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This is “The Apollo” model kit from Revell, copyright 1969. This particular kit is about 50 years old, and has been traveling around with me in a cardboard box for about that length of time. I decided to dig it out and restore it for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing (and for the “Race Into Space GB” that I am running). Unfortunately, over the years I had managed to lose a few parts to the model: the Launch Escape Tower and the lower section of the Lunar Module Storage Area. This meant I had to reconstruct these from scratch using plastic sheet, rods, matte board and a wooden dowel. I think I got pretty close to the originals, with perhaps a bit more external detail. Due to missing some internal parts for the Service Module, I skipped over having the external door open to show the equipment bay as on the original, but it was not something I would miss. I did have the internals for the Command Module and gave it a nice upgrade in appearance, including modifying the astronaut helmets into more of a Block 1 spacesuit configuration.
The base was made out of matte board and a styrofoam square, painted to resemble the launch pad and crawler.
If you're interested, the complete build can be found in the “Race Into Space Group Build”. Thanks!
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/179883.aspx
Gary
Great job resurrecting that! Good to see something rebuilt and updated instead of trashing it or tossing it in the garbage.
Chris Christenson
freem Great job resurrecting that! Good to see something rebuilt and updated instead of trashing it or tossing it in the garbage.
I agree. Nicely done and thanks for sharing.
Chris and Greg> Thanks for the kind words! Well, it had too much of a sentimental value for me to trash it, and these kits are going for close to $100 dollars on Ebay, so trashing it would "really" be a waste!
Hey GAF,
Happy to see you rework this to completion. As I mentioned in the build thread, it looks wonderful! Really nice work one this one.
Ben
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Gary I loved watching you build this for the groupbuild!
Great job!
Ben and Mach71> Thanks guys! I appreciate your participation in the GB. I really would like to see you do a build thread here in the Space section. You both turned out some beautiful models! I also intend to do a wrap-up at the end of the group build of everyone's contributions. The photos would help a lot.
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