the 'resolution' of the pieces that exist. Selecting the exact right parts and how they connect is the challenge, with ensuing tradeoffs in structural integrity and accuracy between different small areas of the model covered by the same piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Well, a surprise gift from the SO, and I have added the Saturn V to my Lego spacecraft collection. Fun build and yes it is massive. I think I'm going to try and add some fake smoke and flames to it hanging for effect Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted May 16, 2022 Author Share Posted May 16, 2022 So far I've built the Lego Saturn V, Lunar Module, Space Shuttle and the ISS. The Sat V & LM are in a Detolf glass cabinet, the shuttle & ISS are too big to fit inside a Detolf. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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