Race to the Moon

[TomZ]

Race to the Moon 1969



- 1/96 Revell model
- 1/100 3D Printed model

More pics to follow....

TomZ

[philp]

Nice.

[Thorvic]

Excellent , now a you need is the Grand Fenwick one to compete the set 

[Weaver]

Nice one! 

There's an amazing lack of on-line references for the Grand Fenwick ship. One thing you could do is have both (real) American and Russian landers on the surface with the astronauts looking at a faded Grand Fenwick flag that's obviously been there for a few years...

[TheChronicOne]

Very good!!! Brings about the whole aesthetic in my mind so I think you nailed it.

[Joe C-P]

Nice one! 

There's an amazing lack of on-line references for the Grand Fenwick ship. One thing you could do is have both (real) American and Russian landers on the surface with the astronauts looking at a faded Grand Fenwick flag that's obviously been there for a few years...

Plus the TARDIS, and Wallace and Gromit's Moon Rocket.   

This is a fine representation of the real plans.  Well done.     Is it headed for a museum?

Ah, another possibility for a future similar diorama: the Luna 15, which crashed shortly after Apollo 11 landed.

[McColm]

Great work 

[kerick]

Nice one! 

There's an amazing lack of on-line references for the Grand Fenwick ship. One thing you could do is have both (real) American and Russian landers on the surface with the astronauts looking at a faded Grand Fenwick flag that's obviously been there for a few years...

Plus the TARDIS, and Wallace and Gromit's Moon Rocket.

A regular moon lander parking lot!

[Rheged]

The 1964 film FIRST MEN IN THE MOON had  this as an opening sequence:-  A multi-national group of astronauts in a UN spacecraft land, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. However, they discover a Union Jack flag on the surface and a note mentioning Katherine Callender, which claims the Moon for Queen Victoria.  (or so says Wikipaedia).  Another device to add to the lunar parking lot.

Full film synopsis here:-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Men_in_the_Moon_(1964_film)

[Joe C-P]

The original diorama is well-presented, shows well the contrast of the real-world projects.

For the "we were there first" crew you could also add a Chinese gentleman seated in a large chair with dozens of rockets attached.
And a large shell with a big wheel-locked door on the after end.

Grand Fenwick's moon rocket is visible in this YouTube video at about 1:27 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlllwrw5d6Y
There's a couple shots of the American and Russian craft in other videos, but I don't see any good shots of the lander.

[Leading Observer]

Nice one! 

There's an amazing lack of on-line references for the Grand Fenwick ship. One thing you could do is have both (real) American and Russian landers on the surface with the astronauts looking at a faded Grand Fenwick flag that's obviously been there for a few years...

Plus the TARDIS, and Wallace and Gromit's Moon Rocket.   

This is a fine representation of the real plans.  Well done.     Is it headed for a museum?

Ah, another possibility for a future similar diorama: the Luna 15, which crashed shortly after Apollo 11 landed.

You don't need Wallace and Gromit's Rocket, just the skiing Robot in the background

[Weaver]

The 1964 film FIRST MEN IN THE MOON had  this as an opening sequence:-  A multi-national group of astronauts in a UN spacecraft land, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. However, they discover a Union Jack flag on the surface and a note mentioning Katherine Callender, which claims the Moon for Queen Victoria.  (or so says Wikipaedia).  Another device to add to the lunar parking lot.

Full film synopsis here:-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Men_in_the_Moon_(1964_film)

Fun fact: the 'modern' astronauts are wearing real high-altitude pressure suits developed by BWT, the company I worked for until last week. They were working on actual space suits too, and there are some hilarious photos of a guy riding a bicycle around Poynton in one to test it's flexibility. Once it became obvious that the UK wasn't going to get directly involved in manned spaceflight, the government cancelled the program, and the company sold all the research to NASA. Apparently BWT's joint design was very important in the final NASA suits.

[zenrat]

The 1964 film FIRST MEN IN THE MOON had  this as an opening sequence:-  A multi-national group of astronauts in a UN spacecraft land, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. However, they discover a Union Jack flag on the surface and a note mentioning Katherine Callender, which claims the Moon for Queen Victoria.  (or so says Wikipaedia).  Another device to add to the lunar parking lot.

Full film synopsis here:-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Men_in_the_Moon_(1964_film)

Fun fact: the 'modern' astronauts are wearing real high-altitude pressure suits developed by BWT, the company I worked for until last week. They were working on actual space suits too, and there are some hilarious photos of a guy riding a bicycle around Poynton in one to test it's flexibility. Once it became obvious that the UK wasn't going to get directly involved in manned spaceflight, the government cancelled the program, and the company sold all the research to NASA. Apparently BWT's joint design was very important in the final NASA suits.

British joint design is often underrated.   I've smoked some unique J's which, oh , hang on, I think I misunderstood here...

[Mossie]

Great!