nivek@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Kevin Dowling) (05/28/90)
Does anyone know what high-quality scale models of spacecraft (specifically the shuttle) are available or which companies make them? I found that Monogram and Revell make a 1:72 scale model of the orbiter and the Revell seems to be slightly better detailed than the Monogram. They also make 1:148 and 1:200 scale models of the orbiters. At Kennedy Space Center's Spaceport they have a selection of a few models like those mentioned above and an Ertl die-cast model too. nivek aka : Kevin Dowling net : nivek@rover.ri.cmu.edu Robotics Institute tel : (412) 268-8830 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213
andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) (05/29/90)
From article <9442@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, by nivek@rover.ri.cmu.edu (Kevin Dowling): > Does anyone know what high-quality scale models of spacecraft (specifically > the shuttle) are available or which companies make them? > > I found that Monogram and Revell make a 1:72 scale model of > the orbiter and the Revell seems > to be slightly better detailed than the Monogram. They also make > 1:148 and 1:200 scale models of the orbiters. I have the 1:72 scale Revell orbiter. Excellent detail, but I've had to refer to lots of colour pics to get better information about fine details. Further to this, does anyone know if decent models of the Apollo vehicles (LM, CSM, Saturn IB/V etc) are available? I would have thought they might have been re-issued on the 20th anniversary but the model shops in my area had nothing. Any information, address, prices etc would be much appreciated. -- Andy Clews, Computing Service, Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, England JANET: andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk BITNET: andy%syma.sussex.ac.uk@uk.ac
leech@ornat.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech) (05/30/90)
In article <2767@syma.sussex.ac.uk> andy@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Clews) writes: >Further to this, does anyone know if decent models of the Apollo >vehicles (LM, CSM, Saturn IB/V etc) are available? I would have thought >they might have been re-issued on the 20th anniversary but the model shops >in my area had nothing. Any information, address, prices etc would be >much appreciated. I asked the local hobby shop a few months back; they checked into it and found that the Monogram LM/CSM models (at least) had been discontinued. Supposedly they'll inform me if they become available again, in which case I'll post something. I'm considering writing to Grumman for blueprints as I don't want a physical model so much as a bunch of polygons. -- Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/ "We are Buddhists. We believe in God. We also believe in Hewlett-Packard" - Kenichi Horie
lmm@cci632.UUCP (Lance Michel) (05/30/90)
> >Further to this, does anyone know if decent models of the Apollo >vehicles (LM, CSM, Saturn IB/V etc) are available? I would have thought >they might have been re-issued on the 20th anniversary but the model shops >in my area had nothing. Any information, address, prices etc would be >much appreciated. > I have a 1/32 scale 15th anniversary Apollo Command Module. Also, I have found two unopened 10th anniversary LM's complete with "Moon Surface Base". I guess they are something of a collectors item. I payed $35 for them two years ago. The original price on the box was $7. Currently I'm not aware of any Apollo Mission kits above 1/200th being manfactured today. I would be VERY interested in an unbuilt Saturn V kit (which I think was 1/200th scale) in case anyone has one collecting dust. A foreign company called "Heller" makes 1/200th scale CM and LM kits which you can get at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. But what I really want are 1/32 models of all the probes! I have paper models of Voyager and Galileo but the company doesn't make a Viking which would be a great model. ___________________________________________________________________________ | "Tell you 'bout a dream that I have every night | Lance Michel | | It ain't Kodachrome and it isn't black and white. | | | It's in Dolby stereo but I never hear it right" | lmm@cci632.UUCP | |__________________________________________Alan Parsons__|__________________| (Song stuck in my head at the moment)