Sadly, it’s not *my* review (anybody care to donate a kit?), but someone has obtained a Dragon 1/72 Saturn V kit and reviewed it HERE. A number of photos are posted HERE.
It appears both impressive… and a bit plain, with some shortcuts taken in a few areas. There’s probably a market for decals and add-on kits. The F-1 engines could certainly use updating… the engines were covered with insulation in real life, and looked very different (see HERE).
Back in October I pointed out that Revell had re-released the old Renwall 1/32 scale Atomic Cannon kit.
It’s already discontinued.
So, if you didn’t get one… you’re not getting one. Except offa ebay for a *slight* increase in cost…
A photo of another Vought ADAM concept model, this being a subsonic VTOL airliner. It is here shown in USAF markings.
A Vought photo showing a range of display models of single seat fighter/ground attack types. While the designs are roughly similar, subtle changes can be seen from iteration to iteration. Note, for example, how the distinct separate inlets gradually transform into integrated inlets.
My next project for Fantastic Plastic: a revival of the previously-released 1/72 scale “Whispercraft” helicopter. As originally released, it had no interior; the re-release will have a full interior, re-worked surface detailing and additional parts to make dedicated military versions.
Wow.
http://www.dragonmodelsusa.com/dmlusa/prodd.asp?pid=DRW50388
http://www.flyingmule.com/products/DM-50388
As impressive as the real Saturn rocket system is, viewers of this Space Collection item from Dragon will cause jaws to drop and draw gasps of astonishment! While the model makes use of the Command/Service Module (CSM) and Launch Escape System produced earlier, the rest of this monstrous 1/72 scale rocket comes from brand new toolings. All the relevant detail is carefully reproduced on the three rocket stages, and the completed model comes with accurate painting and markings. The Saturn V is most suitable for display at home as a centerpiece of any space fan’s collection. It comes with a stable circular base to allow it to be freestanding on the floor. This is no miniature model, for it’s absolutely enormous even in 1/72 scale! Indeed, the fully built-up model stands almost 5 feet tall.
WANT.
Modeling of the Space Station V is done. Still a bit of work yet… the photoetch layout (it will be steel, not brass) is being tinkered with, and the Orion III spaceplane needs a few more details. But the station CAD model, all 220 meg of it, is basically done.
Just about there.
A photo of a display model of a Vought transport aircraft using the ADAM (Air Deflection And Modulation) system for vertical thrust. Note six small turbojets – two in the forward fuselage, four in wingtip pods – drive four large fans embedded in the wings. Process essentially the same as the V-460 design.
Thanks to Mark Nankivil.
The skeletal regions of the Space Station V model will be done in photoetched brass. Just about done laying out those bits…
