Conference 7.286::space

    For reference material, try Kalmbach's "Famous Spaceships of Fact
    and Fancy" ($8.50).  It is a mid-1970s book with excellent data
    on the Saturn V, Apollo, and the space shuttle, as well as such
    famous fiction craft as the Star Wars X-Wing and Star Trek's
    Enterprise.
    
    The following is a list of kits I recall.  Kits marked with (*)
    are, to my knowledge, no longer in production:
    
    Space shuttle (orbiter).  Monogram's 1/72 scale has the most detail
    you'll get in the orbiter alone.  Revell's 1/144 is a more manageable
    size but less detailed.
    
    Space shuttle (orbiter, ET and SRBs).  I think the only kit available
    is Revell's 1/144.
    
    Space shuttle (orbiter, ET, SRBs AND launch tower!)  Again, only
    Revell's 1/144 kit - looks VERY complex!
    
    Astronaut with manned maneuvering unit (MMU).  Revell 1/6 (?) scale
    model of an astronaut in an EVA pressure suit.
    
    Mercury & Gemini (*) Revell used to have a 1/72 kit of both spacecraft
    in one box.
    
    Gemini (*) Revell used to make a magnificent 1/24 scale kit; I think
    it might have been re-issued recently.
    
    Apollo CSM + LM (*)  Both Revell and Heller made 1/100 kits with
    both spacecraft; the Heller kit might still be around.
    
    Apollo CSM.  Monogram made a huge 1/32 model years ago; it WAS
    re-issued for the Young Astronaut's Program and should still be
    available.
    
    Apollo Lunar Module.  (*) Revell had a lovely 1/48 kit; no longer
    available.
    
    Saturn V.  The only two I remember were Monogram's 1/144, which
    was pretty crude, and Revell's 1/100 which was huge and expensive.
    Some other companies made the Saturn; I don't know if ANY of them
    exist today.
    
    Vostok. (*) Revell did make a 1/24 kit of the Soviet spacecraft;
    I think there is another company currently issuing this.
    
    ===================================================================
    
    In addition to these, there have been numerous kits which are long
    gone: Hawk's Jupiter-C, Revell's Mercury-Atlas, Revell's V-2, etc.
    Most of the kits can be found at better hobby shops and at toy shops
    (Kay Bee, Toys R Us, etc.)
    
    Good luck!
    
    					--Eric--

Nice list Eric.

There's a plastic model conference on the net at: IOALOT::PLASTIC
SCALE MODELLING, though I'd check it against the latest listing
since IOALOT used to host the RC models conference and it was
moved from there.

    I have some info on older models. Let me know if you have something
    specific in mind and I'll check.
    
    Revell (Europe) make a nice Ariane 4 model, not sure if it ever made it
    to the US.
    
    A Mass company is planning to reissue the Hawk Jupiter C real soon and
    several other old space related kits.
    
    gary

I saw the most spectacular model of a space shuttle/ET/SRBs sitting on a MLP
that I've ever seen this passed weekend at the Eastern States Exhibition (a.k.a.
the "Big E") in West Springfield, Mass.  It was made out of Lego (R) blocks, and
stood about 6 feet tall!  The detail was incredible.  Has anyone seen this?
According to the gentleman at the display it took one person 6 weeks (5
days/week, 8 hours/day) to complete the model.  There was also an 8 foot model
of an astronaut (this one supposedly took 8 weeks to complete).  They were
having a contest to guess the number of blocks used to construct the astronaut.

...Roger...

        I got pictures of these when they were in Chicago (Woodfield Mall
        actually) about 2 years ago. They had models of everything from
        Jules Verne's fictional flight, Goddard's first liquid fuel
        rocket, on up thru history to the Shuttle. they even had an
        Ariane, and maybe a Soviet rocket. There were about 15 display
        cases of models, plus the huge shuttle stack and the astronaut.

Article: 78123
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: [email protected] (George Hastings)
Subject: Re: AW&ST Mir cover
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 93 23:28:35 GMT
 
You might want to try:

	Raumfahrt Space Service
	Rochlitzer Strasse 62
	O-9250 Mittweida
	Germany
 
	They have a small, but good selection of German and Russian
cloth patches, plastic model kits of Energia & Buran 1:288 scale,
Vostok 1:25 scale, Vostok/Soyuz/Luna launcher 1:144 scale, Ariane
1:288 scale. Wooden models of Soyuz Launcher 1:144, Japanese HOPE
shuttle 1:144, German Sanger Shuttle 1:144, and they will also take
special orders for models. 

