Werner von Braun's Lunar Reconnaisance by starbase1

Lightwave • Space • posted on Feb 01, 2011

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This is my Lightwave model of the Lunar Reconnaisance rocket RM-1. This was designed by Werner von Braun for a short film which dramatised a potential manned flight around the moon, Apollo 8 style. Note in particular the conical 'Bottle Suit' with the remote arms plugged into the bottom of the ship. The seven fuel tanks can be dropped, and the main core of the rocket slides out from between them. The red cone near the front is supposedly a radiation shield for the unfeasibly small nuclear reactor in front of it.

Comments (13)

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RJS

1:29PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

Brilliant bit of modeling, mate! This is better than a Chesley Bonestell painting!

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starbase1

1:38PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

Well, its good, but not quite THAT good! :) Thanks, Nick

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shayhurs

1:55PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

Wow; I think I still have one of those in the box in storage... Nicely done.

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NefariousDrO

3:19PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

Great modeling, that looks fantastic!

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Geodesic250

5:01PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

A sweet model :) Going to model something else from the Disney Man in Space series, like one of the Mars ships?

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starbase1

5:04PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

Geodesic - I seem to be slowly doing them! I already did the Stuhlinger umbrella ships...

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citev

8:33PM | Tue, 01 February 2011

NICE model. Maybe you could take a shot at Dyson's Orion?

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rj001

2:32AM | Wed, 02 February 2011

lovely model, classic design

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starbase1

2:40AM | Wed, 02 February 2011

Citev, already done it, including some animation!

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Bambam131

7:56AM | Wed, 02 February 2011

Excellent modeling Nick, I remember when you posted this on the list server, brings back memories of watching the World of Disney on Sunday evenings when I was a kid. Cheers, David

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tallpindo

6:09AM | Sun, 20 February 2011

Space craft are interesting in that they were not designed by those who operated, drove or flew them. They imitate no precursor animal. You seem to have initiated your model and image in a forthright manner just as Von Braun himself did.

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