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Rocket restorations

Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 6:37 pm
by Hotdog
Restoration of the Saturn I Block II is in full swing!

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Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:58 pm
by airkale
Send pictures!

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2020 9:25 pm
by SpaceCanada
Wow, the colour contrast is shocking. I look forward to further updates.

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:11 pm
by Hotdog
Repaint of the Saturn I was completed back in February. Here's how she turned out:

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Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2020 8:13 pm
by Hotdog
Pathfinder will be next! BOLO for an announcement on that soon. It's a very big project that will take 3 years to complete.

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:21 am
by airkale
Wow that looks great! So thankful that actual flight hardware is getting taken care of!

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 9:37 am
by airkale
Wait a second... When did they convert that Saturn1 into a block 2 vehicle? That LES and boilerplate aren't original.

Mysteries Mysteries...

I guess thats what happens when you don't live in AL.

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:06 am
by Boomerang
To my knowledge this was always a Saturn 1 Block II vehicle.

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:04 pm
by airkale
Now, let me first offer a disclaimer, my brain is a pile of mush because of too much stress. But I'm almost certain the Saturn 1 only had a shroud back in the day similar to the block one Saturns that were used for the water shots when they were still testing the Saturn vehicles.

I'm going to look at pictures now...

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:12 pm
by airkale
OK I know where I went wrong. I'm thinking of the S1 block 1 at MSFS next door. See what happens when you get old!

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:57 pm
by SpaceCanada
The Saturn I looks beautiful. They did a great job with the restoration. I really look forward to Pathfinder’s restoration. Back when the foam was original, not painted over, we would count the pennies stuck in the foam from people throwing them at the ET. Anyway, I have many good memories of the Saturn I as well.

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 11:33 am
by airkale
Just saw the Pathfinder land again on Collect Space. She's showing the years for sure. I guess you don't see all the crud when its up on the stack.

http://www.collectspace.com//news/news- ... ation.html

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:04 pm
by Hotdog
Yep! They have her completely stripped down to her frame now. Waiting to hear if she's going to be salvageable or not. Hoping all she needs is a new set of skin.

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 5:09 pm
by airkale
Any movement on the restoration?

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Sun May 08, 2022 9:28 pm
by AdmiralMike
They've stripped the ET of it's foam and are in the process of de-mating the SRBs.

SPROC released a video 6 days ago with a status update:

https://youtu.be/p9zYl9S6qNM

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Mon May 09, 2022 2:02 pm
by Hotdog
Yep! And the new skin of the Pathfinder will be 3D printed!

Full report here:
https://www.rocketcenter.com/img/2022/p ... Report.pdf

Re: Rocket restorations

Posted: Wed May 11, 2022 4:28 pm
by p51
I'm just glad I took some shots of the it the last time I was there, as I should have realized then, that this was going to come soon enough.
The costs are staggering, though.
Beats me when the next time I'll be back to SC, but I don't know if it'll be back together by then...