FAX # 0 37 27 - 9 08 11

or you may wish to contact their U.S. Representative

Mr. Michael Mackowski
7714 Aragorn Corut
Hanover, MD 21076
FAX/Phone 410-519-0017

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Article: 83409
Newsgroups: sci.space,rec.models.rockets,rec.models.scale
From: [email protected] (gregb)
Subject: Scale Rocket Models, Available List
Sender: [email protected] (News Admin)
Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics, Denver
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 18:59:01 GMT
 
    SPACECRAFT MODELS, revision: February 24, 1994
 
    Non-Flying Scale Models:
 
    Apollo 11 CSM & LEM, AMT #S955, 1/200, $20 (OS)
    Apollo 11 CSM, Monogram #5803, 1/32, $20, SL3, 25th Anniversary
    Apollo 11 LEM, Airfix #3013, 1/72, $10
    Apollo 11 LEM, Monogram #5801, 1/48, $12, 25th Anniversary
    Apollo 11 LEM, Monogram #5906, $55 (OS)
    Apollo 11 Tranquility Base, Revell #H1861 (1st Ed.), 1/48, $45 (OS)
    Apollo CSM & LEM, Aoshima SS-02, 1/96, $48 (OS)
    Apollo CSM (Lunar Orbiter), Heller #21, 1/100, $10 (OS)
    Apollo CSM (Lunar Orbiter), Heller #RO8021, 1/96, $6 (OS)
    Apollo Gemini Mercury Capsules, Revell #H1847, 1/48, $285 (OS)
    Apollo LEM, Monogram (diorama), 1/48, $40
    Apollo LEM, Heller #19, 1/100, $10 (OS)
    Apollo LEM, Revell #H1842 (original), 1/48, $58 (OS)
    Apollo Lunar Rover, Lunar Models #RS02, $60
    Apollo Lunar Rover, Marco's Miniatures #2505, 1/48, $24
    Apollo Soyuz "Rendezvous in Space" in bottle, Addar #226, $65 (OS)
    Ariane IV, Heller, $20
    Ariane IV, Heller #3401, 1/125, $49 (OS)
    Ariane IV, Revell #4762, 1/144, $45 (OS)
    Astronaut US, Marco's Miniatures #508, 1/12, $29
    Astronaut USSR, Marco's Miniatures #509, 1/12, $29
    D558-1 Skystreak, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $70
    D558-2 Skyrocket, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $80
    D558-3 Skyflash, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $90
    Explorer 1, Glencoe #GM5901 (from PMC mold), 1/6, $10
    Explorer 18, Hawk #553, 1/20, $79 (OS)
    Galileo, Space Craft International (paper), SL2, $14
    Gemini Astronaut, Revell #H1837, 1/6, $145 (OS)
    Gemini Capsule, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/32, $140
    Gemini capsule/sevice module, Revell #1835 (re-release), 1/24, $14
    Gemini Titan II, Eagles Talon #301, 1/48, $45
    Honest John w/launcher, Adams #K150, 1/40, $200 (OS)
    Honest John with Launcher, Lifelike #9656, 1/40, $70 (OS)
    Hubble Space Telescope, Lunar Models #RS04, 1/72
    Hubble Space Telescope, Space Craft International (paper), SL2, $14
    Jupiter C & Redstone, Revell #RH1832, 1/110, $58 (OS)
    Jupiter C Explorer, Hawk 552, 1/48, $25 (OS)
    Jupiter C, Glencoe #GM5103 (from PMC mold), 1/48, $10
    Magellan, Space Craft International (paper), SL3, $14
    Mercury & Gemini Capsules, Monogram #5909, 1/48, $55 (OS)
    Mercury & Gemini Capsules, Revell #H1834 (original), 1/48, $68 (OS)
    Mercury Astronaut, Ace Hobbies, 6"
    Mercury Atlas, Eagles Talon, 1/48
    Mercury Atlas, Monogram #5910, 1/110, $62 (OS)
    Mercury Atlas, Revell #8647, 1/110, $65 (OS)
    Mercury Atlas, Revell #H1833, 1/110, $150 (OS)
    Mercury Capsule, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/32, $60
    Mercury Redstone, Revell #H1832 (Newsprint issue), 1/105, $159 (OS)
    MMU w/Astronaut, Revell #0607, $35 (OS)
    MMU w/Astronaut, Revell, 1/6, $15
    Saturn 1B (Apollo 7), Airfix #6172, 1/144
    Saturn V, Airfix
    Saturn V, AMT/ERTL
    Saturn V, Monogram #5802, 1/144 (30"), $20, 25th Anniversary
    Skylab, Marco's Miniatures #2503, 1/144, $45
    Soyuz, Ogo, 1/30, $40
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster & MLP), Revell #H194, 1/144, $16, SL2
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Airfix #7050, 1/144, $30
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Airfix #9172, 1/144, $30
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Lindberg #9000, 1/200, $11
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Minicraft #1639, 1/228, $8
    Space Shuttle Astronaut female, Ace Hobbies, 6"
    Space Shuttle Challenger (w/ booster), Revell #4528, 1/288, $9
    Space Shuttle Columbia, Revell #4716, 1/144, $35 (OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter & 747, Minicraft #1640, 1/288, $10
    Space Shuttle Orbiter & 747, Revell #H177 (original), 1/144, $48(OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger w/Space Lab, Revell #4734, 1/72,$22
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger, Monogram #6911 (Snap-Tite), $3(OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger, Revell #4526, 1/144, $9
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia, MPC #4651, 1/144, $25 (OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery, Revell #4543, 1/144, $11
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise w/Space Lab,Revell #H200, 1/144,$20
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Lindberg #9001, 1/200, $7
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Monogram #1110 (Snap-Tite), 1/200, SL1, $8
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Monogram #5905 (Snap-Tite), 1/200, SL1, $6
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Revell, 1/144, SL2, 50p, $9
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Tamiya, 1/100, $35
    Space Shuttle, Hasegawa 1198 (Eggplane Series), $25 (OS)
    Space Shuttle, Hasegawa, 1/200, $12
    Space Station & Shuttle, Revell #4737, 1/144, $50
    Super Guppy Transport (Saturn V S2), Revell #4743, 1/144, $13
    Titan IIIC, Marco's Miniatures #5402, 1/100, $48
    US & USSR Missile Display, Monogram #6019, 1/144, $14
    US Space Missiles, Monogram #6055, 1/128, $48 (OS)
    V-2, Condor, 1/72, $6
    V-2, DML, 1/35, $29
    Viking Lander, Lunar Models #RS03
    Vostok I, Master Modeller #1013, 1/25, $24
    Vostok Soyuz & Sputnik, Airfix #5172, 1/144, $18
    Vostok, MPC
    Vostok, Revell #H1844, 1/24, $150 (OS)
    Vostok, VEB Plasticart, 1/25, $40 (OS)
    Voyager, Lunar Models #RS01, 1/35, $75, plastic/metal
    Voyager, Space Craft International (paper), SL2, $14
    X-1 A/B, Eagles Talon #512, $30
    X-1, Revell #4565, 1/32, $12
    X-1, Tamiya #60601, 1/72, $16
    X-15 with B-52, Monogram #5907, 1/72, $75 (OS)
    X-15, Revell #H164 (1961), 1/65, $35 (OS)
    X-15A-2 with B-52B & Pegasus, DML #2009, 1/200, $16
    X-15A2, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $90
    X-2, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $110
    X-20 Dyna-Soar, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $100
    X-20 Dyna-Soar, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/72, $35
    X-5, Revell #4566, 1/40, $11
 
