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Topic: Mystery Apollo lunar module model
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David Carey
Member Posts: 782
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Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-30-2019 05:58 PM
   
Looking for any assistance on identifying year, maker, etc. for this metal (silver/silver-plated?) Apollo lunar module model with a Bakelite base. About 6-3/4" tall from bottom to top of dish.Hasn't been cleaned up from as-discovered condition and needs a little TLC but I've never seen and couldn't find anything like it. Hoping you model experts can help fill in the details. From a career NASA Public Affairs Officer (M/G/A+Shuttle) estate. Thank you.  
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Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-31-2019 04:08 AM
No clue whatsoever as to who made it. Looks like a "Gift Shop" decortors piece to me. Interesting none the less. |
crash
Member Posts: 318
From: West Sussex, England
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 10-31-2019 06:09 AM
Looking at in close-up, the engravings and the rough build make me think it comes from India or elsewhere in Asia.I'm intrigued as to what the bent rod does and the fact the ascent section seems to detach or has shifted somehow. What's inside? |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-31-2019 08:27 AM
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Originally posted by crash:
I'm intrigued as to what the bent rod does...
The bent rod (sticking out of the surface) could be the frame for the solar wind experiment. |
crash
Member Posts: 318
From: West Sussex, England
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 10-31-2019 09:38 AM
Peter, that might be giving it a better detail rating than it should get. It looks like the rod moves in that hole and you can also see another hole at the side. |
hidaleeho
Member Posts: 57
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 10-31-2019 10:12 AM
I think the wire sticking up is a nail. Looks like there are several that attach the surface to the base. |
bwhite1976
Member Posts: 281
From: Belleville, IL
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 10-31-2019 11:16 AM
Based on that second picture I might offer that the base may be that of a mantel clock or one of those clocks with a glass bubble on top. There are several screw holes on the top of the base that that have been filled but appear to be visible. Also, is there access to the inside of the base? It reminds me of a piece of folk art. |
Ross Sackett
Member Posts: 18
From: Santa Fe, NM
Registered: Aug 2015
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posted 10-31-2019 01:30 PM
Google image search says it is a vintage manual Singer sewing machine.  |
Solarplexus
Member Posts: 107
From: Norway
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 10-31-2019 04:51 PM
Must have been made by a bored Emmet Brown in 1885. |
David Carey
Member Posts: 782
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Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-31-2019 05:23 PM
Thanks all for opinions. I tend to agree all roads point to a tourist item from Asia. Somehow India feels more right than points east. Jibes with the PAO's NASA travels throughout Asia including India and Bangladesh on the Apollo 11 Giant Leap tour. An interesting mix of careful handiwork and elements that are, well, less so.
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Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 10-31-2019 06:02 PM
Interested as to which PAO? |
David Carey
Member Posts: 782
From:
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 10-31-2019 07:00 PM
William Der Bing.Involved in much more over the years (with NASA from 1961 to 1986) but the Apollo 11 tour would have certainly put him in both the Near and Far East when such a souvenir might have been quite popular. |
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