Author Topic: Anybody know of a 1/48 J-2 engine? (Read 2439 times)

jgoldader · « **on:** 06/22/2013 12:18 pm »

Hello all,

I'm trying to find if anybody knows of a 1/48 J-2 engine, or of a 3D file that could be printed at that scale, or even of anything that could be used as a nozzle as the basis for scratch building one. I thought it would be neat to build the rest of the SIV-B to finish off the Revell 1/48 Apollo CSM/LM/SLA stack.

Many thanks. Feel free to PM me if you like.

Jeff

Paper Kosmonaut · « **Reply #1 on:** 07/30/2013 06:12 pm »

Hi Jeff,
there is a beautifully detailed J-2 (and F-1!) in 1/48 downloadable as a paper model on Jonathan Leslie's Lower Hudson Valley paper Model Gift Shop.
Scroll down a little to find them. I built them, they really look great and are easy to build. you can also scale them up or down on your printer.

Prober · « **Reply #2 on:** 07/30/2013 06:23 pm »

Quote from: jgoldader on 06/22/2013 12:18 pm

Hello all,

I'm trying to find if anybody knows of a 1/48 J-2 engine, or of a 3D file that could be printed at that scale, or even of anything that could be used as a nozzle as the basis for scratch building one. I thought it would be neat to build the rest of the SIV-B to finish off the Revell 1/48 Apollo CSM/LM/SLA stack.

Many thanks. Feel free to PM me if you like.

Jeff

If you can find a life size J-2 and get a cam and take 360 deg of it. It can be processed in a cloud software and get you a 3D file to do what ever size you may wish.

sdsds · « **Reply #3 on:** 07/30/2013 07:05 pm »

Quote from: Prober on 07/30/2013 06:23 pm

If you can find a life size J-2 and get a cam and take 360 deg of it. It can be processed in a cloud software and get you a 3D file to do what ever size you may wish.

I think the one on display in McMinnville, Oregon is ideally set up for an easy 360 degree walk around.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digefxgrp/5003815164/

jgoldader · « **Reply #4 on:** 07/31/2013 10:44 am »

Thanks for the ideas. I ended up giving up on the project, though. The best I could come up with was a soft plastic Easter egg, which I could cut to get about the right shape, but didn't have a solvent that would hold it together. Superglue wouldn't stick either.

Jeff

Quote from: sdsds on 07/30/2013 07:05 pm

Quote from: Prober on 07/30/2013 06:23 pm

If you can find a life size J-2 and get a cam and take 360 deg of it. It can be processed in a cloud software and get you a 3D file to do what ever size you may wish.

I think the one on display in McMinnville, Oregon is ideally set up for an easy 360 degree walk around.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digefxgrp/5003815164/