 
    Flying Scale Models:
 
    Astrobee-D, Aerotech
    Black Brant II (Canadian sounding rocket), Estes, $13
    Black Brant III, Estes, $13 (OS)
    Bomarc, Estes
    Delta Clipper, Quest #3004, 13.5", SL3
    Gemini Titan II, Estes, $18
    Gemini Titan II, Estes, with 2 motors, (OS)
    Honest John, Cox #5050, 1/24, $17
    Honest John, Estes #EST1269, 1/9, $30
    HV-Arcas, Aerotech
    IQSY Tomahawk, Aerotech
    IRIS (sounding rocket), Estes
    Mercury Redstone, Estes, 1/42, with balsa wood capsule
    National Aerospace Plane, Quest
    Patriot, Estes
    Sandhawk, Estes #1251
    Saturn 1B, Cox #5025, 1/24, $34
    Saturn 1B, Estes #2048, 1/100 (1/70?), $42 (OS)
    Saturn V, Cox #5075, 1/24, $54
    Saturn V, Estes #2001, 1/100, $53, SL4
    Space Shuttle Columbia, Estes #1385, $ (OS)
    Space Shuttle Endeavour, North Coast Rocketry, 1/72, $100
    Space Shuttle, Estes #1284, 1/100, $25, SL4
    Terrier-Sandhawk, Estes #2083
    Titan IIIE, Estes #2019, $19, SL3
    X-15, Cox  #5000, 1/24, $21
    X-24 lifting body, Centuri
    X-30 Aerospace Plane, Quest #4500, $16
 
    Nomenclature Key:
        SL = Skill Level (e.g. SL2 = Skill Level 2)
        OS = New Old Stock, no longer produced, collector prices
        Prices are approximate
        All prices are US$dollar
 
 
    Sources (Scale Models):
    Try the following for mail order purchases:
 
      References to plans, kits, building, and other information
      can be found in the Rec.Models.Rockets FAQ in the
      rec.models.rockets newsgroup.
 
