Anyone ever made a minifig scale Apollo Saturn V?

[markcornell]

I think this is really History rather than Sci-Fi but it seemed a more appropriate place to ask.

I was looking at the review of the Lunar Lander Set 10029 from 2003 which looks like a really nice set. Has anyone ever made a minifig scale Apollo Saturn V rocket to go with it? Obviously this would be an epic undertaking and the thing would be massive, but would it work, or would the curves just look rubbish?

How big/small would be the best scale for a Saturn V?

I think the detail on the small rocket in set 7468 leaves much to be desired because it looks nothing like an actual saturn V rocket, the patterns of black and white are all wrong and the angles at the top of the different stages and interstages are all wrong, but clearly the fact that the pieces are cylindrical helps.

Edited January 12, 2010 by markcornell

[Ralph_S]

I wasn't involved in it myself, but a group of other members of The Brickish Association built a model of Saturn V for an event at the National Space Centre in Leicester. There is no one single minifig scale, but it was built to a scale of approx 1/45, which works for minifigs. Here's a picture:

http://projectapollo.co.uk/2009/07/when-lego-attacks/

I have 10029 and it is a very nice set indeed. I quite liked the Discovery range of sets in the first place, and this was probably the best of the lot.

Cheers,

Ralph

[Legostein]

Hello!

When I was much younger, I took all castle corner walls I had from all castle and pirate sets, because there were no round corners yet these days (at least not available to me) and build a nice large tower. I added some simple cones as engines on the bottom and a simple tip on the top. That was my Saturn V during childhood. Unfortunately there exist no photos, and it was of course quite primitive.

When you browse BrickShelf, you will find a pretty immense and tall Saturn V rocket which comes most close to minifigure-scale. The figs have to fit into the Apollo ship in the tip of the rocket, which is actually the smallest part of it. BrickShelf member "junlegeo" shows his Saturn V rocket there.

Cheers,

~ Christopher