60 years ago today Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space aboard Vostok 1. In order to commemorate this I made a little 1/700 diorama of his rocket on its way to the launchpad.
The rocket is a 3D print from shapeways, the rails and cars are from Alliance Modelworks with a locomotive carved from styrene and the transporter is also styrene based on a paper download I re-scaled from 1/100 to 1/700. I saw the combination in Moscow back in 1990 when it was painted in white and red, the Vostoks that were actually flown seem to have been painted grey. I used the green-ish (springtime) steppe to get some color in the diorama.
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