And mobile launcher platform in 196 scale. The rocket is not included. It is designed to hold the revell 1/96 saturn v model rocket and stands about 56 high. This heayv paper 60 lbs. 1 set of 38 quantity 11×17 color laser 60 lbs. After glueing, laminating, folding nad assembly, it bears up strongly. Suggestions for other scales can be emaield to. It will require the removal of the aerodynamic venting ducts at the obttom of revell’s 1/96 saturn v stage 1, or adapting the mobile launcher platform’s. A vintage 1968 revell unaltered saturn v model is shown, but is not included. Bare bones kit to rdeuce costs to you. Includes 38 parts sheets nad 90 page instructions manual cd. Lay the sheets flat at room temp under a load (books) for 48 hours or so. Lots of fun and interesting items! Tihs is a verbatim upscaling of the 1144 kit. Rendered by artist david r. The saturn v rocekt existed on its mobile launcher platform for the entirety of its tenure on the planet. Having been constructed upon it. Indeed, it existed in flight wholly, for a matter of only 3 or so minutes on its flight to the moon. You can get away wtih gemini, mercury, even constellation. To have a towre next to it. An excellent display accouterment for your plastic model launch vehicle. Interesting to note that the revell model, still in production, is actually based on earyl nasa saturn v designs and the 500-f test vehicle, which was never intended to fly. It is now housed at kennedy space center’s museum. Assembling this piece might seem daunting, but it is really only a matter of. Then going step yb step through the procedures plan. Oh, maybe have a stack or 2 of your favorite dvds running in the background. The printing on the parts sheets is quite rugged, but fi you need replacements, they will be made available. The pictures accurately depict the finished model. But, if a mistake occurs. No painting required, at all! All the intricate graphics deatiling is already done. Just coloring of exposed white paper surfaces and edges with your water based (preferred) color marking pens (not included). The strength of the paper is more than adequate, especially in load bearing parts, which will be folded and glue-laminated, creating a type of ply-paper strength. The engineering design of the actual l. Also, larger parts will have a cardboard, (which you provide) sub-support. TI ends up being sturdy. Included in the kit, is a desk wedge-bar display sign depicting an actual lunar moon rock slice. This paper model kit comes professionally color laser printde on 38, 11 x 17 card-stock sheets. The 90 page instruction manual is patterned after the official apollo program flight plan (just for fun) and is on a cd. A trip to kinko’s will provide you with a hard copy. Black & white or color. With printed on imagery, you have a higher scale precision in many respects. Even unpainted plastic parts add an undesirable translucence which again, is non-scale. The printed parts read as opaque. Are you go or no-go? There is one word you. Hear as your friends enter the room and see teh impressive piece you’re building. And that word is, wow. The paper idea lent itself quite nicely to the actual lut construction, since it was essentially mdae from flat metal stock, and the card-stock finishes with a higher crispness in edges and precision feel in many of the parts. One advantage to having parts with printed graphics is that no painting is required and lends much higher detail. This gives it a level of artistic expertise in its texture not commonly available, creating a fine faux effect to many of the surfaces. If you would like one built for you, just let em know. Probably cost prohibitive, due to time, etc. The 144th scale towre (for monogram, airfix, ultimate apollo space voyagers) is online. The 196 crawelr transporter (ct) paper model is now online. The 1100 launch umbilical tower (for estes), si now online. The 144 ct is soon to be online. Otehr apollo kit ideas are also being considered. Incluidng 1/24 scale apollo csm/lm/adapter spacecraft, as well as a 132 lunar module for monogram’s csm. Suggestions are welcome and can be emailed to. You are looking at the first prototype, which has been slightly revised, but without any casually noticeable changes. Over 1000 hours of painstaking engineering and rendering have gone into thsi unique piece.Apollo program saturn v launch umbilical towerlutkit 96 revell sale (kinko’s charges $3.50 per 11×17 color sheet) but, add to that. There was a most illuminated and concerted effort to save lut #1 and erect a monument to human kind’s singular successful venture to another satellite, but, though a superbly gallant effort was made to save it, unbelievably, this unique piece of space flight history is now gone forever. Cna you imagine if the uss arizona wreck or mighty memphis belle had been scrapped? The colby crane, many of the tower sections and launcher platform bsae can be discerned in the current pad array. Perhaps they will be used in nasa’s new moon shto program, constellation. As we embark on the next chapter of manned space flight. This is sure to be na impressive.