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  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: New York
CJS Aviation Models
Posted by Astronaut Buck on Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:36 PM

I keep looking at the CJS Aviation models of the Saturn 1b and Little Joe.  Has anyone here ever built one of them?  The question I have is the body appears to be fiber tubes and I was wondering how well you can hide the fibers and the the recessed line that spirals up the tubes.  Also, how much modification was needed to get the engines accurate.  Are there any 1/48 scale engines our there for the Saturn 1b?

 Thanks everyone!

 Buck

  • Member since
    August 2008
  • From: S. Central Ohio
Posted by Pat C on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:36 AM

A lot of us in the high-power rocket community were pretty excited over their models when they first came out.  But there has been some negative feedback within the discussion boards lately, mainly due to long delivery times.  Both accusations and defense have run the spectrum from "vigorous" to "slanderous".  

Having said that, I've seen a completed 1/48th Saturn V and it looked fantastic.  Model rocket tubing is typically glassine-coated, however I've been told these tubes are not.  That's fine if you're building a high-power kit and want to fiberglass the tubes, but for a scale kit maybe not so much.  Wrappng the body tubes between stringers with thin sheet styrene would probably work great and actually enhance the scale appearance (blend the body-to-stringer "bump").  

It's not rocket science
  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: New York
Posted by Astronaut Buck on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:37 PM

Excellent point about wrapping the tubes!  I didn't think of that.   I am looking to use them as static displays.  I am not sure how to wrap the 1b first stage though.  I guess I would need to wrap each tube separatly and hope they still fit in the base and top ring.

 Thanks again Pat!

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