# Rocketeer finishes the Saturn Weekender **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2017, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462 "2017-09-27T20:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/21 "2017-09-29T04:09:07Z")
Very cool! I love the concept, and the execution is great as always. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/22 "2017-09-29T04:19:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And yet, SpaceX does it. That really is amazing. Very sophisticated computer control and steering fins. [http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/16892430560\_f87dff78c0\_o\_1.jpg](http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/16892430560_f87dff78c0_o_1.jpg) Are the fins for use in the atmosphere, or are they vanes in the exhaust gas? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/23 "2017-09-29T06:52:14Z")
Lovely model - love the colour, love the whole Raygun Gothic-ness of it all. Did you cast the flames yourself, or are they repurposed from something else? ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/24 "2017-09-29T10:14:29Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Is this the first known instance of someone walking the dog…IN SPACE??? [Not even close.](https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/1140517.jpg) Nice model. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/25 "2017-09-29T14:45:20Z")
Geez, you make my adventures in making Mad Max style pony cars seem really tame by comparison. Great job, **Rocketeer**! I’d still like to see your take on a [Damnation Alley Landmaster](https://www.google.ca/search?dcr=0&biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Damnation+Alley+Landmaster&oq=Damnation+Alley+Landmaster&gs_l=psy-ab.3...10891.13155.0.13515.10.10.0.0.0.0.293.958.2-4.4.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..6.4.956...0.0.yy0pG8sGDns). ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/26 "2017-09-29T16:51:30Z")
Thanks for your kind comments, everyone! > [@MrDibble](#): > > …Did you cast the flames yourself, or are they repurposed from something else? I cast the flames myself, from a master I made from Aves epoxy putty. I used [Pebeo Gedeo](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4393/23541539528_4185bf7c2d_k.jpg) resin, tinted with a drop or two of Tamiya acrylic transparent orange. The Pebeo resin is certainly the best clear resin I’ve used; sets up reliably, nice and clear when hard. I used the same flames on this [Eye Gone Wild](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4392/23541539338_5949e25527_k.jpg) model; I suppose if I do something similar again, I ought to make a new, different master–no sense getting stale. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/27 "2017-09-29T16:54:06Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > …I’d still like to see your take on a [Damnation Alley Landmaster](https://www.google.ca/search?dcr=0&biw=1920&bih=971&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Damnation+Alley+Landmaster&oq=Damnation+Alley+Landmaster&gs_l=psy-ab.3...10891.13155.0.13515.10.10.0.0.0.0.293.958.2-4.4.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..6.4.956...0.0.yy0pG8sGDns). I have been mulling over something using the chassis from [this](http://www.internetmodeler.com/artman/uploads/2/_MG_8406_copy_1.jpg), which has a certain Landmaster-y vibe. Perhaps a giant land cruise ship? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/28 "2017-09-29T17:11:58Z")
Once again, I love it. Do you have a gallery of your models by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/29 "2017-09-29T17:16:06Z")
A thought on making small, clear domes: Could you start with a sphere of salt or sugar, paint on a layer of clear resin, and then dissolve away the sphere in warm water? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/30 "2017-09-29T18:49:16Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > …Do you have a gallery of your models by any chance? After the Photobucket debacle, I’ve moved most of my online albums to [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums). (And here’s the old [Photobucket](http://s193.photobucket.com/user/hilbyf/library/?sort=3&page=1) link, if you have a masochistic longing for an insanely unusable melange of popups, intercepts, and slow loading. :rolleyes: :mad: Some of that stuff hasn’t been migrated to Flickr yet.) ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/31 "2017-09-29T18:54:36Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > A thought on making small, clear domes: Could you start with a sphere of salt or sugar, paint on a layer of clear resin, and then dissolve away the sphere in warm water? It sounds feasible enough, except where would I get a nice sphere of salt? I actually made a spherical mold and tried pouring a clear sphere with an embedded head–but of course, I’d really created a goofy-shaped lens, and the head looked crazy distorted. Whoops. 😃 Or perhaps I could have blow-molded something, or even shrugged my shoulders and vacuum-formed a couple halves and just lived with the seam line. So really, on this model, it wasn’t really a case of “can’t”, but rather that I didn’t want to put in the effort it would have taken–this one was supposed to be a relatively quick and simple build. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/32 "2017-09-29T19:59:02Z")
