r/legoRockets

There are already a lot of good SLS designs. But as for me only the best is good enough, I had to give it a try. So, here it is. After a week of hardcore engineering. My very own SLS in 1:220. I tried my best to implement every important detail. Like cone-shaped second stage adapter, separable second stage with its engine, small difference in diameters in second stage and fairing, swappable Orion with service module and with or without solar arrays to depict different stages of flight. I even added such small detail as quick disconnect plate right above the RS-25s, which is a place where infamous hydrogen fuel lines are connected to the rocket. Boosters took a lot of work too. They have stripes in all the correct places where segments are stacked. Attachment point are in the same places as on the real ones, and they provide realistic spacing between boosters and core stage. Furthermore, I made connections points on boosters and on the core stage as subtle as possible, so they don’t stick out when boosters are separated. Please note that no illegal building techniques were used in this model. I hope you like it. Instructions are not ready yet.

Printed parts kit and instructions available soon!
Featuring:
53 printed parts
2 3D printed fuel tank nose cones
Limited edition - 15 sets

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-262719/emrysbricks/proton-m-1160/#details

One more model for my small rocket garden. It was quite hard to make Soyuz with all its different colours and conical shapes. I even tried to keep small differences in central core diameters as much as possible. Separable side blocks with conical shape, a lot of small engines and overall slender profile were a hard quest of its own. I hope you like the final design. Instructions are here if needed: https://reb.li/m/262356

I thought I was doing pretty well, but I see I have a ways to go to keep up with the level of this crowd! Here's my garden anyway. Happy lego rocketing!

Available now on Rebrickable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-261102/nkell/atlas-agenas-at-1110-scale/#details

Inspired by saxus and 0rig0's Atlas prototypes and missiles collection, here's some various Atlas-Agenas which use their Atlas D base with tweaks to make the (S)LV-3(A) boosters. Uppers and payloads inspired by Betelguese90's Thor-Agenas.

Unlike that Thor-Agena collection however, this is not trying be exhaustive but merely representative.

As my goal was to create display models of the LVs, I did not model GATV in deployed form, just stacked.

Included two IRL photos, one of most of the models, and one of every early Keyhole LV (KH-1 through KH-9), using Thor-Agenas by Betelguese90 and Titans by Raptor Bricks. For KH-11 I have a TIVB built but not TIVA or DIVH. For KH-10 I do have the MOL mockup but no in-service IIIM. (I also don't have a 34D built since I decided to convert mine to a NASA Apollo IIIM.)

From the MOC page:

Atlas-Agena was the USAF and NASA's workhorse medium-lift launch vehicle throughout the 1960s, with Atlas-Centaur superceding it with NASA for more demanding missions and Titan III succeeding it with the USAF for heavier payloads.

Here are seven example payloads, covering LV-3A Agena A through SLV-3A Agena D.

* Atlas LV-3A Agena A MIDAS. MIDAS (MIssile Defense Alarm System) provided early warning for Soviet ballistic missile launches in the early 1960s.

* Atlas LV-3A Agena B Mariner 2 was the first successful interplanetary probe for NASA

* Atlas LV-3A Agena D KH-7 GAMBIT was the successor to the earlier Thor-based Keyhole program photreconnaisance satellites. Eventually GAMBIT grew heavy enough that the KH-8 GAMBIT III model required Titan IIIB (Agena D mounted to a Titan).

* Atlas LV-3A Agena D Mariner 4 was the first probe to return pictures of Mars

* Atlas SLV-3 Agena D Lunar Orbiter was the unsung counterpart to Atlas-Centaur Surveyor launches. Lunar Orbiter satellites provided essential mapping support for the Apollo program.

* Atlas SLV-3 Agena D Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle was perhaps the most famous Agena payload, a docking target and propulsion stage for Gemini missions

* Atlas SLV-3A Agena D Canyon were the first dedicated communications-intelligence satellites for the US

Booster design mostly based off the Atlas D from 0rig0 and saxus here: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-209320/saxus/early-atlas-prototypes-and-missiles-1110-scale/#details

Agena payloads take inspiration from the Thor Agena collection from Betelguese90 here: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-235587/Betelguese90/thor-agena-collection-saturn-v-scale/#details

Dimensions based on Ed Kyle's Atlas cards here: https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013821/http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/atlasflew.html

Reference images from Gunter's Space Page here: https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/atlas_agena.htm