Epic Apollo 11 Diorama: Get Up Close To Moon History!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

I think it would be awesome to go to a location like this, it makes me think of all the cool space stuff I used to look at growing up. Seeing the Earth from this spot would make me feel so insignificant and small! If you could go here, what would be the coolest thing for you?

[@simonreynolds1518]

Really great diorama, I can see this being a reality one day.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much! I can definitely seeing it be a destination some day. Maybe even in the not too distant future🤷‍♂️. I'm sure the anti-gravity tech that is in my ships won't happen too soon, but who knows I guess, lol. Thank you for watching🙂🚀

[@dallassegno]

LOL

[@Baalur]

First this. Then space ships fast enough to catch up to the voyager probes.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@Baalur For sure! That'll for sure make poor Voyager lose it desire to keep going!

[@j.chappel1160]

My grandfather was part of the team who helped design the legs for the lunar module, so seeing a miniature version of it in this video was pretty awesome!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@j.chappel1160 that is so cool! I bet he had a lot of cool stories to tell!! Thank you so much for sharing and for watching my video!

[@philipsharpe6905]

What a lovely idea. Do love it when modelers think way outside the box. It is also a hopeful diorama because it imagines that we will advance enough and survive long enough to make this scene a reality.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you!! I agree, I like to think, or hope, we'll make it to that point someday! That is part of the hope I also have with building my scratch built ships in my other videos. Thank you so much for watching🚀🙂

[@erikaclark4952]

I enjoyed all of it from start to finish but my favorite part is the very final part where everything comes together and you see your idea come to life!! Colors on point and audio was perfect!!! Great job!! 👏

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you! I am super glad you enjoyed it. This one definitely stretched me a bit. Thank you for watching🙂!

[@FantomeBelphegor]

Excellente idée ce diorama montrant les vestiges d'Apollo 11 avec le petit bâtiment d'exposition, c'est unique et bien pensé! 👍

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you!! I am glad you enjoyed my video :)

[@hoodie7659]

Such an original idea! Really nice build man, thanks for sharing

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you Griffin! That is really kind of you to say. I am glad you enjoyed it and thank you so much for leaving a comment!!

[@marcosargen3729]

Definitely!

[@bobbygee2528]

very nice indeed!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video🙂🚀

[@earlatkins9559]

Outstanding!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@earlatkins9559 thank you so much!!

[@constpegasus]

An original and unique idea there. Brilliant!!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@constpegasus thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂🚀

[@dannielsen348]

Another reason for the raised walkway, would be to prevent the spread of lunar dust from all the walking turists. That is relevant since some disturbance of the lunar soil would happen when the turist spot were constructed. Great diorama!

[@nicholasryanscroggs8761]

regolith* soil is biologically active

[@evanleeturner]

I thought of just this. Even walking very far away the dust would accumulate and spread easy. They would need to enclose the whole area to prevent contamination of they wanted to preserve the prints.

[@wonsworld61]

stunning .. both the build and the idea..

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@wonsworld61 thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words🙂🚀

[@PhotoFlight]

Brilliant build. Well thought out and executed.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much! I am really glad you enjoyed it🙂

[@glorybr]

This is such a cool diorama! I love the concept

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much and thank you for watching!!

[@Critter145]

That is super cool.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed it🚀🙂

[@bac2future407]

Very creative! Nice details!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much!! I am glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for watching🚀🙂

[@christopherpardell4418]

I once was part of a team at a sand-sculpting competition on the 25th anniversary of the lunar landing. We had to fill a 30’ square, but had a small team, so we came up with the idea of sculpting a lunar rover, except with big fat slicks for rear tires, shooting up a huge rooster tail of moon dust. The rover was life size and had two astronauts on it. The rest of the area we sculpted into craters of various sizes. And our team leader had made some plywood flip flops with the slotted patted of the moon boots on the bottom, and he ran all over the site leaving boot prints. Our sculpture was titled, “The Eagle has Sanded, Astronaut what your country can do for you”. We won the competition. The judge said that it was partly because of the timeliness of the subject matter, but that it was the footprints that REALLY pushed us over the top with the judges.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

That is too cool! What a fun story and memory. I can't imagine having to create something that large. I would love to see a picture of it:)

[@timmyers1006]

Well done.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much!! I appreciate you watching 🚀🙂

[@WarrenFahyAuthor]

What an awesome idea! May happen one day!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you! I wouldn't be surprised. Thank yo for watching🚀🙂

[@gregallman482]

Awesome build!🎉

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you very much! I definitely had a blast building it!! I appreciate you watching.

[@rob-ccbb-fan]

Beautiful concept, design, and build - thank you for sharing your project!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@rob-ccbb-fan thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the kind words🙂🚀

[@mikewagner9553]

Awesome job outstanding work

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you for your kind words🙂🚀

[@JoeOvercoat]

23:17 Perfect!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much!! I truly appreciate it!!

