The Soviet N-1 moon rockets by starbase1
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Description
This is till a work in progress, but it is coming together. These are the three main variations built of the Soviet N-1 moon rocket, intended to be their equivalent of the Saturn V.
From left to right, the 3L, the 5L and the 6L/7L designs.
Four launch attempts were made, all ending in explosion.

Comments (9)
Nice work!!!
Very nice modeling. Those must have been some impressive rockets to see!
Great models! They look just like the real thing.
Nice models
Very cool. I love the N1.
Beautiful modeling work here. Pity about the failed launches. Those explosions killed a lot of people, as I recall.
RJS - I suspect6 you are thinking of the Nedelin Disaster.
Nice work! I thought about doing this guys too. The GI or AO lighting is a little bit boring.
As I recall, it stalled out at launch, and they sent all of their techs out to the pad to get it going again -- and then the whole damn thing went off like a bomb, taking them all out in the process. Still, I kind of wish the Russians HAD gotten to the Moon -- it would've kept the pressure on us to keep going as well, and we'd probably have been to Mars long before now if we had. Thanks for sharing.