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Started by jimbot58 at 08-13-2009 2:13 AM. Topic has 7 replies.
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   08-13-2009, 2:13 AM
jimbot58


Joined on 06-08-2009
Posts 182
Help remembering an old Apollo kit.
When I was a youngster about 10 or 12, I had this amazing kit of the Apollo spacecraft. It consisted of everything from the Saturn Booster on up. From the top, there was the escape booster that could be detached from the command Module, the command module itself that featured a cockpit and a hinged hatch that could be opened (don't remember if a crew was included or not), and a removable section at the top that allowed you to view the packed parachutes. This all atached to the service module that had a large panel on the side that opened and all the O2 tanks, fuel tanks, fuel cells and so on could be seen. The main engine noozle was removable and so was a sheild that when removed, the piping and other details of the engine were visable. Then was the section that housed the Lunar module (I think refered to as the LM adapter?) and it attached to a square base-I think it had clouds On its surface. It has the four panels that opened like a flower, but when closed the service module could be placed on top. The LM itself had legs that could be closed to fit in the LM adapter or opened to sit on an included 'moon base' that had craters and all, and the cabin and base of the LM would separate as well. The CM and the LM could be docked with a locking mech. that locked with a twist. As I said, all pieces were able to separate. If I had to guess, I would say it was maybe 1/24th scale. Who made this kit? I very much regret getting rid of it.

On my workbench now:
1/72nd: Italeri A-6e Intruder, Revell F-22 Raptor, Italeri SU-27 Flanker, Academy/Minicraft SR-71A Blackbird, Acadamy P-51 Mustang.
1/144: Trumpeter F-22 Raptor

Completed on display:
1/72 Hasagawa F-15C Eagle
1/72 Hasagawa FB-111A
1/72 Academy F-117
1/72 Hasagawa F-16C
1/72 Hasagawa P-47
1/72 DML YF-23
1/72 Hasagawa A-10A Warthog

1/144 Scale: F-15E, SR-71, A-10, YF-23, F-117.

Kits unbuilt or partially built: Way too amny to list here!
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   08-13-2009, 7:04 AM
dcaponeII

Joined on 01-08-2004
Waxahachie, TX
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Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.
It sounds like you're describing the 1/48 scale "Apollo Spacecraft" that was released by Monogram and then re-released a couple of times since then.  Revell-Germany has apparently re-released the kit again this year but in Europe and not in the States.  You can find them at IPMS shows from time to time and you can also pay through the nose on E-Bay.  The kit is a Block I CSM and an early version of the LM if memory serves.  RealSpace has a 1/48 Resin Block II CSM that would be a good match to the Revell Re-release of the more accurate LM model out under the label "Buzz Aldrin - Rocket Hero" or some self-serving BS like that.  I wonder if he's figured out that Niel has taken the right approach all these years.  I guess Mom never explained about not blowing your own horn.
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   08-14-2009, 9:58 PM
tankboy51

Joined on 09-28-2004
Denver
Posts 190
Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.

Revell, I believe, once upon a time did a real big, probably 2 foot high Saturn V stack.  It was not 1/24 scale though, that would be HUGE!.  There is a couple of 1/144 scale Saturn V kits, one from Airfix, and the other from Revell, new reissue.  The big one is 1/96 scale and is on an aution site asking $160.  I should have bought one when they were $90. Oh well.

The 1/144 is part of a reissue along with a 1/32 scale CM, and a kit of the Lunar Module in 1/48 with a base. 

Good Luck.

Doug

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   08-15-2009, 5:00 AM
dcaponeII

Joined on 01-08-2004
Waxahachie, TX
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Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.

I bought the 1/96 scale model at Hobby Lobby with their 40% off coupon.  Came out to around $50 that way.  Built up to a nice kit and stands about 36" tall.  It is NOT for the faint of heart however, plus at 1/96 there's not much to see of the spacecraft itself.  At 1/144 things go downhill from there.  If you want the spacecraft model neither is the way to go.  1/144 scale is for the booster NOT the spacecraft.

