Convair NEV and 1/35 scale Coleopter
I added two builds from a few years ago. The 1/144 scale Convair NEV and a 1/35 scale Coleopter (mostly 3D printed).
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Convair NEV
This is my build of the Moebius 1/144 Convair NEV (Nuclear Exploratory Vehicle). While it looks like the old Strombecker kit of the same, it’s not – this is a completely new mold. This is a pretty simple kit to build with thick pins and attachment points that almost make it a snap-tite kit. It’s …
VAI Case tractor, MOL re-entry vehicle, T-18 tank
I changed the gallery viewing software and added by build of the Thunder Models 1/35 scale VAI Case tractor, my 3D printed 1/72 scale MOL re-entry vehicle from the Hawk MOL kit and the HobbyBoss 1/35 scale T-18/MS-1 tank.
MOL Re-entry Vehicle
The Hawk Manned Orbiting Laboratory kit was a neat kit based on a Convair proposal. I’ve always liked the re-entry “dorito” vehicles and scratchbuilt my interpretation years ago. I sold that model shortly after I made it and have always wanted to recreate it. After years of procrastinating, I decided to re-interpret the re-entry vehicle …
Stranger in the Desert
I was inspired to build a diorama after watching “Science Fiction Theatre” Episode 05 “Stranger In The Desert”:, from 1955: This episode is fairly entertaining, featuring two prospectors looking for riches in the desert who meet a kindly old man – the “Stranger”. The episodes of “Science Fiction Theatre” were generally simplistic, but this is …
Re-entry Vehicle, Experimental
In the 60’s, the Hawk corporation released a conceptual model of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). It was based on an Atlas booster and had a clear nose section and a detailed (for the time) interior.My favorite feature of this model were the two lifting body re-entry vehicles. Sven Knudsen has scans of the Hawk …
Spaceship Luna from “Destination Moon”
“Destination Moon” is a classic Science Fiction movie from 1950, and the first attempt to make a plausible, scientifically correct movie about space travel. The nuclear powered spaceship Luna became an icon. Skyhook Models sells a series of small and simple resin models of spacecraft from classic 1950s SF movies. Their kit of the “Luna” …
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
One of my favorite 50’s Science fiction movies is 1956’s “Earth vs. The Flying Saucers”, with effects by Ray Harryhausen. Skyhook Models sells a series of small and simple resin models of spacecraft from classic 1950s SF movies. They have several kits from “Earth vs. The Flying Saucers”, including a small diorama depicting a saucer …
Space Taxi
The Space Taxi This is my version of the Monogram 1/48 scale Space Taxi. I’ve always wanted to build this kit but I wasn’t willing to pay collectors prices, which always seemed to be at least $80, if not more. I was very happy when the kit was reissued in the late 90’s. The Space …
One Man Space Station
I bought the Dragon 1/72 Mercury Redstone kit primarily for the Mercury capsule. The capsule exterior is nicely detailed but it has no interior; far worse, it has no heatshield. The retrorockets and the open nose door are on the sprue, so I don’t understand why they left the heatshield off. Since I couldn’t build …