The Estes Saturn 1B is a stunning 1:100 recreation of this rocket of the Apollo era. Designed to test Apollo hardware, it later served as crew launch vehicle for Skylab and the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. Build and launch this Master-Level kit for spectacular lift-offs and dazzling dual parachute recoveries.
Resembling a cluster of smaller rockets, the tanks are sometimes misidentified as re-purposed Redstone missile stages. In fact, these 70-inch diameter tanks were created using the same forms that produced the Redstone rockets.
So, while they share a common lineage, they were not surplus rockets themselves.
The tanks fueled eight H-1 engines, four of which could gimbal to steer the rocket while under power.
Eight low profile fins ringed the base of the rocket for guidance during atmospheric flight.