Soyuz Spacecraft

Hello Ladies and Gentlefigs! As well as making the Soyuz, I also made the N-1 Moon Rocket! This rocket was constructed as the Soviet's answer to the Saturn V. Though less tall and with 5 stages as opposed to Saturn's three stages. Just a hair heavier than the Saturn, it also had far more engines. The first stage having 30(!) rocket engines as opposed to the Saturn's Five first-stage engines. The later stages also having large clusters of engines to boost it into orbit. But it was plagued with issues. its first flight resulted in an explosion that killed many Soviet technicians and holds the record for the world's largest non-nuclear explosion. After three other failed flights the Soviets finally pulled the plug on the project. The only piece of hardware that was of any use was the Soyuz. The early version of which was planned to take cosmonauts to the moon. But it wasn't to be. I Built the Soyuz with the Lander nestled underneath (From what I can tell the Soyuz and Lander didn't dock, as with the Apollo program, but instead were mated together the entire time, with the lone moon-walker having to perform a spacewalk to get to the Lunar Lander) as well as the fifth-stage N-1 engine, which would propel Soyuz and Lander to the moon.This is the first time I have shown my build on any platform or forum, and I do not know wether or not I will post it, as I am not too happy with it (especially with the miniature Soyuz and Lander) and I will need to do additional research and modifications before it is posted. In the meantime I thought I might as well post it here ;)

I hinted at a Salyut 1 project in the description, so here it is! Mankind's first Space Station! (bottom 3 pictures)

And as far as I know, I'm the first one to make Salyut 1 in lego form, and certainly the first in mini figure scale.

On the outside, the Salyut looks pretty accurate. the Salyut itself was a mishmash of Soyuz parts and components from several cancelled projects.

Inwardly, the station is not too accurate. Due to the Soviet's secrecy around the project, few pictures of it were taken. I was only able to find two good pictures. One of the exterior, and one of the central interior section. So if anybody happens to have any good Salyut pictures, feel free to show them in the comments.

Secondly, the US's first space station, Skylab! (top three pictures)

For this one I had a lot more references, however some parts aren't the most accurate, so like the Salyut, I'll need to make plenty of modifications before I post them.

This is the as-flown version with the makeshift sunshade and the left solar array ripped off. But when I post the project I will complete an As-Designed version with both solar arrays and no sunshade.

So keep a lookout for these in the next few months! :D