In article , Pat Flannery
wrote:

Invid Fan wrote:

I picked one up when the first station segments were sent up. It's a
bitch to put together, with unlabled parts and somewhat unclear
directions. Or my model skills had just failed me



I'd been building models for around 35 years before I built mine, and it
kept me very busy, let me tell you.

I found I had glued something in the wrong place, with no way to
recover. The partly completed mess is still in a box in the closet

On the upside, it looks downright spectacular when finished.

Oh, yes. Anyone want to sell a finished one cheaply?

This particular upgrade from Realspace Models would add a very nice
touch, but might be fragile:
http://www.realspacemodels.com/html/iss_photoetch.html
Wasn't that some of the oddest plastic you ever ran into? It's very high
quality and tough, but it's not normal model kit plastic.
I think it's what they make model trains out of.

Well, when the model company has "Railway" as part of it's name on the
box...

The whole kit gives the
feeling of something designed for NASA publicity purposes.

It definitly was something not meant for the general public. Almost
like they had the molds, and decided to see if they could make some
extra cash by tossing the pieces in a box and overcharging for them.

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS