Perry Rhodan - Flying Tank "Shift"

[nönöbär]

Another model which is sitting in the show case here, the Flying Tank Shift from the Perry Rhodan series.

Perry Rhodan is a German Sf-Series published since September 1961 with one novel per week, telling a continues story which started with a first landing on the moon in 1971. The current volume is 2650+.
Among several small, big and bigger  spaceships (some were released as Revell models) a lot of other vehicles populate this Sf-universe.

One of them is the Shift, a flying tank which is used by landing troops. As the series started in 1961, the design of various spacecraft at that time were very 60s-style. Like the Shift, but I liked it. "Modern" versions as they are used in current issues of the series look much different.





The model:
The chasis of the Shift was made from a Revell 1/72 Leopard II. The wings are made from plastic sheets, the fuselage is made from a pastic frame covered with paper. The engines at the back are made from a straw, all other details were taken from the spare part box. The transparent dome was formed using a transparent pastic sheet and a hot bulb.

Some additional (old) pics, showing the Shift in its natural terrain....

[Joe C-P]

I have heard of Perry Rhodan here in the US, but it hasn't made any cultural penetration here.
However, that model makes me more interested in the series.