Beer N Rockets ...

[jcf]

Soundtrack by Nick Cave and Swans

[Captain Canada]

Nice ! What are they all ? Love the one with the jet on top ! The beer looks good too 

[jcf]

Three by Pegasus Hobbies: When Worlds Collide 'Ark'; Destination Moon 'Luna' (appending the name is debatable); First Spaceship on Venus (US release film title) Kosmostrator/Kosmokrator.

Glencoe re-pop of Strombecker Disney/Colliers Von Braun 3-stage rocket, the one with
the delta wing 'shuttle'.

Fremont Brewery Summer Ale. 

[kerick]

Nice collection! Will we see the rest of the Von Braun rocket?

[jcf]

Yep, I'll post another pic after I get them all painted. The Destination Moon ship
is the only one painted.

[Captain Canada]

Mmmmm.....beer....

[Mossie]

Hadn't realised the Kosmostrator was so small.  Nice collection Jon, shares in silver paint???

[jcf]

The Kosmostrator is nominally 1/350 scale, and is definitely based off the
1/500 drawings in The Spaceship Handbook. It's one of those things that
can't be taken seriously in terms of scale as Rogers admits the size is a WAG
based on the minimal number of film frames that give some size reference.
Supposedly it is in scale with the Ark, but the sci-fi boards are full of controversy
about that one. 

Personally, I don't give a toss they're just fun, and I got the Luna and Kosmostrator
together from Tower Hobbies for a little over 33 bucks including shipping.
IMHO while nice, neither merits an MSRP of $27.99, and I imagine on yer side of
the pond they'll probably leave leave the numbers the same and just change $ to £.   


As to paint, rattle cans are my friend. 

[Mossie]

Nothing more likely to get sci-fi fans hot under the collar than the subject of scale!

I haven't seen Luna or Kosmostrator for sale here, but yeah, the Space Ark is currently £25 (think it was closer £30 early on), Mercury 9 was going for £40 when first out, Nautilus is £55.  Sometimes bargains can be found, in fact I've just found Mercury 9 going for a little over £20, might be tempted....

I recently picked up one of their 1/48 V-2's, which when added to the Condor 1/72 might make my own rocketship....

[nighthunter]

Sounds so very German "stereotype" Germans make excellent beer, and the father of German Rocketry Werner Von Braun...

[Go4fun]

A rocket done up in the livery of a brewery? Why nut?