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Here is a photo of the JSC SLA. One can see one main separation line in this photo, and the hinge points, but those other panel lines are much more faint. Get much further away than this photo and they almost disappear.
Link: http://heroicrelics.org/space-ctr/c...c49209.jpg.html Earl
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Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the LM transition when I was up close an personal with the Saturn V's in KSC and Houston, but the detail I saw in person didn't seem out of bed with what I see on the Apogee, Sirius, and my 3d printed transitions.
Those features look fairly pronounced to me: |
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Earl, I don't think the LM transition at JSC is real hardware - it's a mock up. I have that info but it'll take me a while to look it up. |
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I think it is real hardware to the best of my knowledge. In any event, it is representative of all the SLAs that I have seen in person and the many photos of them that I have seen of actual flight vehicles. I agree the detail is there, but my impression is that, at similar ‘scale’ distances, some of that more minor substructure detail has been ‘overdone’ or outsized for their respective scales. But, that is my impression and it may not be shared by others. We can agree to disagree on the issue. Earl
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The three Saturn V's on display are a real hodge-podge of flight hardware, boilerplate (accurate but not flight worthy), and mock-ups. You'd think that they would have kept the two surviving flight hardware Saturns together as a set - but it's not what happened. Plus, between Skylab and the Apollo/Soyuz missions, most of the flight worth Apollo parts got used.
I have a book on the Saturn program that has a rundown of what ended up where, but I need to dig it out - and it may not break down to the LMA level... |
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To be fair, not just the SLA but ALL the stringers on all the parts are *way* over sized (except maybe the S1C skirt and intertank), but I much prefer that to the under sized and humidity-affected stringer details on the old paper wraps of the K36/2001 Saturn V and K29 Saturn IB.
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I did find more info on the three new Estes kits (but no definitive release dates yet). Here are links to a website that has more info. (I have no relation to the website, matter of fact, never heard of them until today).
https://www.rcplanet.com/estes-rock...sa-206-est7251/ https://www.rcplanet.com/estes-rock...ab-kit-est1973/ https://www.rcplanet.com/estes-rock...xtreme-est7306/
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I’d say those are the new release SV and S1b - neither of those item numbers cross to any Estes kits - the old S1b was #1229 and #1973 for the Skylab SV fits since 1973 was the year it was launched. So here we have them both as placeholders in an online catalog for a hobby retailer - for all the skeptics saying they’d believe these were coming when the see them, here ya go! I haven’t done anything beyond opening the box and inventorying the parts on my SV #1969 but I’m sure going to buy a #1973 and a S1b (or two). |
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It’s interesting that Estes doesn’t have these on their site yet but vendors are beginning to show them. I would think Estes had an embargo on that sort of thing. Looking forward to them!
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The Skylab SV is available for order on SDandSC.com with the 1b available for preorder as discovered by TRF member tjgray693599. Both are on Jonrocket but currently unavailable...
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