Tuesday 17 July 2018

Rocket!

This looks like being the longest single post ever published in the Trees.  Even if mostly images.  
It's all about my 60th birthday present from work.  And what I did with it next.


Home. The box on the floor.



Twelve  Bags!


 Bag one:-














 Bag Two:-






 Bag Three:-










 Bag Four:-






















 Bag Five:-








 Bag Six (Rocket Engines!):-













 Flip!









So. Six bags out of twelve used, on (huge) rocket stage built.
Bag Seven:-





























 Bag 8:-






(I skipped some of the intermediary photos for that bag, I note).

Bag 9:-










 Bag 10:-





















 Stage 2 Completed!  Fitting to Stage 1:-

Two stage completed, in ten bags!
Bag Eleven:-



































 Stage 3 Completed!  Fitting to Stages 1 and 2...

 Stages 1-3 completed with Eleven bags.
Bag Twelve (and last):-





 CSM!




 With Escape Tower!



 The Saturn V complete...
 Dioramas...

















 Lunar Lander - the Eagle has landed...


 Splashdown!




Ta-da!

The Apollo 11 mission took place in July 1969.  The model has 1969 pieces (see box).

For more about the mission, see the Wikipedia article here.

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