Model of a Saturn V from 1968, gifted to me by my grandfather.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1jt6c3b
Model of a Saturn V from 1968, gifted to me by my grandfather.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1jt6c3b
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I built the larger Revell model that you could separate the stages and had the lunar module as well. It was about 3 or 4 feet tall if I remember correctly, wish I still had it.
Undisputed king of launch vehicles for 58 years. That’s one hell of a run.
Made of pure asbestos!
Seriously though, that plastic has held up relatively well. I’ve got a white LEGO space shuttle that’s turned yellow in less than 10 years. Not even in direct sunlight.
With that launch base, this is Revell’s 1/144 scale Saturn V. The larger one which does stand almost 4 feet tall is the Revell 1/96 scale
My daughter and I built that model for a 4th grade school project on the moon. She glued every piece, I puttied the (ugly )seams, sanded and and painted it. The boys in her class were really impressed.
I use to have a coin bank version of this rocket. About the same size.
My dad had that. My older brother and I tried to fly it off the garage roof. It didn’t make it to the moon, just an ass whoopin.