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Greetings!

 

Early NASA space program in 1/200 scale with a great many modifications to the kit, especially the spacecraft.  Aftermarket decals, plywood base, and steel rod supports along with a general rework of the printed card display items that came with the kit.  Many thanks for having al look, questions and comments are most welcome.

 

Bill

 

 

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A great collection of legacy space-craft and a real tribute to your building / painting skills, my friend. 

 

I will resort to using a rusty, old cliche here, but "they don't build 'em like that any more!"

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Chris.  

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On 1/27/2018 at 6:05 AM, Jeddahbill said:

Many thanks for all the comments and questions.  The Mercury spacecraft escape towers came from an old 1/350 photo etch warship set.  Details can be seen in these WIP photos . . . .

Cool, thanks a lot!

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Oooh. Lovely paint job. Black and white checker is a nightmare, and yours are very crisp.

I think your Saturn V needs to be rotated 180 degrees, so that the vertical motion target (the vertical black dashed line) on the second stage faces the tower. It's at Position II (between the A and B markers on the first stage) and that's the side that had all the tower connections.

 

Did the Saturn V launch tower come with the kit?

Who did your aftermarket decals?

 

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Many thanks everyone for the kind words!   All of the rockets are mounted on metal rods and can be removed or rotated, so the Saturn V can easily be positioned to the proper launch configuration - Thanks for the tip!   The launch tower came with the kit, but I modified it a bit for the display shown in the images.  The decals are from Tango Papa decals and are very good, but fragile.

 

Bill

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Thanks for having a look and the comments!  An image of the Tango Papa decal sheet can be seen here:

 

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/tango-papa-complete-decals-amt-200-407435429

 

This is a very comprehensive set with duplicates.  Some of the larger decals are challenging and can be cut into smaller segments to add in placement.

 

Bill

 

 

 

 

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