Jeddahbill Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Greetings! This is my build of the "Project Outpost" manned orbiting laboratory space station proposed by Krafft Ehricke around 1958. I used salvaged parts from a heavily damaged Hawk kit along with some bits from the spares bin and a few scratch built items. Project Outpost was a fascinating proposal to utilize an Atlas booster as the basis for a four man orbiting space station. The delta shaped "life boats" design is especially interesting. Hawk Models issued a kit of this design in the late 1950's called the Convair Atlas Space Station and a reissue in 1966 called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory. Both featured a detailed interior viewed through a clear section of the booster. Many thanks for having a look, your questions, comments, and suggestions are most welcome. Cheers, Bill 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 That's excellent, I think some of the shots with the astronaut would make a great '70s sci-fi book cover Were the lifeboats only for use in an emergency, i.e. what was the plan for normal arrivals and departures of the crew? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S5 modeller Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Absolutely beautiful. Looks so realistic. Love the teathered space man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelfspace Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Gorgeous model, fascinating machine - thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 That is smashing. I was watching some of the 1950s Walt Disney space specials last night and that would fit right in. It's very much a 1950s vision of what spaceflight might be like. I've read that this proposal was instrumental in the design of Skylab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Many thanks! I found this short description of Project Outpost which includes a brief discussion concerning the "lifeboats" and crew transfer procedures: Here is an image of the first issue of the kit from Hawk Models (note the clear booster section and interior detail): Finally, a photo of Krafft Ehricke and a very large scale model of his design (obviously the basis for the Hawk Model): Cheers, Bill 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I wonder was it influential to those who designed the look of Fireball XL5? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks for the references. The docking and transfer plan sounds like real frontier stuff - manhandling the lifeboats onto their moorings during EVA! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Very cool!!! Rene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted January 10, 2015 Author Share Posted January 10, 2015 Many thanks for the kind comments! Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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