[@Ricardo-go7yu]

Beautiful!!! Great job! I think you inspired a new hobby for my retirement!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Awesome!! If you build anything, I'd love to see it!! Thank you for watching🙂🚀

[@dalesharpe9098]

Love your work.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@dalesharpe9098 thank you! I appreciate your kind words!!

[@OverlandArizona4690]

Very cool!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@OverlandArizona4690 thank you very much!!

[@oculusangelicus8978]

This is a VERY COOL concept! well Done. I have downloaded copies of greatly enhanced telescope photos of the landing sites of all the landing sites of the Apollo series astronauts on the moon, as taken by Hubble, and they are totally cool! I think those would have been a really cool thing to have on the wall of your lunar landing interpretive center. Well done sir!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

I agree. That would've been really cool to have in there. I'll have to keep that in mind for maybe another possible build. Thank you so much for watching🙂🚀

[@errollpalmer9568]

First time to your channel. Awesome diorama.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much and thank you for checking out the channel!! I appreciate your kind words.

[@PitstainHobbies]

Very creative idea and fantastic diorama, just awesome!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it🙂🚀

[@cerisekappes580]

Love the build and video!!! Beautifully detailed diorama!!! You thought of everything and gave a backstory. Awesome!!! 🤩

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kind words🙂Thank you for watching.

[@cerisekappes580]

@@CosmicQuestHobbies you are very welcome as always 🤗

[@alankeith7866]

That turned out fantastic!! From the concept to completion, sheer genius. If you had made the F1 engine life sized, you definitely would have needed to make the visitors center much bigger.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you!! Yeah, I think if I had more space to make a bigger diorama, there were for sure some things I would've liked to have done with it. One would've been the correct scale F1 engine, for sure. Thank you so much for watching and letting me know your thoughts 🙂🚀

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Love these builds, excellent work as always!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you kindly!! I am really pleased you enjoyed it🙂🚀

[@hadleymanmusic]

Bret luna in about 1974 used a model kit LEM Detailed it Outside his apartment used flour and silver and grey spray paint, dropped several size balls ti make craters added little grey rocks an sparu painted it to look like the moon. Built a tent around it to block out light , added light, took black and white photos and had it proscessed to posters. Man it looked like grainey nasa photos

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

How cool is that. I bet that looked pretty cool. It amazes me the ingenuity that people have for things. Thank you for sharing!!

[@twinningatthrifting4880]

This is so awesome!! Great job!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you!! 🙂

[@maryashmore6602]

This is so awesome!! 🤩

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you!! I hope your rocket launches are going well!!

[@udorechner6846]

What a awesome idea and diorama.. The little museum with its interieur turns out wonderful and all the little details.. Maybe the walkway should have some yelow or red outlines as a warning to the tourists not to fall off because they are so exited.. Now you need a adition with a fastfood restaurrant or "Starbucks" Coffeeshop... 🤣🤣

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you so much!! Looking at it now, I would totally agree that having the edges outlined in yellow or red probably would've been a smart idea. I'm not sure why I didn't even think of that, lol. It would've looked pretty cool on the diorama too. Thank you for watching and giving the feedback 🙂🚀

[@bradcoffel2698]

Very nice diorama. A quick tip though, it is much easier to remove supports from SLA 3D prints before they are cured.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@bradcoffel2698 thank you Brad! I definitely appreciate the tip. I'll keep that in mind for future builds.

[@modelermark172]

Incredible! I've wanted to do something like this for quite some time. Hopefully, this will inspire me as much as it impresses me! Thanks for building and sharing! 55th Like.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Awesome!! Thank you ModelerMark! That is high praise indeed. If you do get yours built, I'd love to see your finished product🙂🚀

[@modelermark172]

@@CosmicQuestHobbies You are more than welcome! I think the biggest problem making a diorama like this is the sheer size of what constitutes the landing site. I've been thinking about my project for about a decade, now. My current plan is to use a 1/144th scale LM (and per your project, interior exhibits like the F1 and CM displays that may be seen through the windows) and to surround the Decent Stage in an enclosed ring-shaped walkway. In any event, your project will serve as a VERY good guide. One thing I appreciate is how you depicted the US Flag blown-down, as it is (unfortunately) in real life; even though you took some artistic license in showing it in all its colors despite the likelihood that the Sun's rays likely bleached it white. I'll probably do the same. Again, great diorama!

[@GPGPapercraftTX]

I have come to th conclusion Sculpey is the ultimate Moon soil. I takes tiny foot prints really well. You mor or less only have to paint highlights too. It is already the right color.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

I didn't even think of that! That sounds perfect. I am definitely still learning a lot about this craft. Thank you for the tip!! And thank you for watching🚀

[@Donleecartoons]

I really want that to be real one day, even if I could never go there. I wouldn't worry about those first footprints, either ... the famous "first footprint" photo was taken just to judge how far the astronauts' overboots would sink into the surface, and were obliterated pretty quickly as the astros walked around. And most people think the flag would be faded to near-white by now.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@Donleecartoons same here. I hope it'll be real too! I was really torn on making the flag still look newish or make it white and worn from all the UV radiation, etc.. I think I also figured since I made the lander still look pristine, I might as well do the same for the flag, lol. That and it makes me feel patriotic😉

