Saturn 1 Block 1 SA1 the first Rocket of the Saturn family

Construction kit of SA-1 rocket (first rocket of Saturn family). All parts are resin (no plastic or metal tubes) 39 resin parts + 15 decals.

The Saturn I began life as the Juno 5, Wernher von Braun's 1957 scheme to combine the Redstone and Jupiter missiles into a gigantic heavy-lift booster. By 1959, the basic design emerged. The first stage was powered by a cluster of 8 H-1 engines (improved version of Jupiter engines). The first stage propellant tankage was a conglomeration of lenghtened Jupiter tank surrounded by a cluster of 8 lenghtened Redstone tanks. The dummy 2nd and 3rd stages simulated the S-IV and Centaur stages. Both stages carried water ballast.
The first Saturn I (SA-1) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on October 27, 1961. Another 3 (SA-2 to SA-4) Saturn I Block 1 rockets were launched during 1962 and 1963.