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This unassembled plastic model kit, made by Monogram Models and copyrighted 1968, is and still sealed in plastic. It allowed its purchaser to create a scale model of an Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle (1:144 scale) using the enclosed plastic pieces and instructions. The model's packaging emphasized the realistic nature of the toy, including the fact that all stage of the non-flying rocket model could separate. The artist's conception on the box cover of a Saturn V rocket during stage separation above the Earth was intended to fire the purchaser's imagination about the rocket depicted in the kit.

Rocket model collector G. Harry Stine donated this model to the National Collections in 1973.

 Display Status

This object is on display in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Object Details
Country of Origin United States of America Type MODELS-Missiles & Rockets Manufacturer Monogram Models, Inc.
 Dimensions Overall: 3 1/4in. x 1ft (8.3 x 30.5cm)
Other (box): 3 1/4in. x 1ft 5in. x 1ft, 1.6lb. (8.3 x 43.2 x 30.5cm, 0.7kg)
 Materials Model is plastic; retail box is cardboard
 Inventory Number A19930605000 Credit Line Gift of G. Harry Stine Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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