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Topic: Dragon Models 1:72 Mercury Spacecraft
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-31-2011 08:34 AM
   
Here is Dragon Models' 1:72 Mercury Spacecraft "Freedom 7":  |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-31-2011 10:03 AM
Interesting! Having just completed Revell's 1/48 scale Mercury kit, the cable details at the bottom of the escape tower are identical, down to the texture of the cables. It even has the one arced leg that ends in midair, just like the Revell kit.It will be interesting to see if this is just a Photoshop job to get something on their website, or if they've really copied the Revell parts. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-31-2011 11:04 AM
Is that a square window I see for Freedom 7? |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-31-2011 12:26 PM
Is this a model kit to assemble or a diecast preassembled display model? |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-31-2011 01:59 PM
It is a diecast preassembled display model. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-31-2011 03:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
Is that a square window I see for Freedom 7?
Good catch - I didn't even notice that. It also only has the inner pane, but not the outer pane that was flush with the surface of the capsule. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-10-2011 02:46 PM
There's another "view" of the model: |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-10-2011 03:19 PM
It looks like the retro pack and straps are copies of Revell's parts. The rectangular window is still there too. But this may not represent the model as it is eventually released.Another nit... the flange at the top of the parachute canister is the bottom ring of the escape tower, so it should not be there on orbit. |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 10-07-2011 07:58 AM
It's hit the coast so everyone should have it shortly. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 10-19-2011 09:05 AM
That model makes you want the Redstone!  |
Bill Hunt
Member Posts: 399
From: Irvine, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 10-19-2011 02:53 PM
Somehow, I never realized how much smaller those Mercury and Gemini capsules were than Apollo until I saw them all lined up on my shelf in 1:72 scale! |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-19-2011 05:59 PM
Dragon has made a major mistake, as shown in these photos. They have depicted Freedom 7 as a "window" type Mercury, but it was actually the only manned "porthole" version. It also lacks the thicker, smooth hatch that Freedom 7 had.Freedom 7 at the US Naval Academy Visitor Center. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-15-2011 07:41 AM
Dragon's 1:72 Mercury Spacecraft, "Liberty Bell 7," announced today: |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 11-15-2011 04:15 PM
At least they got the 'crack' on the capsule right.. |
Ironman One
Member Posts: 73
From: Ormond Beach, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-15-2011 08:12 PM
I think they went a little overboard on the white paint atop the recovery compartment. |
X-Plane Fan
Member Posts: 150
From: CA, USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 11-15-2011 09:07 PM
They didn't quite get the 'crack' right. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-16-2011 09:17 AM
You're referring to the shape or path followed by the crack, correct? The diagonal path from the base on the real spacecraft begins earlier than on the model... |
OLDIE
Member Posts: 268
From: Portsmouth, England
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 11-16-2011 05:08 PM
As people are becoming a little pedantic, let's push it further and see a picture of the real Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, so that we can compare whether position and shape are correct. Maybe the first painted "crack" was wrong! |
Ironman One
Member Posts: 73
From: Ormond Beach, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 11-16-2011 08:57 PM
I beleive on the actual spacecraft they copied it from the back of a Franklin half dollar. |
Klaatu
Member Posts: 60
From: England
Registered: Sep 2007
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posted 11-23-2011 11:04 AM
This is such a small scale...I wish it was bigger. |
Ironman One
Member Posts: 73
From: Ormond Beach, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 12-16-2011 12:56 PM
Dragon Models has on their website a February 2012 release of Mercury Friendship 7, 50th Anniversary issue. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-16-2011 02:03 PM
It's Dragon Models USA web site and not Dragon Models' website. Their communication skills (or lack thereof) is really strange...(the Saturn V 1:72 is still not listed on Dragon Models!). |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-16-2011 03:12 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
It's Dragon Models USA web site and not Dragon Models' website.
Yes it is. It's on this page under the October additions. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 12-16-2011 10:00 PM
Wow. The decals on Friendship 7 look terribly misplaced and out of scale on this version. What a shame. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-16-2011 10:23 PM
Dragon releases preliminary mockup images of their models as they continue to develop them. What you are seeing now as the Friendship 7 model may change before it ships. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-17-2011 01:58 AM
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Originally posted by cycleroadie:
It's on this page under the October additions.
It's the same capsule but with a different reference number: the one you've mentioned in your post (Friendship 7) is DM-50394 whereas the one listed under October release is DM-50403 and contains the Redstone rocket along with the capsule. |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-18-2011 05:14 PM
I was referring to the 1/72nd Saturn V that you said was not on the website. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-19-2011 03:10 AM
There are too many models... and the Saturn V 1:72 must have been added recently because I haven't seen it before today (12/19)! |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-19-2011 08:29 AM
Agreed, too many models, too many scales. But I'd rather have too many than not enough.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-29-2011 09:05 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Ironman One:
Dragon Models has on their website a February 2012 release of Mercury Friendship 7, 50th Anniversary issue.
#50394 Mercury Friendship 7: |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-13-2012 04:51 PM
quote:
Originally posted by X-Plane Fan:
They didn't quite get the 'crack' right.
Dragon's revised Liberty Bell 7 with a corrected 'crack'. |
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