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Mercury Redstone in 1/48 scale? Every model kit ever now on shelves
"B0b Mosley" wrote in message
... On Feb 27, 6:36 pm, "GordonD" wrote: "B0b Mosley" wrote in message The CSM/LM is definitely a kit - I have one. The other stuff is pre-assembled but the rumour is that it will be released in kit form later. How accurate that part is... ....Hmm. I may have to look at Dragon's stuff a bit closer now. I'd always heard their products were pre-assembled and pre-detailed, with the latter making it more of a hassle to add additional detail and make other corrections without having to strip the "kit" down first. If I have to do all that much work, I'd rather start out from scratch. But since you've mentioned it, how do the quality of the parts compare to most of the other kits of the CSM/LM stacks we've seen over the years? Granted, they've got to beat the Revell toolings all to hell by the simple fact that the CSM stack is all Block II, but what about crispness of the moldings as well as accuracy? And was this styrene, resin, or a mixed-media kit? OM 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. 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) -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God." |
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Mercury Redstone in 1/48 scale? Every model kit ever now on shelves
"GordonD" wrote in message
... "B0b Mosley" wrote in message ... On Feb 27, 6:36 pm, "GordonD" wrote: "B0b Mosley" wrote in message The CSM/LM is definitely a kit - I have one. The other stuff is pre-assembled but the rumour is that it will be released in kit form later. How accurate that part is... ...Hmm. I may have to look at Dragon's stuff a bit closer now. I'd always heard their products were pre-assembled and pre-detailed, with the latter making it more of a hassle to add additional detail and make other corrections without having to strip the "kit" down first. If I have to do all that much work, I'd rather start out from scratch. But since you've mentioned it, how do the quality of the parts compare to most of the other kits of the CSM/LM stacks we've seen over the years? Granted, they've got to beat the Revell toolings all to hell by the simple fact that the CSM stack is all Block II, but what about crispness of the moldings as well as accuracy? And was this styrene, resin, or a mixed-media kit? OM 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. 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) Correction to the above - the Apollo kit includes four photo-etch parts representing the dishes on the main antenna. But other than that it's injection-moulded styrene all the way. -- Gordon Davie Edinburgh, Scotland "Slipped the surly bonds of Earth...to touch the face of God." |
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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-???" OM |
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