This build was absolutely fantastic. It’s right up there in quality and realism with the Saturn V, Discovery, and Lunar Lander. There’s just one problem on the plaque…
The time to orbit on the plaque is written as 3 minutes, 40 seconds. I can’t figure out where lego got this number. The real number is closer to 8 minutes. Space enthusiasts know 3 min 40 secs to he incorrect, but a simple google search would have saved this mistake for lego.
Overall the build was challenging and fun. However as a space enthusiast, this mistake on the plaque is disappointing.
This is an excellent set for any space enthusiast’s. The build was quite straight forward and is very sturdy for its height. I do have one thing to say on the downside of the model is the stickers, they are small and hard to place and even hard to line up. I had to break out some masking tape to line the stickers up especially on the top fairing. In the end the set is worth the build and is very impressive.
Bought this to build with my son and we knocked it out in a day! Amazing build: easy bag by bag configuration so we could each work on separate components, nice info tips along the way and some history of part changes. The manual is also put together well with a very nice intro about the designer and history of the rocket system itself. I highly recommend this as a partnered build (would be fun solo as well)