You're Never Too Old For Legos. Saturn V.

[Bratwurst7s]

...and then the upper sections.



Cheers,
James

 

[Bratwurst7s]

And then the sections are joined into final assemblies and mounted to the core.



Cheers,
James

 

[gtxtom]

I've always loved reading about/watching stuff on the Apollo missions and I was a big fan of Legos growing up. I just saw this recently and ended up building it this past weekend. I love the details and how all of it comes together. I, too, have to find a permanent home for it now ... That case looks nice

 

[geespot]

Should give this a try next.
https://www.brickmania.com/b-17g-wwii-heavy-bomber/

 

[Bratwurst7s]

I've always loved reading about/watching stuff on the Apollo missions and I was a big fan of Legos growing up. I just saw this recently and ended up building it this past weekend. I love the details and how all of it comes together. I, too, have to find a permanent home for it now ... That case looks nice

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Looks great!
I lucked out on the case. It was a customer return at half price so I took a chance and there were no defects. But I didn't see the possibility of there being a gantry kit until after buying the case and it would be too small for both.

Cheers,
James

 

[Bratwurst7s]

Should give this a try next.
https://www.brickmania.com/b-17g-wwii-heavy-bomber/

Nice kit but I think that at $1750 it might have to wait.

Cheers,
James

 

[gtxtom]

BTW, the gantry kit or launch umbilical trailer got denied by Lego

 

[Nautiker]

As I've never built anything Lego, I'm finding this thread very interesting - I hope you continue to show us the build... Thanks!

 

[Bratwurst7s]

As I've never built anything Lego, I'm finding this thread very interesting - I hope you continue to show us the build... Thanks!

I will. I've had a bit of a busy spell with other stuff but the thread will continue soon.

Cheers,
James

 

[Bratwurst7s]

BTW, the gantry kit or launch umbilical trailer got denied by Lego

Thanks for the info. Probably just as well because I don't know where I would put it now.

Cheers,
James

 

[Bratwurst7s]

So I actually had made some progress last week but got overwhelmed with other things and haven't posted.

So here is the continuing construction of the first stage...


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[Bratwurst7s]

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[Bratwurst7s]

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...and now we are up to date. As soon as I get my Yamaha MX-1 power amp off of the workbench things will move forward again.

Cheers,
James

 

[I LIKE MUSIC]

This is just absolutely amazing.

Thanks for the run down and the pictures.

 

[relaximus]

Your patience and camera skills are far superior to mine! My youngest son gave me the same kit for Father's Day. I spent the following weekend putting it together, making many mistakes along the way. All in, including several partial disassembly/re-assembly sessions, I had about 8 or so hours into it. This was my first Lego project in 50 or so years. I thoroughly enjoyed it, although my hands paid the price the following Monday (and Tuesday and ...). 35+ years of computer programming has taken its toll on my hands and manual dexterity stamina.



Dave