Taking off with the MPC "Pilgram" space system

[sagallacci]

Though the kit is more fun than engineeringly practical, it does make for a great start for various solar system exploration concepts. The kit is, infortunetly, in 1/120-odd scale , so doesn't quite fit on a 1/144 Saturn launch stack, but can be displayed separately, with some mods.
My first thought is to make the basic Pilgram a two-part launch to orbit. The command core and three habitat sections on a Saturn V+four 120 inch solids and a shortened S-II second stage. Then the NERVA motor and propellant tank on a second similar launch stack.
The crew can go up in an enlarged Apollo style capsule on top of a Saturn1B.

[anthonyp]

I was going to do mine up mounted in one of those enlarged payload shrouds that were used for the Titan III and IV's, just bigger for the Pilgrim.  Add 2-4 SRB's to the 1/144 Saturn V, and there's one heckuva launch system.

I've got two Pilgrims, and was going to combine the second with the re-released Lindberg Space Base and use it as a rotating gravity section, built in space.

[frank2056]

Though the kit is more fun than engineeringly practical, it does make for a great start for various solar system exploration concepts. The kit is, infortunetly, in 1/120-odd scale , so doesn't quite fit on a 1/144 Saturn launch stack, but can be displayed separately, with some mods.

There's no law that says it has to stay 1/110 or 1/96 (or whatever is listed on the boxtop) There's a whole thread on Hobbytalk about this kit. I posted a picture of a 1/144 figure standing next to a habitation module window:



The kit can easily pass for 1/144 or smaller. The Lindberg space base is listed as 1/350; at that scale, the arms are far out enough to provide a significant artificial gravity. Make it whatever scale you wish! I'll probably modify one of mine to make an Orion style vehicle.

[trekkist]

Not only does the 1/144 figure jibe with the deck/window height (and the booklet cutaway), the included "Apollo-M" spacecraft has a diameter consistent with 1/144. Pilgrim diameter is cited as 33 ft...implying ~1/100 scale...but this throws all else off. I figure that number as error, and imagine the s/c as a hammerhead payload of over 33 ft diameter.