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Welcome to Model Rocketry and Spacemodeling!
If you are interested in scale model rocketry, model
rockets, static spacemodeling, and general model-building information
(particularly scratch building), this site will have a little bit for you.
It will contain items that are of particular interest to me
that I would like to share with the rest of the modeling community. I am
particularly interested in pre-Space Shuttle manned programs with an
emphasis on Apollo.
And, since you got here via ACCUR8.COM
I should tell you that Model Rocketry and
Spacemodeling IS "Accur8 Spacemodels". I will, from time to
time, make various items available for sale here on this site.
Added 5/10/2008-
Sherline Z axis
backlash adjuster
Added 5/10/2008- Hobby
Mills
NARAM 2002 Mercury Redstone
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The Port Seat
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The most recent major flying rocket project that I have managed to
complete was this 1/12 scale Mercury Redstone 8...the second U.S. manned
spaceflight lofting Gus Grissom in Liberty Bell 7.
 
The photo on the left is a still frame capture taken from a video by
James Duffy who videoed the flight at NARAM 2002 (the NAR model rocket
national championships in 2002) on its winning flight. Photo on
right gives some idea of size of model...yet it weighs just 3
pounds.
Click here for full flight video (.WMV format, best for broadband connections...right-click
to download) |
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Okay...so this site is slow in coming together.
Between my research, model building, and just trying to make a living I
find time short to work on this site.
I am in the process of creating a site which will be
dedicated to the actual programs and hardware that got America to the Moon.
In a nutshell, you will find hobby/model related items (including
Apollo/Saturn modeling) at the Model Rocketry and Spacemodeling site and
you will find the history, hardware, and other information related to
the programs that got America to the moon at "To The Moon". Click the
TO THE MOON icon where ever you see
it to go to that site.
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Be sure to visit these sites
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I've
been corresponding with Josh Tschirhart for a few years and he's a
modeler with a sensible, down-to-earth, and WINNING
approach to scale model rockets and rocketry in general.
If you are into practical scale modeling and nice personal insights to
the hobby, scale data, tips and techniques, and just plain "non-extreme"
rocketry, then visit Meatball Rocketry.
Go To...
for the BEST display or flying
Saturn V and
Saturn IB kits
produced!
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