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Old March 7th 12, 11:10 AM posted to sci.space.history
B0b Mosley
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Default Mercury Redstone in 1/48 scale? Every model kit ever now on shelves

On Mar 7, 4:39*am, "GordonD" wrote:

Completely styrene. They use a process called slide moulding which lets them
produce the Command Module shell and the SPS bell in one piece, so no nasty
seams. The only drawback is that there are no window openings so if you open
them up you'd have to scratchbuild the interior. Also the breakdown of parts
for the Service Module is a little odd - this appears to be because they're
planning a cutaway version down the line sometime.


....Yeah, it's my understanding that while they're not planning a CM
interior kit, the SIM bay add-ons are coming. No doubt New Wave will
show up with a CM interior shortly, which will no doubt include a
replacement shell - or at least a 1/4 transparent side like the
Revellogram CSM kit just so you can see the inside detail.

Here are a couple of reviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nN4AIZBEfY*(1/72 Mercury-Redstone)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZkMxPgrjmc*(1/72 Gemini spacecraft)


....Jay Chladek's reviews are always fun to watch, as he covers pretty
much all you need to know about the kit in question, as well as
hitting the biting questions as to "why the hell did they *do* -
that-???"

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