On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 09:10:53 +0200, "Frank Scrooby" wrote:

How so? What was wrong? I'm real curious. It was breath-taking. Especially
the view from the top as the Saturn V rushes straight AT YOU for like 1/3 of
a second as a carpet of steam engulfs the pad.

....Three major flaws that most people around here bitch and moan about
when they refer to this scene:

1) The gantry arms do not retract simultaneously. This was an artistic
license change made so the shot where the camera moves down from top
to bottom is more "aesthetically pleasing". It is also fatally wrong,
and had it happened it real life we'd have seen what happens when a
Saturn V blows up on the pad.

2) The paint scheme is totally wrong, and is based on the 500 test
fitting model paint job, which is what Revell used for their 1/96 S-V
kit, and what everyone seems to use for reference on how to get the
paint job right.

3) Had Ken Mattingly been sitting that close to the launch pad during
an actual launch, he'd have been hit with a nice concussion wave that
would have done more than just bump him a bit. Also, he'd have *never*
been allowed that close during a launch to begin with, even if
historically he wasn't there to begin with.

....There may be a few others, but I'll leave the moaners to fill in
the gaps.


OM

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