I figured this thread was as good as any to post, rather than start a new one. I got my Estes SLS in the mail - not bad for a plastic RTF.

Here, however, is another kind of SLS model. I purchased the kit on Etsy. The model is 1/48 scale, and is pretty darned amazing, especially given the guy who makes the models doesn't have access to actual engineering drawings - just awesome CAD skills and a great mind for modeling. Took a little over 2 months to get this together, but I think the result is pretty cool.

I have done a little work at ULA on the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) - a modified 5m Delta IV Upper Stage. The ICPS portion of the model is really cool - the extendable RL10B-2 nozzle even extends and retracts (manually, of course). That's what originally drew me to this model - that and the Launch Abort System (LAS), which looks so cool!

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