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PostPosted: Mon Apr 12, 2021 4:07 pm 
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60 years ago today Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space aboard Vostok 1. In order to commemorate this I made a little 1/700 diorama of his rocket on its way to the launchpad.
The rocket is a 3D print from shapeways, the rails and cars are from Alliance Modelworks with a locomotive carved from styrene and the transporter is also styrene based on a paper download I re-scaled from 1/100 to 1/700. I saw the combination in Moscow back in 1990 when it was painted in white and red, the Vostoks that were actually flown seem to have been painted grey. I used the green-ish (springtime) steppe to get some color in the diorama.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:19 am 
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Great diorama for that anniversary! :thumbs_up_1:

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:01 pm 
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A wonderful idea! :thumbs_up_1:


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:45 am 
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Thank you. Still a weird idea that this is 60 years ago already. And Korolev's design is still flying.


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 3:21 pm 
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A durable design. Great and appropriate diorama.


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