Saturn 1B 1:156 Scale – That ’70s Rocketeer

"You know, it, uh, won’t fly unless somebody pushes the button." From the movie October Sky.

Saturn 1B 1:156 Part 3

Posted on May 22, 2019June 3, 2019 by Rocketeer

To Engine Mount or Not to Engine Mount? That is the question. I have a dilemma. An 18mm BT-20 engine mount will not fit in the space left from the BT-4 tank tubes. I was planning on cutting out an 1/8 of an inch down the length of each BT-4 Continue Reading

Saturn 1B 1:156 Part 2

Posted on May 21, 2019June 2, 2019 by Rocketeer

And while the BT-4s I got were too short, they were long enough for me to verify BT-4s will work just fine for the 8 tanks.

Saturn 1B 1:156 Part 1

Posted on May 20, 2019June 2, 2019 by Rocketeer

Besides the Pershing 1A, I have another 3D printed rocket project underway, a Saturn 1B. The main body is constructed around a BT-60 sized body tube. The scale will be about 1:156. The 3D files were created by scottdee and I downloaded them from https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2958861. I upscaled the fin unit to Continue Reading