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Topic: Project Gemini blue background replica patch
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Member Posts: 2386
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted June 11, 2012 04:40 PM
   
My next and last replica patch project before the summer will be a replica of the blue Gemini project patch. This has been in production for a while and should be ready in the next few weeks.  Don't confuse this with a similar effort — a patch based on the NASA Gemini project insignia artwork — which by coincidence seems to have appeared recently on eBay. Mine is a straight replica of the rare blue background Gemini project patch. |
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Member Posts: 1122
From: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted June 24, 2012 02:10 PM
Congrats, this is a really nice looking patch!But what's the best way to differentiate this replica from the real deal? |
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Member Posts: 2386
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted June 24, 2012 04:03 PM
The replica has a plastic backing so it should never be possible for someone who has the patch in front of them to mistake it for a vintage original.If you only have an image of the front, well I do try to get the details as close as possible but text is always a struggle. The replica doesn't have the white stitches that link the letters of the original and the lettering on the replica is slightly different. The Gemini symbol on the replica is also a bit too neat compared with the original. |
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Member Posts: 1122
From: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted June 25, 2012 12:58 AM
Thanks, Chris...good to know, especially when a replica patch resembles the original as well as this one does; fantastic job. |
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Member Posts: 2386
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted June 25, 2012 06:14 AM
The blue background Gemini project replica mentioned above is now available as a pre-order now. See this thread for details. |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 236
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted July 27, 2012 07:11 PM
Chris, Great work on the patch and it made a nice finishing touch to my Gemini patch collection. 
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Apollo 8
Member Posts: 79
From: Vienna, AUSTRIA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted July 31, 2012 03:09 AM
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Originally posted by garyd2831:
Chris, Great work on the patch and it made a nice finishing touch to my Gemini patch collection.
What a nice presentation of the Gemini replica patches! I arranged mine around Tim Gagnon's Gemini Commemorative Patch. But where did you get the white bordered NASA meatball patch? Is it an old original patch or a modern replica? |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1284
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted July 31, 2012 06:03 AM
That's a beautiful Gemini presentation! Terrific. |
Dave Clow
Member Posts: 187
From: South Pasadena, CA 91030
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted August 03, 2012 01:46 PM
Wowza. I'm experiencing what collectors like us would call Patch Envy. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 871
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted August 04, 2012 08:29 AM
Cool patch and beautiful Gemini display. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1189
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted August 04, 2012 12:00 PM
Great Gemini presentation.What I like is that the Gemini 3 and 4 patches, although never worn by the crew in flight are the ones that the crew prefer. And the others are represented by patches as they were worn by the crew in flight. (i.e. Gemini 7 without names). Would buy a copy of that in a minute! |
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