Comments on: LEGO Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket nearly big enough to fly to the moon http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/ And one Brick to rule them all... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:31:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jean C http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-91005 Jean C Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:23:29 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-91005 Trying to calculate a numeric value for ‘minifig scale’ is a little like trying to build circular things assuming the value of pi is 3. It’s a great idea, would make the mathematics easier, but it’s never going to work out.

I look forward to seeing the aircraft carrier Ryan is going to build for Brickvention 2013 (to pick up the returned astronauts). And also Richard Nixon as a minifig.

]]> By: Mike http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-90984 Mike Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:44:20 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-90984 I went one step further ralph, the rocket’s not actually 5.76, it’s about 440 bricks (pretty trivial to count if you use the tower–I think I’m remembering right) that means the height is scaled 1:26. The rocket height is closer to 4 meters, so I think the 5.76 must come from the overall display.

]]> By: reload http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-90983 reload Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:37:24 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-90983 The tower including the base and lightning rod is 5.76m tall, the rocket itself is just over 4m tall.

As for Minifig scale thats an incredibly subjective scale given how fat they are :)

There is also plenty of other things which are not accurate with it, such as the size of the launch pad, the gap between the rocket and the tower etc etc, but it does have to be transported easily, therefore compromises have to be made when working at this size.

]]> By: The Mad Physicist http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-90982 The Mad Physicist Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:14:16 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-90982 ^That’s more or less what I thought. It’s obviously an impressive MOC, but it would actually be more accurate if it were about half as tall. The Saturn V is something like a 100 meters tall, so scaled 1/40 it should be about 2.5 m -not 5.76 m.
Size obviously matters ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-90980 Mike Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:40:19 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-90980 I LOVE that tower. Sometimes I forget that brick stacking can look good as long as you do it on a large nough scale.

To nitpick, this is not actually minifig scale. Going off the height of the rocket it’s 1:20.

Though if you were to go off the diameter it would be about 1:37, which is a nice minifig scale. How’d it get so tall?

]]> By: Sjaacko http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-90979 Sjaacko Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:25:47 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-90979 Impressive. What is he going to build next? A minifig scale Death Star? LOL.

]]> By: DamienPS http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/12/lego-apollo-11-saturn-v-rocket-nearly-big-enough-to-fly-to-the-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-90978 DamienPS Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:34:56 +0000 http://www.brothers-brick.com/?p=24250#comment-90978 I can’t wait to see this in person next week at Brickvention.

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