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Topic: Gemini crew patch replicas: who made 'em?
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spaced out
Member Posts: 2262
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted September 13, 2008 10:22 AM
   
There's a few Gemini crew patches on eBay right now that I believe to be replicas but several of them are picking up bids that imply people think they're the real thing. Does anyone know who made these? I'm thinking either Randy Hunt or Cargo Bay Emblems.If anyone has examples of these patches I'd love to add them to the Crew Patches site to help avoid people overpaying for replicas. A 100dpi front/back scan would be perfect.  |
OV-105
Member Posts: 530
From: Ridgecrest, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted September 13, 2008 11:22 AM
They were done by Eagle One Aerospace around 1988-1989 if I remember right. |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 664
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted September 13, 2008 05:17 PM
You are right eagle one patches, very good remakes, I have the complete set, and also the funny Gemini 7 and 12. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 530
From: Ridgecrest, CA USA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted September 13, 2008 10:12 PM
Around the same time they did the Gemini they also did the Mercury art in black 4 inch patches that are really nice I think. They used to have some good stuff come out of Eagle One. |
mooncollector
Member Posts: 44
From: Alabama, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted December 08, 2011 06:00 PM
I have always thought Cooper's bulging-star "Faith 7" design would look fantastic as a 4-inch patch in plain B&W. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 359
From: Bethesda, MD
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted December 08, 2011 07:15 PM
Cargo Bay Emblems was a website operated by Mary Wagner, Randy's widow, where she sold the rest of his inventory. Randy was Eagle One Aerospace. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 812
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted January 28, 2012 08:58 AM
They (I think it was CBE) also produced a very nice four-inch Mercury set that included an MR-5 "Banana 7" patch and an MA-10 "Delta 7" patch for Slayton. The images are colorful and the patches are high quality. They are great eye candy. When I get out my Mercury patch binder I always enjoy looking at them. I acquired them in the mid-90s. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 359
From: Bethesda, MD
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted January 28, 2012 11:37 PM
Those were made by Randy Hunt, aka 4gator. With all due respect to Gilbert, Randy Wagner would never have gone for the "Banana" patch... |
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