Mike Esposito Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Since the 50th anniversary of apollo 11 is happening this week, is there any impending releases of new tool CSM and/or LM kits? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 https://shop.lego.com/en-US/product/NASA-Apollo-11-Lunar-Lander-10266 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Discounting the Lego "kit" listed above, as far as I can see, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarkas Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) The manufacturers are doing it on the cheap. There are plenty of 50th anniversary models, but they're just re-releases of old kits, possibly with new decals and paint schemes. This kind of makes sense from an anniversary marketing point of view -- build the same kit you/they did 50 years ago -- but given the limitations of every kit that's been released since the 60s, it's not very satisfying for those of us who would like an accurate model without resorting to major surgery and custom 3D printing. Unfortunately, space is a niche market, or so the kitmakers say, so the odds against new toolings are pretty high. Of course, if they'd done it right the first time, we wouldn't have the problem, but they didn't, and they haven't revised the kits over the years -- also on the grounds of cost -- so we're stuck with what is available. Shame, that. Edited July 18, 2019 by Tarkas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Revell have re-popped all their Apollo kits in new boxes as you have probably noticed from my reviews of late. Apart from the awesome Lego kit linked above though, I've not seen or heard of anything new in terms of tooling, and TBH I'd have thought if there were anything they'd be daft to not release it in time for the anniversary, which is just a few days distant on the 20th of this month. I just checked the date with Alexa and she's quite verbose on the matter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Airfix have also re-popped some of their Apollo related kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 To give Airfix their due, when they re-released their 1/144 Saturn Ib and Saturn V in 2009. they took the opportunity to correct the errors in the Lunar Module adaptor section and the Command Service Module. So, the latest Saturn V release is the updated and corrected version of the Saturn V. Their Lunar Module isn't bad and can be corrected to make it look more like the actual thing. About ten years ago, Dragon released a "new tool" Lunar Module. Whilst the mouldings are better quality, it is still not accurate and I think the Airfix LM is still a better starting point for an accurate 1/72 LM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 11 hours ago, Eric Mc said: About ten years ago, Dragon released a "new tool" Lunar Module. Whilst the mouldings are better quality If that's the 1:48 kit, it's now available under the Revell banner, and I gave it a once-over here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 Specifically, I was looking for the Dragon 1/72 CSM and LM kits. They are horribly priced in Ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tomohawk Kid Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 On 18/07/2019 at 11:49, Mike said: Revell have re-popped all their Apollo kits in new boxes as you have probably noticed from my reviews of late. The Revell 1/48 LEM, in this round of re-issues is a repop of the Dragon kit. Tommo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 19/07/2019 at 11:05, Mike said: If that's the 1:48 kit, it's now available under the Revell banner, and I gave it a once-over here. It was the 1/72 kits I was thinking of. The CSM is pretty good all round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberduck Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 The Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (1:48 sale) is only @£40.00 at Mr Models in Bearwood Birmingham England this afternoon The dust on the kit is free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomppa B Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 On 7/19/2019 at 4:24 PM, Mike Esposito said: Specifically, I was looking for the Dragon 1/72 CSM and LM kits. They are horribly priced in Ebay. Revell has something similar in 1/96: https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/space-scifi/50th-anniversary-moon-landing/apollo-11-columbia-eagle.html And its intruction sheet: https://stage.revell.de/fileadmin/import/images/bau/03700_%23BAU_Apollo_Columbia_Eagle.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 On 03/08/2019 at 09:15, Tomppa B said: Revell has something similar in 1/96: https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/space-scifi/50th-anniversary-moon-landing/apollo-11-columbia-eagle.html And its intruction sheet: https://stage.revell.de/fileadmin/import/images/bau/03700_%23BAU_Apollo_Columbia_Eagle.pdf Note that this model is very, very inaccurate for a genuine Apollo Command/Service Module. The detail on the Service Module in particular is more akin to that on the original Block I design, which was never used for any manned flights. The Lunar Module looks like it is missing the support struts for the downward pointing RCS thrusters (like the Airfix kit). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin ritchie Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Hannants are listing the Dragon Saturn 5 (Skylab) as a future release, at £126 , which is a heck of a lot cheaper than I've seen it on E-bay .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Still a tad pricey. Do they do the Skylab itself as a separate kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Stenzenko Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Dragon are releasing the 1/72 Saturn V in October 2019 but not the Skylab Saturn V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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