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Teacher in space
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posted 03-07-2015 05:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Teacher in space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Do you know a source for very realistic but light and small scale astronauts (wearing EMU), space shuttle and satellite (maybe a Hubble telescope)?

I would like to make moving mobile to hang in classroom, where astronauts are releasing satellite into space.

Imagine this with hyper-realistic items...

GACspaceguy
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posted 03-07-2015 06:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for GACspaceguy   Click Here to Email GACspaceguy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
How about Dragon's Can-Do astronauts and Hallmark's space shuttle ornament?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-07-2015 08:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The old Space Voyagers 3-inch (7.6 cm) astronaut in EMU plastic figure might work, though the arms are not poseable. They also made a 3-inch space shuttle.

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posted 03-07-2015 03:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Teacher in space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for ideas and suggestions, but I would prefer higher realism and same scale. That might be impossible, when models have to be light...

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-07-2015 03:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You could use a paper model space shuttle and then create custom astronauts to the same scale (also out of paper). That might address both the weight and scaling concerns.

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