Soviet Lunar hardware

[ambrous]

Is there any reference that lists how much N1/l3 hardware was produced. I have seen many referenced that list each and every Saturn V, CSM, LM, etc for the US Apollo project, but none for the Russians.

 

[ronatu]

Check this out:<br /><br />http://www.russianspaceweb.com/

 

[davf]

Good question... I have a number of books (one even of Russian production) that discuss the Soviet lunar program but none that I know of give a definitive list of the hardware produced.

 

[ace5]

using this site with its links<br />http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/models/sovietsp/sovietsp.html<br /><br />I was able to gain info to build this model of Soviet Lunar lander L-3 (LK):<br /><br />http://www.geocities.com/edkeffel/L-3a.jpg<br />http://www.geocities.com/edkeffel/L-3b.jpg<br />

 

[davf]

ace: Nice models! Might be worthy of a thread? <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br /><br />news: Good point... I seem to recall someone posting something about an orbiter they were cutting out individual tiles for... and a Saturn IA even. I wonder whatever happened to those photos? <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> Just kidding.... <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />In the last year or so I finally moved into a house and have space to do that sort of thing again and now, I find I don't have the time. I don't have the skills to do what you (and some others in here) do, but there are a couple dozen RealSpace kits that I'd love to get and do up!

 

[ace5]

Thanks!!<br /><br />The space modeling community is growing slowly, and real space models are indeed a wonderful hobby. When you build a model, you feel (at least I feel) compelled to research more and more about the subject that you try to replicate as a scale model. Scratch building is another defying issue. Sometimes you find in the industry - even in a trash can - something that you see and say "hey, thats amazing how it looks like the SSME engine, or the Soyuz descent module", or something else... and it doesnt fit in the available scale in the market, so you have to adapt the model to the new scale.<br /><br />Software like Corel can help you a lot. And a printer does a wonderful job. No more pen or pencil job in drawing parts on paper...<br /><br />Detailing the interiors of models is another very interesting issue. I am involved in designing and building my "own" spaceships, and you must keep yourself up to date with available space technology if you want to build spacecrafts that could really work if launched.<br /><br />There is a very talented czech citizen (I forget his name now) who has put files in PDF format on his site. You can download them free, print them and make the necessary corrections (if any) to build more detailed (or interior-detailed) models. Really a nice hobby.<br /><br /><br />

 

[ace5]

Yes, a very good site. There you can see reviews of plastic scale kits, wich are worth enough to justify a historical and technical research about the spacecraft you are about to build or modify.