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    January 2012
best kit 1/144 of space shuttle ?
Posted by miketurin on Friday, January 13, 2012 9:18 AM

Dear All

i am building the 1/144 space shuttle kit  of Revell

but the fitting of parts is very poor , leaving big gaps to be filled.

 

Do you know if the AIRFIX kit 1/144 of shuttle is better than the Revell kit ?

 

Thank you

Michele

 

  • Member since
    October 2011
Posted by The Sixth Element on Thursday, February 9, 2012 9:01 AM

Check out www.spaceinminiature.com  book #3.

It has detailed comparisons of all available shuttle kits ,except maybe the newest ones by Dragon models, and combining elements from different kits to get the most accurate model possible.

  • Member since
    November 2011
Posted by roma847 on Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:31 PM

Hi Michele,

I've written a message but I think I've lost it, therefore again my answer to your question:

You are right, the Revell kit is very inaccurate and parts have rather large tolerances. The Airfix shuttle stack is substantially better and also better detailed. Do you know the Airfix kit? if not, then look at you this kit conception from a German friend, those is however unfortunately only in German.

Airfix Space Shuttle & ET & Booster 1/144

http://www.raumfahrer.net/forum/smf/index.php?topic=10818.0

And this is my major real space model project (1:144), I began posting in ARC Forums, which I've started with the Crawler Transporter

Space Shuttle Launch Pad 39A with Challenger STS-6

http://s362974870.onlinehome.us/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=246711 

Regards from Germany

Manfred

 

 

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