I usually keep my meillerwagon near my garden shed unless we have an outdoor party for the large gazebo. It’s ideal- don’t know how we got on without it. The alcohol tank is usually drained on the day, and even the oxygen comes in useful by sunset.
We (the US) invented the most horrifying weapon, and after we defeated the Germans, they helped us pair it with the most horrifying delivery device. Then the Soviets stole both and put them together. Still horrifying.
I built the original release of this kit back in the late 1960's when I was about 13. The first release of the Saturn V model didn't even come out for several more years. This first release Saturn I-B was a lot harder to build well, mainly because the fins had to be built from card stock (included in the kit) and balsa, the scalloped lower tube shroud had to be cut and trimmed to fit from card stock, the tapered portion of the S-IVB was also cut and rolled with an end to end glue seam (not overlapped). The original kit used a 4 engine cluster of B engines. It was a huge challenge to build and mine came out okay, but not nearly as nice as yours. I painted the whole thing with a brush and Testors enamel model paint after spraying the entire model white first. Instead of the raised details like the clamshell panels of the S-IVB, you drew them in with #3 pencil. I have this new release, as well as the Saturn V, both Little Joe kits, and the Mercury-Redstone kit. If I live long enough, I'll get them all built after I finish a 25% size Piper L-4 radio control model, being built from plans. I'm not flying any of them, hopefully the rockets will be donated to our local science museum and the plane will go to our local aviation museum. Thanks for all the building and painting tips, I'll use an air brush on these for sure.
When you look carefully, the firing troops have their rank insignia and medals removed. This British operaration/demonstration was made with German prisoners of war, who could operate A4. Brits themselves could had only gawk the missile.
Robert Goddard was working in America, but was largely ignored by the government, it is a shame most folks don't even realize what he did, I've seen pictures of his rockets.
Goddard was an American. He chose to work alone because he was laughed at after he claimed that rockets could one day reach the moon. He was indeed a pioneer in the field of liquid-fuelled rockets.
Thank you for making this. Maybe I'm just the right kind of nerd to think this is a cool fact. My little hometown was where the first flights happened for one of the most famous planes in history. And no one knows about it
Orlando is my hometown. I'm in aviation buff too. This is one of my favorite facts about my hometown. Nobody knows this. These days hardly anybody knows what the X1 is without briefly describing it and everyone has probably seen a video of it but doesn't know the designation. But when I tell them, hey did you know it was first flown in Orlando? They're like what the hell are you talking about??!! I love it. Even growing up when I did Orlando was kind of backwater. They didn't even show us on weather maps until I was in my late teens. It was just Jacksonville Tampa and Miami. We were just a hole. We're a hole that flew the X1!!!
I just went to space camp and got this model at the gift shop. I have put together many advanced and a few expert but this is my first master level. I was very skittish about getting this model but now I am not really worried about assembly, I am worried about paint. I will use the techniques used in this video and paint like the Saturn 1b they have at the space and rocket center. Thank you so much for making this
NASA, hmm wasn't Nazis similar,hmmm...... convenience,.....Well Armstrong a German name , guess that helps .....respect to Neil,...they just replaced Hitler & continued on..........third Rich thousands years ....under Paper clips & ☮️ for all mankind ........yep more hype for black budget tax dollars ...but ok ...they say we did get to the moon ..............lot of waste if it's fake ....lol.............glad NASA got rid of the Dr evil after all his awards set him back to Germany...kept werna..lol.........guess two Nazis is pushing the limits...............every thing in black and white typical German engineering.................one wonders what would have happened if we LEARNT from ww2 and ban all weapons ,no sling shots ,no jets ,no weapon of "MASS Destruction ", just use Clubs & stones.......hey ...no cost of living crisis..... economic development solved .....how much have we SPENT on arms since WW2.....who owns a house these days ??????? Yep ................earth is a sad old planet full of wackos hell bent on destruction.......no wonder ET or god won't come back .......to dangerous a place 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I've never used an ignitor plug. Instead, I secure my ignitors with a small, rolled up ball of recovery wadding, pressed in firmly with the end of a launch rod. Works perfectly.
