TWA Moonliner - Rocket to the Moon

TWA Moonliner - Rocket to the Moon

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Welcome aboard, friends. This is Captain Collins speaking... The Original Rocket to the Moon When Disneyland's Tomorrowland opened its doors in 1955, a revolutionary attraction took center stage: the Rocket to the Moon, sponsored by TWA (Trans-World Airlines). Strategically positioned at the rear of the land, the massive Moonliner rocket ship in front of the attraction served as a visual draw, enticing guests to venture deeper into Tomorrowland. What they discovered was an unforgettable experience. Guests embarked on an incredible journey. Using projections on both the floor and ceiling within a state-of-the-art theater, the Rocket to the Moon transported visitors to a realm previously unimaginable: outer space. Aboard the rocket ship "Star of Polaris," Disneyland's visitors embarked on a thrilling adventure past the space station Terra, then around the moon and back. The Moonliner was masterfully designed by Imagineer John Hench in collaboration with renowned former-Nazi rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Von Braun - hired by Walt Disney to envision the possibility of human spaceflight - played a pivotal role in grounding the fanciful plans for spaceships in reality. The Moonliner envisioned a future - the year 1986 - when civilian spaceflight would become an ordinary, everyday occurrence. Von Braun also worked on the Disneyland television series, appearing in the 1955 episodes "Man in Space" and "Man and the Moon." These groundbreaking films were showcased to American President Eisenhower and Soviet Commissioner for Spaceflight Leonid Sedov, fueling a global desire to put humans in space. Printing the Model This model is inspired by the original Moonliner that soared above the Disneyland skyline - the tallest structure in Disneyland when it opened its doors in 1955. The model is designed on a rough HO scale (1:87) in several parts to enable easy printing. To assemble the model, you will need to print one main body; three each of the legs, feet, and supports; and four of the fins. The body of the rocket should print well vertically without additional supports. You may be able to print the other elements without supports depending on orientation. The fins are designed to be attached to the exhaust port with a small length of 1.75mm filament as a pin if the model is printed at scale. The model has been thoroughly tested on an Ender 3 and prints nicely at scale without additional supports. Fittings may be slightly loose, so a dab of cyanoacrylate might be needed to hold the model together. Included is a STL of the plated model I was able to successfully print. This model was based on the original brownline plans for the Disneyland rocket, which have been sold in fan auctions a number of times. See these examples from Van Eaton Gallery: https://www.icollector.com/Pair-of-TWA-Rocket-Brownlines-with-Notes_i27326056 This model was designed and fine-tuned in TInkercad: https://www.tinkercad.com/things/d05XGjTLMbf-twa-moonliner-complete-model

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