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Topic: Gamla 1:100 International Space Station models
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-25-2015 06:24 AM
   
Since 2008, Gamla Model Makers has been commissioned by NASA to provide 1:100 scale models of the International Space Station (ISS) for the agency's headquarters and centers. In addition to separate components, we made a number of components articulating. End truss segments, each one of the main solar arrays and HRS radiators rotate. The Mobile Servicing Base slides along the central truss segments. All major robotic arms are articulating in multiple points as well. Early version of the model included the space shuttle, ATV and Orion. The 2014 edition now has HTV, Dragon and Cygnus visiting vehicles.  
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cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-25-2015 06:35 PM
If such model was made available to the public, what would be its estimated retail price (I don't really want to know — it's just for the fun!)? |
Bill Hunt
Member Posts: 399
From: Irvine, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-25-2015 07:25 PM
Boy, that's a gorgeous model. No doubt about it. Beautiful work. |
OV3Discovery
Member Posts: 100
From:
Registered: Mar 2015
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posted 03-26-2015 07:03 AM
I would really buy one, if the solar panels for the models were made a bit realistic, but other than that is a nice model.
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SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-26-2015 09:54 AM
Don't see any pricing. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-26-2015 10:06 AM
As mentioned in my original post, these models were custom-produced under commission to NASA; they are not a retail product.For the 2014 version, NASA solicited a model with its own travel case that included the following: Models should be built to reflect current ISS configuration and also include, but not limited to, the following components that are attachable: Mini Research Module-2 (MRM2), Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM), Mini Research Module-1 (MRM1), Permanent Multipurpose Module (PMM), Soyuz (2 per model), Progress (2 per model), H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), Crew and Equipment Translation Aid (CETA), Dragon and Cygnus (1 each per model), WETA2 move from CP8 to CP11 (Node 2 Zenith), CP7 move to CP8, Node 1 Nadir to have magnet, and PMM to have magnet. |
Bill Hunt
Member Posts: 399
From: Irvine, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-26-2015 05:16 PM
CERN bought one though. In theory, couldn't a private citizen get a quote, pay the asking price, and buy one? |
Retro Rocket
Member Posts: 445
From: Santa Paula, Ca,. USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 03-26-2015 06:28 PM
It might be a licensing issue. When I built models for NASA dba Retro Rocket I didn't pay a license fee to Lockheed to sell NASA X-33 models, but if I wanted to sell them to anyone outside the government, that would require a licensing agreement, fees, liability insurance. I had several of these from Lockheed, Boeing and Virgin Galactic. Lockeed Martin used a company called Equity Management, Boeing was inhouse and VG is called Vulcan... | |
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