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Topic: Franklin Mint's Apollo Lunar Module model
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denali414
Member Posts: 747
From: Raleigh, NC
Registered: Aug 2017
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posted 05-10-2018 06:06 PM
   
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Originally posted by 328KF:
If you absolutely have to do it, set the model down on a flat surface and twist the bell with two fingers. You'll feel it unlock. Then lift the ascent stage off.
Thank you! Both for the advice and warning. I think I will just leave it together. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1237
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 05-10-2018 07:06 PM
You know, given how people seem to value these models by how many have become damaged through the years, you'd think Franklin Mint might see that there is demand for a new round of them to commemorate the upcoming 50th anniversaries. I'd be in. |
Besixdouze
Member Posts: 236
From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 01-09-2019 06:55 AM
I’m not normally a model collector but thought I'd take a gamble and picked up one of these on eBay UK for the princely sum of $55 so that brings the figure down by one. Sadly, it came minus any paperwork or box and has the usual broken/mislaid antennas and a missing section in one of the landing struts but apart from that, looked in pretty good condition. I'd like to know if any of these missing pieces are commercially available or would I be better off scratch building them to match what would have been there originally? Alternatively, are the Monogram 1:48 LEM kit parts a reasonable substitute or would I be better off accepting the piece for what it is and leaving things as they are? Any advice gratefully received. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2686
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-09-2019 01:07 PM
Send some photos of what you have and I will take a look in my "parts" box. If I have them I will send them to you. |
Besixdouze
Member Posts: 236
From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 01-09-2019 02:22 PM
Email sent. Thanks for the assist. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1529
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 03-24-2021 09:14 AM
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Originally posted by Mike Dixon:
In the process of moving house and the U.S. flag on my Franklin Mint lunar module just fell off (with a corner no longer there) from the descent stage.
Courtesy of a crumbling flag on my model, I purchased two decal 1/48th sheets from the States containing that transfer and many many others. Overload, should anyone need one that I'll never need, shout and happy to help. |
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