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Topic: Largest commercially sold spacecraft models
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Machodoc
Member Posts: 207
From: DE
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 07-26-2008 01:15 PM
   
I have a couple and absolutely love the Atomic City 1/12 Mercury capsule, and was wondering if something of a similar scale or in the case of Apollo, something bigger than 1/32 is available either as a kit or preassembled (I've got the Code 3 versions)? |
BrianB
Member Posts: 118
From: Kamloops BC Canada
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-12-2008 01:34 AM
A couple of links for "stuff in the works": |
mercsim
Member Posts: 219
From: Phoenix, AZ
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-14-2008 11:12 AM
Here is my 1/4 scale Mercury Capsule. It's paper and a LOT of work but it is pretty cool. It's all paper except the shingles, aft bulkhead, and heat shield. These are vacuum formed plastic. It's a work in progress but will take someone a few hundred hours to get to a nice exterior model. The interior is coming a little slower. The site also has the most complete reference of instrument panels you will ever see. The site needs updated but if you're a Mercury buff, check it out. |
sheri
New Member Posts: 1
From: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Registered: Aug 2008
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posted 08-27-2008 08:06 PM
I am working on producing a 1/12 Apollo CSM kit, I have built a few from scratch for exhibits, museums and will hopefully have this in kit form by the holidays, here's a couple pics. |
Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 445
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 08-29-2008 11:19 AM
If you check out my Yahoo group you'll see I've made a few full scale models of the X-43C, 1/8 scale X-33 (10' w/s) and I'm selling a 1/3 Mercury Capsule that comes with an interior. My 1/4 scale X-43A/Pegasus Stack is pretty big, I think it's about 12' long.Big models are actually easier to build than really small models and you can charge a lot more for the big ones. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-12-2016 11:58 AM
So which is the largest commercial Apollo CSM scale model nowadays? Anything decent in diecast for the collectors with two left hands?Certainly, we would expect a diecast version or something special with the upcoming 50th anniversaries of Apollo missions? |
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