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Old November 7th 08, 02:50 PM posted to rec.models.scale,sci.space.history
Joseph Nebus
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Default RFI: Parasail kit for the Revell Gemini?

OM writes:

...Has anyone ever seen a decent resin or other media conversion kit
for the Revell Gemini that allows it to be converted into the aborted
parasail landing mode? IIRC, the very early releases of the kit -
first thru third pressings - included the landing skis, but not the
parasail. One of my OMBloggers asked about this in e-mail, and it hit
me that I've never seen that sort of conversion kit available. One
could probably build one easily out of brass tubing and silk in a
scratchbuild, but I'm still surprised I havn't seen a kit before now.


It's been a while since I last built the kit, or any kit, but
doesn't the Revell Mercury-Gemini kit reissued in the 90s include the
parts to build the landing skids for parasail Gemini? I'm fairly sure
I used to show that off to people visiting my office. It didn't have
the parasail, of course, but that seemed like it should be constructible
given a pattern and a few pieces of the right material. (Vinyl sheets,
maybe?)

I haven't yet built, or even opened, my 1/24 Gemini kits, so
I don't know what they come with.

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