Great rockets, missiles, and space collector's items site.

Get your inert Mighty Mouse rocket he
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...ilesspace.html
So, what would you pay for a Topping model of a LM?
And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping
Atlas all about?:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...tlasmerbox.jpg
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...tlasmerpod.jpg
Are _monkeys_ involved?

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:

And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping
Atlas all about?:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...tlasmerbox.jpg
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...tlasmerpod.jpg
Are _monkeys_ involved?

And what's going on here, from the "submarines" page?:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...hobbies554.jpg
Commie flying discs are attacking the U.S.S. Nautilus for daring to
shoot off a late model Nike Zeus ABM from its rear deck?
More space models he
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...ombecker2.html
This is very slick indeed:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...ynb47metal.jpg
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...lynb47base.jpg
You just know Curtis LeMay had one of those on his desk.
They also made it with a ashtray as the base, and that would have a big
cigar smoldering in it. ;-)

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:

Get your inert Mighty Mouse rocket he
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...ilesspace.html
So, what would you pay for a Topping model of a LM?
And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping
Atlas all about?:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...tlasmerbox.jpg
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...tlasmerpod.jpg
Are _monkeys_ involved?

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:

And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping
Atlas all about?:

Essentially "Getaway Specials." Small sub-payloads that coudl be carried
and dropped off at preselected points in the trajectory.

Scott Lowther wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote:

And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping
Atlas all about?:

Essentially "Getaway Specials." Small sub-payloads that coudl be
carried and dropped off at preselected points in the trajectory.


They remind me of the instrument/photography pods carried at the base of
the Thor during the high altitude nuclear tests.
It's hard yo judge their size without seeing them attached to the Atlas
model.
Do they go near the front or back of the rocket when attached?

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote:



Scott Lowther wrote:

Pat Flannery wrote:

And what exactly are the "Passenger Pods" that come with the Topping
Atlas all about?:


Essentially "Getaway Specials." Small sub-payloads that coudl be
carried and dropped off at preselected points in the trajectory.



They remind me of the instrument/photography pods carried at the base of
the Thor during the high altitude nuclear tests.
It's hard yo judge their size without seeing them attached to the Atlas
model.
Do they go near the front or back of the rocket when attached?

Near the back, I believe.

http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb...er =AD0635883

http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb...er =AD0413129

Scott Lowther wrote:

Near the back, I believe.

http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb...er =AD0635883


http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb...er =AD0413129


The description of the Topping Atlas model says there are small square
green markings on the model to show where the pods go; but I can't spot
them, unless they mean the very small what's-it on the side instrument
fairing next to the LOX pipe:
http://www.commercemarketplace.com/h...aninspace3.jpg
That would be the right place to put one to observe the exhaust plume.
They attach magnetically to the model.


Pat