[@mcarp555]

Lovely! I really like this. I had the Revell Moon Landing model as a kid (and watched the landing live back in '69). My only minor question is, shouldn't the tourist area be facing the front of the LM? I would think future space tourists would rather see the front of the lander instead of the back.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Thank you for the kind words! I feel like I should send you one off my channel stickers for being to first to mention the orientation of the lander, lol. I was halfway through my diorama and thinking about the layout of the pieces when I realized that how I had everything laid out would make the lander pointing in that direction. I thought, dang it... Maybe no one will notice, lol. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the memory of watching it live!! 🚀🙂

[@johnbrandon5493]

I think this would be better called Tranquility National Park....By planting the flag we created a territorial claim to at least this piece of Luna!

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

I could see that! It's kind of funny, the first thing I thought of when you said "Tranquility National Park" is a baseball stadium. I immediately imagined a baseball game on the moon.

[@johnbrandon5493]

@@CosmicQuestHobbies It would take up an enormous lot of space but would ROCK to watch!

[@larryfisher7056]

I've got to think Weld On 3 must be a very effective and awesome product since it is not available in California.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Sounds about right😂

[@jeffstrawn3073]

Awesome so when’s the real lunar museum on the moon gonna be built

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Hmm. Good question. I wouldn't be surprised if it happens sometime in the future. Thank you for watching.

[@robertiams4198]

and there will always be that one guy, who had too much Romulan ale, and tries to walk up to the lander for a closer look....

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

😂That is a good point! I was telling my wife about this and we were thinking a system almost like an electronic dog collar where if the tourists crossed a line, they would have their boots stuck to the platform and couldn't move any further. We didn't think the electrical shock part would be a good idea, lol.

[@JohnLaMonte]

Just like the real movie set. !

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@JohnLaMonte just like Kubrick😉

[@mikearmstrong8483]

Nice concept, nice job. Of course, someone is going to watch this and say, "See, it was done like this; there's the proof that it was all faked in a studio".

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Lol. For sure. Thank you for watching!

[@Traveller2036]

🇺🇲🚀🌕🤟👍

[@hankpikuni7024]

Think your missing some chaperones

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@hankpikuni7024 good point!! I originally figured there would be tour guides included in that 8-10 fitting in the shuttle. I didn't realize until after the video was done that I didn't mention that, lol. Thank you so much for watching!!

[@TBone-bz9mp]

Not to knock your efforts, I've never made a diorama, but that visitor centre is bothering my inner nerd, it's too earthly, it doesn't feel like something that would be built on the Lunar surface, as its a rectangle it would need to be reinforced as the pressure from inside and the hard vacuum outside would constantly be trying to pop it open at the corners, also the big windows, whilst a good idea on earth would need to be made of very thick UV resistant glass or even plexiglass to contend with radiation, in fact they would probably need shutters of some kind like on the observatory module on the ISS. Again it's a matter of taste, your model is otherwise fine.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

No worries! I'm thinking that's nothing some good hurricane ties can't fix, lol. What's funny is that as I was reading your comment, I was picturing a disaster movie on the moon where the builders of the museum didn't listen to the engineers about the safety requirements and the tourists got trapped up there because something broke on the structure... Hmmm. Thank you for your thoughts and feedback, I truly appreciate it!

[@TBone-bz9mp]

@@CosmicQuestHobbies There's a book written by Andy Weir called Artemis, Weir also wrote 'The Martian', which also has an Apollo 11 visitors centre. I highly recommend it if you haven't heard of it, Weir is fantastic at ideas of how space travel will logically turn out based on current technology, think The Expanse, but more optimistic.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

@@TBone-bz9mp Sounds good! I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the tip!

[@MM-bl1gw]

映画「カプリコン1」ではないようだ。

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Not quite the same I suppose🙂🚀

[@MM-bl1gw]

「カプリコン1」は、月着陸は実は擬装で、地球上で月面を再現して国民を騙したが、無人操縦のアポロが帰路事故で爆発したため、地上の宇宙飛行士をNASAが殺害しようとする物語。

[@the_lost_navigator]

The Landing IS fake! I looked but couldn't find one footprint in the sand... maybe next 'visit', eh? ;) "One small step for Model; one giant leap for Modelkind". Kudos

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

That's what I'm thinking! I already got a great tip to get the footsteps onto the next one. Thank you so much for watching 🙂

[@nebudsukhoi]

Looks like a Starbucks on the moon

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

Yup. I definitely should've added one of those too, lol. Thanks for watching!

[@garnet4846]

As real as anything from nasa themselves.

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

I aim to please! Thank for watching🙂🚀

[@kevin_uk]

Sorry but that engine being out of scale, makes the whole diorama unrealistic. 🤣

[@CosmicQuestHobbies]

I see what you're saying... I probably should've added some aliens or something to it to make it more realistic😂. Thank you so much for watching!! 🙂🚀