That's real "old school" technique: I did it that way during my first foray into model rockets, back in the 1970s. We also could use a bit of masking tape to pin the leads against the engine wall. (Back in the hobby as a retiree. I like the igniter plugs just fine.)
Flight 19 was an altitude record. Flight 20 was a speed record that killed the pilot. Seems as though the Air Force was in too much of a hurry to demonstrate results so their grossly overdue and mismanaged program wouldn’t get the axe
Flight 19 was an altitude record. Flight 20 was a speed record that killed the pilot. Seems as though the UASF was in a hurry to show results in order to avoid the program getting the axe
First flight: no engine because Curtis-Wright hadn’t finished making it work yet. As usual, the nose gear collapsed on landing and severely damaged the aircraft
You mention the fin decals are easy to screw up--you can say that again! You have placed them on the wrong fins according to the instructions, They go on the alternate fins (between what you are calling the quads). But it gets worse: the instructions show using the quad white stripe decal twice and the dual white stripe decal twice!! So at this point maybe I will just go with what you did!
Peter Alway's drawings in his magisterial work "Rockets of the World" were used to guide the installation of the fin markings, backed up by photo and video references. The placement in this tutorial is accurate.
Correct, I did not install the anchor. I find that it is far simpler to loop the recovery harness line around the Command Module instead, attaching the snap swivel back onto the line. Very easy, and no non-scale loop protruding from the model.
I was a plane captain with VF - 142 . Flying the F4 - J phantom . Worked nights on the BIG E . MY plane was a spare for the last launch of the day . sitting behind the Island was this vigilante running waiting to be taxied out . i was down 2 spots from him . Maintenance , Troubleshooters my line chief were waving at me and pointing that the vigilante was pulling out. I waved them off thinking I could brace myself when he turned and the exhaust would blow by easy WRONG he got hung up on the number 4 wire gave his plane a little boost to get out sent me flying down the deck took every person that took cover to stop me from rolling over the side .
I have the re released Estes Maxi V-2. Unopened box kit. Are the fins in it the same as the original, or have they been updated? Excellent video and tips.
is there a way to send you a picture? The longer cable race way part is too long by 10mm. Almost as if the upper wrap should not have been placed 10mm from the edge of the tube but right at the edge?
On the instructions it says to not use lacquer based paints as they can melt the plastic parts; but here you are recommending (and I just purchased) the Tamiya spray lacquers??
This film is very interesting, I have looked for stuff like this for years. FYI, at 11:07, some random film has been spliced in, that is a B50 with 4360 engines (oops just saw the other comment about this).
Such a great video! I've launched several Estes rockets, yet walked away from this video having learned something. Good on you posting this tutorial!!!
I had the Centuri one in the 70s. Took long time to save $$. Long time and care to build. Fins were a b@@@ to say the least and I had issues with the vinyl wrap for the capsule. I built the 3 engine cluster and maiden flight using C6-3s, triple checked everything. And lainchtime. Dang if one motor didn’t ignite and I ended up lawn dart (asphalt actually). Was crushed. Still my fav kit and own 3 of them noe waiting to build one. Just want to convert to 3 engine again.
My favorite fact about the Little Joe II is that one flight, the one used at the beginning of the video funny enough, had an actual failure and was destroyed in flight. In the clip you showed, it starts to spin. That wasn't planned. They crossed a control wire from the guidance system, so when it tried to correct itself in flight, it just spun. The spinning got worse and worse until the metal skin around the tanks ripped off from aero forces and the tanks started to cave in on itself. During these tests, the abort system would've just been triggered by a timer. The main goal of the tests at this time wasn't to see if the automatic abort system would work, it was to see if the capsule could be safely pulled away, but the abort system was fully installed regardless. This time, however, the abort system detected the catastrophic failure and triggered itself. Some of the engineers there said it was the most valuable test they conducted in the entire Little Joe program, because it was a real-world failure.