      Saturn V and Saturn 1B plans (six 11"x17" blue print sheets)
      can be purchased from National Association of Rocketry
      Technical Service (NARTS) (see Rec.Models.Rockets FAQ).
 
      Collect-Aire Models, 166 Granville Lane, North Andover,
      MA 01845, 508-688-7283.
 
      Countdown Hobbies, 3 P.T. Barnum Square, Bethel, CT 06801-1838,
      203-790-9010 (voice), Send $2.50 for a catalog.
 
          Countdown Hobbies has a great catalog of current
          production scale plastic and flying model rocket kits.
          Huge number of space related kits.
 
      Four Star Collectibles, PO Box 658, Dracut, MA  01826,
      603-635-7639 (voice), Send SASE for a catalog.
 
          Four Star Collectibles has a very large selection of
          collectable and current production plastic model kits.
          Lots of space related kits.
 
      Lunar Models, 106 Century Drive, Cleburne, TX 76031,
      817-556-0296 (voice), 817-556-0298 (fax), Send $7.00 for catalog.
 
          Lunar Models sells mainly science fiction movie character
          models (Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet, etc), but they also 
          have very nice models of Voyager, HST, Viking, & Lunar Rover.
 
      Space Craft International,
      953 East Colorado Boulevard, Number 201, Pasadena, CA  91106  USA
 
          SCI manufactures prepainted laser cut cardboard model
          spacecraft. These are very nice models, just add glue.
 
      The Planetary Society (sells Space Craft International models)
      65 North Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA  91106  USA,
      818-793-1675 (voice), 800-966-7827 (fax continental US/Canada),
      818-793-5528 (fax international)
 
      Ace Hobbies, 35 W31 St; 3rd floor, New York, NY 10001, 212-268-4151
 
      Estes Industries, Penrose, CO  81240
 
      Quest Aerospace Education, Inc. (model rocket company)
      PO Box 42390, Phoenix, AZ  85080-2390, 800-858-7302
 
      Cox Products, 350 West Rincon Street, Corona, CA  91720, 909-278-1282
 
 
      Periodicals and Literature (Scale Models):
 
        "Fine Scale Modeler"
 
        "High Power Rocketry", PO Box 96, Orem, Utah, 84059-0096,
        (Compuserv 71161,2351), US$25.00 per year for US,
        US$38.00 for international.
 
        "Sport Rocketry", (Journal of the NAR), NAR Headquarters,
        PO Box 177, Altoona, WI  54720, USA, US$24.00/year
        continental US, 1-800-262-4872.
 
        "Model Rocketry Handbook", Stuart Lodge, England,
        128 pages, US$16.00.
 
        "Space in Miniature #2: Gemini" Michael J. Mackowski,
        34 pages, US$7.50.
 
            Send US$7.50 + S&H to:
            Michael J. Mackowski, 1621 Waterwood Lane,
            St. Louis, MO 63146.
 
        "Rockets of the World", Peter Alway, 1992,
        384 pages, ISBN 0-9627876-1-2 (US$35 hardcover),
        ISBN 0-9627876-2-0 (US$28 softcover).
 
            Successor to his book "Scale Model Rocketry" (no 
            longer in print). Includes details on more than 200 
            versions of 133 rockets from 14 countries, with
            history, pictures, measurements, and paint schemes.
 
            Hard cover $35.00, soft cover $28.00 (wire bound).
            Add $2.50 for postage and handling,
            $4.00 for foreign orders.
            Michigan residents add 4% sales tax.
 
            Peter Alway ([email protected]),
            P.O. Box 3709, Ann Arbor MI 48106-3709
 
 
NOTES:
 
Thanks to the following contributors:
 
Peter Alway ([email protected])
[email protected]
Jeff Goldader ([email protected])
Bob Kaplow ([email protected])
AJ Madison <[email protected]>
Buzz McDermott [email protected]
Kevin Nolan/COUNTDOWN HOBBIES <[email protected]>
Brian Reynolds <[email protected]>
Rusty Whitman ([email protected])
 
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