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Model Forum / General / Models / March 2004Men into space ship
Anyone build this kit. I'm starting it and am looking for any experience - potentil problems - looks fairly straight forward. The Bonstell painting shows pale blue and yellow drop off tanks, the kit advertisement shows bright yellow and red. I'm leaning topwards basic silver, black and white - maybe some red as a visibility aid - any opinions. I also just got the Paul's Martian. This one looks like the Martians ankles want to be replace with brass rod and beads to provide strength for transporting to shows etc. But hopefully again straight forward Val Kraut Actual space vehicles generally pick most exterior colors to control thermal environment. That leads one to the silver, black and white you mention, plus gold. The silver and gold colors come from gold films on transparent plastic films. Of course, this is for technical reasons. Since these vehicles were concepts, one can try to pick values closest to way concept was originally shown. I am a great fan of Bonstell, so would be hard pressed to choose a technically better color scheme over one he used. > Anyone build this kit. I'm starting it and am looking for any experience - > potentil problems - looks fairly straight forward. The Bonstell painting [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Val Kraut  SignatureDon Stauffer in Minnesota stauffer@usfamily.net webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer > Of course, this is for technical reasons. Since these vehicles were > concepts, one can try to pick values closest to way concept was > originally shown. I am a great fan of Bonstell, so would be hard > pressed to choose a technically better color scheme over one he used. Don, Problem with me is I'm an engineer - worked the end of the Apollo program - so the thermal control colors make it look real to me. The original mockups of vehicles like the LM were usually all white - then the Thermal Guys got involved and the flight articles looked nothing like that - also no two LMs had the same pattern - talk about a lifetime job. One of the reasons I never built the Revel Apollo set while working the program was the knowledge that the final thermal configuration was installed at the Cape late in the schedule. When the Monogram kit came out - LM-5 had already landed - so it was history. The one place I would draw the line is pre-50s stuff like on the covers of Amazings. The men in space ship could have been an actual flight concept. I'm not sure about this - but I believe some of the involved black and white patterns on the boosters were to aid in post launch tracking camera film analysis - no doubt about attitude of the target. Val Kraut Yep, I'm with you on this. However, I'd put Bonstell's work in with Amazing covers, and consider that art. Anything else, like star wars or such, and I'm into actual thermal control coating colors. > > Of course, this is for technical reasons. Since these vehicles were > > concepts, one can try to pick values closest to way concept was [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Val Kraut SignatureDon Stauffer in Minnesota stauffer@usfamily.net webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer Val: What company made the Men Into Space kit? This sounds like a interesting model! Mike >Anyone build this kit. I'm starting it and am looking for any experience - >potentil problems - looks fairly straight forward. The Bonstell painting [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Val Kraut Mike, Its a Lunar Models Resin Kit. I believe its one of the older sets from the previous owner - so they end up making it up when you order. They have a website. Its in the classic rockets series Val Kraut >Mike, > Its a Lunar Models Resin Kit. I believe its one of the older sets [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Val >Kraut Cool kit, just about matches the model that was used in the TV show. I have a paperback book that shows a painting of that lunar lander in its aeroshell on top of a Von Braun type heavy lifter that was based on the TV show. >I have a paperback book that shows a painting of >that lunar lander in its aeroshell on top of a Von Braun >type heavy lifter that was based on the TV show. What TV show? I remember hearing about a dramatic production back in the early sixties. Pre Star Trek tia Keeper (of too much crap) Are we talking about the Disney Man in Space shows?I've always wanted to see those,if I could find them on tape. The future the way it should have been... Good news ( I hope!) regarding the Disney Man In Space series. Disney was scheduled to release this on DVD at the end of 2003. For some reason, it was bumped back to later in 2004. I have a copy on backorder on Amazon. The title is listed as: "Walt Disney Treasures - Tomorrowland: Disney in Space and Beyond (2003)" I ordered it last summer and the latest release date that I have seen is May 2004. Mike >Are we talking about the Disney Man in Space shows?I've always wanted to see >those,if I could find them on tape. >The future the way it should have been... >Are we talking about the Disney Man in Space shows?I've always wanted to see >those,if I could find them on tape. >The future the way it should have been... more likely dvd. i'll ask my movie addicted friends to look. >>I have a paperback book that shows a painting of >>that lunar lander in its aeroshell on top of a Von Braun >>type heavy lifter that was based on the TV show. >What TV show? I remember hearing about a dramatic production >back in the early sixties. Pre Star Trek That would be "Men Into Space", starring William Lundigen as USAF Col. Edward McCauley from the later 1959. The book is a series of short stories by Murray Leinster and dated from about 1961 or so. Unfortunately, as far as I know, the television show was never released to video, much less DVD. They were aided by the Air Force and NASA, and used a lot of then-current models as props, some stright from the box, others with modifications. For more detail, go to: http://sparky.ls.luc.edu/~navejic/mis/mis-11n.html HTH, -- John ___ __[xxx]__ (o - ) --------o00o--(_)--o00o------- The history of things that didn't happen has never been written - Henry Kissinger >>>I have a paperback book that shows a painting of >>>that lunar lander in its aeroshell on top of a Von Braun [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >The history of things that didn't happen has never been written - Henry >Kissinger didn't they show that nuclear ship that flew by atomic bomb propilsion? and project dynasoar? |
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