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July 25, 2014, 09:17:15 PM


Soundtrack by Nick Cave and Swans

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Captain Canada

#1
July 26, 2014, 07:45:26 AM
Nice ! What are they all ? Love the one with the jet on top ! The beer looks good too  :thumbsup:
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

jcf

#2
July 26, 2014, 01:08:18 PM
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.  :cheers:

kerick

#3
July 26, 2014, 08:00:43 PM
Nice collection! Will we see the rest of the Von Braun rocket?
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

jcf

#4
July 26, 2014, 08:16:33 PM
Yep, I'll post another pic after I get them all painted. The Destination Moon ship
is the only one painted.

Captain Canada

#5
July 29, 2014, 04:35:33 AM
Mmmmm.....beer.... :wub: :drink: :party:
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Mossie

#6
July 29, 2014, 09:11:15 AM
Hadn't realised the Kosmostrator was so small.  Nice collection Jon, shares in silver paint???
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

jcf

#7
July 29, 2014, 10:12:27 AM
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.  ;D

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. ;D
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.  :drink:

Mossie

#8
July 30, 2014, 05:55:13 AM
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....
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

nighthunter

#9
July 30, 2014, 10:08:41 AM
Sounds so very German "stereotype" :P Germans make excellent beer, and the father of German Rocketry Werner Von Braun... :P
"Mind that bus." "What bus?" *SPLAT!*

Go4fun

#10
July 31, 2014, 12:40:09 PM
A rocket done up in the livery of a brewery? Why nut?
"Just which planet are you from again"?
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