Saturn V with Crawler, and LUT 1/60 3D Printed

Starting My build on the Saturn V with Crawler and LUT at 1/60 scale. At this scale it will stand at 7-1/2 feet tall. Almost to the ceiling. LOL My best guess is it is about a 2 year build with around 20,000 3D printed parts. I started this a few months back using Farscape1 3D model. However I quickly found that his build, while nice, was not detailed enough, and some of the parts were not scaled properly.


In the end I hop it looks something like this

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I have 5 cats that would love that. Looking forward to seeing your progress!

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That’s a very ambitious project! Looking forward to this one. I grew up a few miles from JSC.

Holy smokes that’s a big display piece. What an ambitious way to join the forum, welcome. :grin:

I can’t wait to see how it goes for you. Some of my 1/35 kits are multi year projects, I would need a few decades to get that done. Due to wife and kids, I would probably need a new place to live also….:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

Following this for sure

The rocket itself is not too difficult (so far) it is 656 pieces and the stl file was only $48 It fully dissembles into 16 to 20 parts with display stands to see inside the rocket. the LUT is a nightmare. even at 1/60 the stair rails are SMALL.


I am just starting out airbrushing. mostly everything is standard PLA & PETG filament but I want to show weathering on some parts.

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That would be an awesome project and display piece! Hope that you’re able to do it.

The first stage can be separated into 6 display parts.
Here is the bottom most section. I need to add the fins at the bottom.

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A look from the top. Good detail inside

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Each section has a display stand

Here I dripped some CA down the side. Is there an easy way to clean it up without re-airbrushing?

The detail at the F1 engine is nice. See the retro rocket for stage separation after burn out

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Welcome to the forum. Kudos to you for taking this on. It looks like it will be a rewarding journey.

I’m pulling a blank. Any solvent or method I can think of to remove the CA will remove the paint as well. Perhaps someone else on the forum may have trick up their sleeve that can be used.

Acetone is the only thing I know that for sure removes CA…and everything around it :-1:

Using acetone will definitely remove surrounding paint and possibly damage the plastic as well. The one thing that I can think of that might “work” is freezing the part. The CA tends to become more brittle when frozen. You may be able to chip it off. Paint may or may not come off with it. At least the plastic won’t dissolve.
I’m also not sure how that plastic will react being frozen. It may become very brittle also. If you go this route, use caution.

First – I don’t use this word lightly, especially in our hobby, but this is an epic project, and I hope to follow along the whole way. So. Cool.

And I agree, sorry to say, that getting that CA glue off’a there is gonna be tough. CA debonder is harsh enough to melt normal styrene – have you tested it on your resin? You might get lucky.

The only other thing I can think of is the same as what @Frozin (appropriately, given the username) said: freezing it. CA glue’s one weakness is its brittleness, and freezing it can help in that regard. However I also have no idea how that cold might change the properties of your resin print.

For The people interested, I am using the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon 3D printer. Using mostly PLA filament with some PETG HF filament. All filament is Bambu Lab. For the small parts I am printing with a 0.2 nozzle with 0.10mm layer height, and for the larger parts I am using the 0.4 nozzle with 0.16 layer height. The total cost to make The Thrust Chamber of Stage 1 is $9.39 with a total print time of 57 Hours and 7 Min. My printer is running mostly 24/7. Total print time for the project might be around 2000 - 3000 hours

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Finished the Helium and LOX feeder section. For the Helium line from the distributor to the F1 Engine I used Tamiya 2.0mm OD Braided hose PN 12662. To firm it up a drop or two of thin CA worked great

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The LOX lines pass thru the Helium tank

I printed the Display Stand as the all the major assemblies will separate as individual display models

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