Picked up the old Revell 1/96 Apollo-Soyuz kit...

J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:12 AM

Thanks, Barry!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 26, 2006 9:52 AM

The Revell Soyuz kit is the subject of an extensive build-up on Sven Knudsen's site. This was the famous Smokin II project. There are extensive notes and amny photos on how to detail the kit.

See Ninfinger.org

Regards,

Barry

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, November 13, 2005 6:34 AM

Griz wrote:

I've built a couple of them, they are not exactly accurate (the Apollo CSM is a block 1 the real one was a block 2) the Soyuz is depicted without any thermal blankets and the solar panels are cheezy.

Yup, not the most accurate, but a fun little nostalgic piece of history!

Yes, a 1/48 (or 1/32, even?) version would be pretty cool! Smile [:)]

~Brian

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Griz

Member since
January 2004
From: The flatlands of Kansas

Posted by Griz on Friday, November 11, 2005 1:26 PM

The Apollo Soyuz model is alive and well on Ebay. I've built a couple of them, they are not exactly accurate (the Apollo CSM is a block 1 the real one was a block 2) the Soyuz is depicted without any thermal blankets and the solar panels are cheezy.

It is still an interesting model and a must have in a collection, but I think it would be better as a 1/48 scale version.......Hmmmmm.

Griz

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Bgrigg

Member since
May 2005
From: Left forever

Posted by Bgrigg on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 10:24 AM

Ah, Nostalgia! Always best after a few drams of single malt scotch!

Something I found on another website:

QUOTE: Subject: Lost Opportunities:

According to the Census Bureau, the median age of Americans is now 36.2 years (+/- 0.2 years).

36.2 years ago was July 1969. So the majority of Americans were born after Apollo 11 and cannot ever remember seeing a live transmission from the moon.

I watched the first man on the moon, little did I realize that I also watched the last man on the moon! Brian, enjoy the build regardless of the scale or quality of the kit!

So long folks!

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, October 8, 2005 9:46 AM

Thanks for the replies, guys!
Yes, revisiting youth...the older you get, the easier it becomes! (i.e., you have more "youth" to revisit!)

Thanks for the cool link, Matt.
And the cool pinball machine pic!

~Brian

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Matthew Usher

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Member since
April 2003
From: USA

Posted by Matthew Usher on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:51 PM

There's nothing like revisiting your youth! I have a real weakness for the old Revell and Monogram realspace kits.

Here's a good site for realspace reference, the Johnson Space Center photo archive:

http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/browse.jsp

And speaking of revisiting your youth, here's a semi-related item: Space Odyssey. I restored it a couple of years ago. The picture was taken right after I got it running, and now there's a Revell Apollo-Soyuz box on display on the top.

Hope this helps!

Matthew Usher @ FineScale Modeler

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Fish-Head Aric

Member since
September 2005
From: Chehalis, WA

Posted by Fish-Head Aric on Friday, October 7, 2005 1:09 PM

I remember that event, I was a kid. I remember my best friend buying and building the kit - he had a much larger model budget/parents willing to spend. George built every space/sci-fi model he could get, and I sat back and just envied him all the models.

Being really "into space" myself, that was such an exciting thing to see on TV, and dream of being able to do.

The kit's rather dinky, would be so much more fun in a larger scale, but I think the nostalgia and history alone should make it worth having.

~Aric Fisher aric_001@hotmail.com

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Picked up the old Revell 1/96 Apollo-Soyuz kit...

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, October 6, 2005 9:34 AM

J-Hulk does "real space," too!

Or at least he buys it, anyway. Wink [;)]

I found the old 1975 release of Revell's 1/96 Apollo-Soyuz kit in an LHS that specializes in old stuff, and picked it up for about $25 USD. I have no idea what this kit goes for these days, or if it's a collector's item, but I just had to grab it out of sheer nostalgia! I built that kit exactly 30 years ago, and I intend to build it again.

They had two versions of the kit there: the original Revell packaging, and the Japanese import version from Takara. Both feature basically the same boxes, with the Takara package having smaller original art and Revell logos, with everything printed in Japanese and the Takara logos added.
They were both the same price, so I went the the ol' familiar Revell boxing from my youth.

Any comments or memories on this old kit? As I recall, it goes together easily...but that was 30 years ago, back when I didn't give a flyin' hoot about parting lines, seams, etc., etc. Big Smile [:D]

~Brian

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