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Topic: Model Power 1:300 Space Shuttle die-cast models
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Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 08-03-2007 04:24 AM
   
I visited JAXA in Tokyo, Japan last week where I bought Model Power's diecast space shuttle model 'Endeavour', scale 1:300. The model is quite accurate and of good quality (especially when you know that it only costs 12 Euro). |
1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 436
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 08-03-2007 04:53 AM
Endeavour, 1981? Oh well... |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 08-03-2007 05:17 AM
I see the mistake they made. The box says Endeavour has been in service since 1992 so they are only half wrong. Still the model is pretty good... |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-04-2007 11:27 AM
I think the base is meant to convey that the Shuttle, not Endeavour in particular, has been in service since 1981.Just a slight nitpick: the stairstep pattern around the crew hatch was found only on Challenger. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-06-2007 01:29 PM
I also notice that the model appears to have Challenger's TPS pattern, too, with the stepped LRSI pattern up the sides of the Orbiter and over the forward fuselage (also similar to Columbia's original TPS pattern, but with some small differences). It's an error I've seen in a lot of models of the Shuttle, both die-cast and built from kits; Dragon did it with some of its Orbiter die-casts, too.Interestingly enough, the excellent 1:200 Hasegawa model kit of the Space Shuttle also appears to have an outline of Challenger's TPS pattern, complete with the unique tile pattern around the forward hatch, engraved into the plastic. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-07-2011 09:30 AM
Just seen this model from Model Power: Editor's note: Threads merged. |
c11esh
Member Posts: 34
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 01-07-2011 09:39 AM
This looks like the one I got from Flying Mule a while ago. Its a very good model and a good price. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 01-07-2011 09:48 AM
I have one of these perched atop my monitor at work  Detail isn't perfect, and it has the "old" NASA/USA markings, but it's a very good model for the price. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 01-07-2011 01:09 PM
This model has been available for a few years. It's a great model for the price. I don't understand why Model Power never released additional orbiters since production costs would have been very low. |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 01-07-2011 04:57 PM
I bought this model a couple of years ago in Japan (at the JAXA shop at Maronouchi). It was cheap and not bad. Details are a little less precise. But still nice. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 01-09-2011 02:49 AM
I've got one as well sitting on one of my shelves. It is one of the nicer shuttle diecasts I've seen and looks decent. But it sure as heck isn't accurate for Endeavour as the TPS pattern looks closer to that of early Columbia or Challenger and of course it doesn't have a drag chute housing on the tail. Funny enough, the paintjob on it looks VERY much like what was printed on the back cover of a book that Revell USA offered with their 1/144 Space Shuttle orbiter kit back in 2005-06. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 09-15-2012 03:56 PM
The Flying Mule has a Model Power 1:300 Space Shuttle Atlantis in its catalog with a planned release of December. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 11-28-2012 04:08 AM
Doing a search for "space shuttle" on Model Power's web site, all orbiters show up. Endeavour has been produced and Atlantis is on the Flying Mule website. I don't know to what extent all orbiters will actually hit the stores. The website doesn't provide much info. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 02-09-2013 09:23 PM
Does anyone know when these other orbiters will be coming out? Sometime this month, per Flying Mule's site right now.I, too, was very impressed with how affordable this model was v/s how much detail it has. |
jjknap
Member Posts: 273
From: Bourbonnais, IL USA
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 02-10-2013 12:06 PM
Endeavour is in-stock at Flying Mule. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 02-10-2013 02:28 PM
Has been available for years... I have two of those.More interesting is that the Model Power page for the Shuttle orbiters now shows them all with the same late-80s markings, just with different names. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-11-2013 07:50 AM
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Originally posted by jjknap:
Endeavour is in-stock at Flying Mule.
At least they have a website so that we can pinpoint errors (Endeavour did not fly on April 12, 1981).And it's Atlantis which is on pre-order. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-10-2013 01:46 PM
Atlantis and Enterprise are available from the Flying Mule. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-12-2013 09:17 PM
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Originally posted by cspg:
Atlantis and Enterprise are available from the Flying Mule.
Flying Mule website now has pics of both...they appear identical except for the names. Guess I needn't bother with these.
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p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-22-2014 11:22 PM
Get those orbiter models while you can! Spotted on Model Power's website today: After nearly 50 years serving the hobby industry, our 3rd generation family business will closing effective immediately.In 2007, our banks began an aggressive deleveraging process. They no longer approved of a profitable and paying client such as ours, which had been reliant on inventory. This is why one of the industry's most extensive lines, had begun to see much of its products unavailable on the market. Now it will no longer be seen at all. During these past 7 years, we had made changes to the business in order to accommodate and adjust to the changing nature of the business relationship with our lenders. We had offered multiple solutions to our lenders in order to "fix" our situation, all were rejected, came with different restrictions, or offered to little too late. In all our efforts, no arrangements by our lenders would allow for Model Power to arrive at a position in which we could get back to fill our customer needs. We would like to take the time to thank all of those whom we have worked with the past 50 years. To our customers and competitors within the industry, we thank you. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-23-2014 04:31 AM
Sad to hear that. NASA models are hard to come by, so if manufacturers cease their activities...Has anyone seen other Shuttle models from Model Power than Atlantis, Endeavour and Enterprise? Originally, the five orbiters were to be available. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-23-2014 04:02 PM
Model Power made good quality, highly detailed, beautifully painted little models. I am saddened to read of their demise. The orbiters were especially nice. |
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