A sphere of salt would probably be tricky-- You might be able to get it to precipitate into a mold or something, but I’ve never tried. Or maybe you could start with an irregular lump of salt, and polish it into a sphere with a damp cloth. Spheres of sugar, though, are available at any grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/33 "2017-09-29T20:01:44Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > After the Photobucket debacle, I’ve moved most of my online albums to [Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/150559382@N07/albums). > > (And here’s the old [Photobucket](http://s193.photobucket.com/user/hilbyf/library/?sort=3&page=1) link, if you have a masochistic longing for an insanely unusable melange of popups, intercepts, and slow loading. :rolleyes: :mad: Some of that stuff hasn’t been migrated to Flickr yet.) Thanks! I hadn’t seen any of the Ed Roth inspired stuff yet, really great! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/34 "2017-09-29T21:02:10Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I have been mulling over something using the chassis from [this](http://www.internetmodeler.com/artman/uploads/2/_MG_8406_copy_1.jpg), which has a certain Landmaster-y vibe. Perhaps a giant land cruise ship? Ooo, HMS Titanic meets giant scorpions! The Great Gatsby goes on a [Tundra Cruise](https://frontiersnorth.com/adventures/tundra-buggy-lodge-adventurer) writ large! I like it!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/35 "2017-09-29T23:18:00Z")
Excellent work. In addition to your craftsmanship, your photography is lovely. Some shots of [vintage Shasta trailers](https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&biw=1600&bih=767&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=shasta+trailers+vintage&oq=shasta+trailers+vintage&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0j0i8i30k1.30844.33982.0.35851.7.7.0.0.0.0.191.1239.0j7.7.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.7.1232...0i13k1j0i8i7i30k1.0.trF8PpouW_s) might have inspired a _slightly_ different color scheme for the blimp, though. The American flag on the space station has an unconventional orientation. Any thoughts on your inspiration for that? ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/36 "2017-09-29T23:35:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Excellent work. In addition to your craftsmanship, your photography is lovely… > The American flag on the space station has an unconventional orientation. Any thoughts on your inspiration for that? Thanks! But any credit for the photography goes to the engineers at Nikon 😉 All I do is set the model up on the dining room table in front of a sheet backdrop, make sure there’s plenty of light, set the little dial on top of the camera to the green icon, and push the button. As for the flag, that’s what I had in the way of decals–I think the intent of the sheet, which has normal and reversed flags, was to be able to put a decal on each side of a flat sheet of lead foil to create a rigid-but-bendable flag to hang from a tank aerial or suchlike. Anyway, I didn’t worry too much about the orientation, but if you like you can interpret it as a sign that the scene isn’t from The Universe We Know and Love 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/37 "2017-09-29T23:36:49Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > Ooo, HMS Titanic meets giant scorpions! The Great Gatsby goes on a [Tundra Cruise](https://frontiersnorth.com/adventures/tundra-buggy-lodge-adventurer) writ large! I like it!🆒 I do have one of the old MPC scorpion kits… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/38 "2017-09-30T01:36:06Z")
The flag decals might also be for a vehicle. When displayed on the side of a vehicle, the blue should always be towards the front, as though flying from a mast ([see, for instance, on the Shuttle](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/spaceinventionsandfunfacts-130430154230-phpapp02/95/space-inventions-and-fun-facts-21-638.jpg?cb=1367336602)). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/39 "2017-10-01T19:52:12Z")
Dude, you are amazing. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462/40 "2017-10-01T22:37:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > A sphere of salt would probably be tricky-- You might be able to get it to precipitate into a mold or something, but I’ve never tried. Or maybe you could start with an irregular lump of salt, and polish it into a sphere with a damp cloth. Spheres of sugar, though, are available at any grocery store. That got me wondering… and I found this [Blown sugar / isomalt sphere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhtSlZOfRWw). Not clear enough for glass but still pretty cool. Once again, amazing stuff **Rocketeer**. Would you do a commission piece? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-the-saturn-weekender/797462.md?page=3)