I'm building the old Revell 1/48 Mercury and Gemini Spacecraft set right now and Glenn's RealSpace resin CSM is looking very tempting since even if I want the old Monogram 1/48 Spacecraft it's still Block I and not the correct Block II that flew on the manned missions (Yes even Apollo 7 was a Block II.)

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   08-15-2009, 12:19 PM
jimbot58


Joined on 06-08-2009
Posts 182
Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.

You are no doubt right about the scale. That was a long time ago and things seemed much bigger to me then. Perhaps they will re-release that kit sometime, until then I will wait. It's just interesting to remember those kits that I stupidly disposed of when I "grew up". Funny how the only kit I retained was a Revell 1/72 scale F-4 Phantom. (I know it is a Revell-it says so right inside the landing gear bay!)

Thanks for the info guys! 


On my workbench now:
1/72nd: Italeri A-6e Intruder, Revell F-22 Raptor, Italeri SU-27 Flanker, Academy/Minicraft SR-71A Blackbird, Acadamy P-51 Mustang.
1/144: Trumpeter F-22 Raptor

Completed on display:
1/72 Hasagawa F-15C Eagle
1/72 Hasagawa FB-111A
1/72 Academy F-117
1/72 Hasagawa F-16C
1/72 Hasagawa P-47
1/72 DML YF-23
1/72 Hasagawa A-10A Warthog

1/144 Scale: F-15E, SR-71, A-10, YF-23, F-117.

Kits unbuilt or partially built: Way too amny to list here!
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   08-16-2009, 7:45 PM
kenjitak


Joined on 10-04-2006
Lakewood, CO
Posts 284
Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.

I just got a Tamiya 1/70th Apollo reissue that is like a shrunken Revell 1/48 stack. I think the 1/48 Revell kit is what Tom Hanks used to show his kid in "Apollo 13" how the mission would go. The Tamiya kit has just been re-issued and it looks like a pretty reasonable kit, although it's a block 1. Interestingly, the original Tamiya release had an electric motor and a fan to blow it around in a circle on a tether.

 


Ken
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   08-17-2009, 9:16 PM
dcaponeII

Joined on 01-08-2004
Waxahachie, TX
Posts 1,199
Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.
Revell did not produce a 1/48 scale Saturn V.  Such a model comes out over 7 feet tall.  Several folks have built their own 1/48 scale Saturn V's but the Revell Saturn V is 1/96 scale.  They (Monogram) did produce a 1/48 scale Apollo Spacecraft model which starts at the SLA and ends at the LES.  This is a Block I vehicle such as the one which claimed the lives of Grissom, Chaffee, and White.  RealSpace Models produces a 1/48 scale Block II CSM that is supposed to be a gem but it's about $75.
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   08-19-2009, 2:38 AM
jimbot58


Joined on 06-08-2009
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Re: Help remembering an old Apollo kit.

Check what I found: 

 

 

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=11843&page=4&cat=Spacecraft%20Missiles

1969 sounds about right for the original issue of the kit. I was about 11 then. I don't plan on shelling out $255 anytime soon. 


On my workbench now:
1/72nd: Italeri A-6e Intruder, Revell F-22 Raptor, Italeri SU-27 Flanker, Academy/Minicraft SR-71A Blackbird, Acadamy P-51 Mustang.
1/144: Trumpeter F-22 Raptor

Completed on display:
1/72 Hasagawa F-15C Eagle
1/72 Hasagawa FB-111A
1/72 Academy F-117
1/72 Hasagawa F-16C
1/72 Hasagawa P-47
1/72 DML YF-23
1/72 Hasagawa A-10A Warthog

1/144 Scale: F-15E, SR-71, A-10, YF-23, F-117.

Kits unbuilt or partially built: Way too amny to list here!
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