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In this episode, a long overdue lego
build.
A couple of years ago I got the Saturn V
and Apollo lunar lander kits for my wife,
Gwen.
This year on the 12th of April marks
the 40th anniversary of the first
space shuttle launch, so we're going to
turn this big bag of lego
into a space shuttle and booster stack.
This will be to the same scale as the
Saturn V at 1:110.
It's 2122 bricks and it was designed by
KingsKnight. Shall we make a start ?
The build starts with the shuttle
orbiter and the first
shuttle to launch was Colombia, piloted
by astronauts Young
and Crippen.
The finished model has lots of scale
details including;
opening cargo bay doors, the robotic
canada arm, high gain antenna
and air lock assembly for connecting to
the international space station,
posable elevons and belly flap,
posable speed brake in the fin,
and retracting landing gear.
We decided to make ours "Discovery" as we
saw the real deal at the Smithsonian Air
and Space Museum
at the Hazy Center, Washington DC.
As there weren't any stickers in the kit
we had to make our own.
First I drew them up in Publisher and
printed them on this special decal paper.
They got two coats of clear lacquer, and
when completely dry we could cut them
out.
They dunk in water which softens the
adhesive,
and then they can be slid into place.
If you wet the model first, you can fine
tune their position.
Now we can continue the build with the
external fuel tank
and the solid rocket boosters. There's
some interesting building techniques
here
with some bricks on their sides to improve
the overall strength of the finished
assembly.
Now we can put all the components of the
stack together
and have a look at her.
Here we have the results of a pleasant
day's building.
The set includes this stand so we
can display it alongside the SaturnV
that is of the same scale and the rest
of Gwen's Nasa
lego collection. I can't wait for the
rumored
UCS shuttle kit, but stay tuned
for more builds on this channel. Thanks
for watching.