Destination Unkown
This is the Pegasus 1/144 scale Luna Rocketship kit. I has 11 or 12 parts as I recall and no fit issues. I started this kit the same day as the Airfix Stuka I did for the BoB group build and had it built and primed in about a week. And there it sat, because I didn't want another "boring silver rocket" on my shelf. After pitching out all sorts of plans to hang missile pods on it, I decided that the U.S. Air Force would take over the project and blast off into space hence the new owner.
The paint is Tamiya AS-12 Bare metal silver sprayed over Rust-oleum grey primer. The other colors are Testors enamels.
The decals are left overs from my Convair Atomic Bomber. Hey you can't have a '50s rocket without nukes right. π
P.S. The other "boring silver rocket" is the "Ark" from "When Worlds Collide". At least it has a launch track.
A unique and eye-catching addition to the shelf...nicely done and photographed, Rick.
Thanks Craig, it was a fun little project
Man, you can't beat a '50s rocketship! Cool abounds here! π
Thanks Gary, it's the red fin tips..lol
R.W the D.J. well Rocket Man of course.
Nice paint work Rick.
Burning out my fuse out here again .. π
Tamiya rattle cans make it easy.
Give my best to Lady Rose
Definitely a pointy thing. Looks nice & smooth.
Very slick.
It ABS plastic and I was worried it wouldn't sand well. I think I used a little Mr Surfacer in a few places but it buffed out okay.
Good idea Rick. How come we never built real rockets that could land on their fins?
Hi Alan, it's probably because Wernher Von Braun didn't work for Walt Disney, or vice versa π
A hell of a ride ! Nece and clean rocket Rick, looks great. 1950s scifi looks always futuristic
Thank you Bernd. The good old days of scifi when form trumped function lol.
a great addition to the site...love those two campy old movies
Thanks Bob. I always liked the high altitude pressure suits standing in for space suits. They must have one heck of a surplus store in Hollywood.
I LIKE IT!
Thanks Mike
Rick:
I remember one low budget space film where the rocket pilot sat in an office chair!
Recently I saw that 50s serial "Air Eaters from Mars", and the Martian rocket had a B-25 turret on it! I think it's on youtube. The one with the guy who had the rocket pack. Commander Cody. Woosh!
I'm still waiting for mine. rats!
Hi Bernard, yeah "Sunrise Theater" on Saturday mornings was always good for some campy Scifi/ monster movie.
I almost went that route with this one, it was going to be part of the "Lunar Defense Force" armed with a retracting rocket tray from a 1/48 scale F-86D, all kinds of silly stuff, but I got over that and went with just the decals to dress it up a bit.
I love it! This looks like most of the spaceships I "invented/designed" back in the early 60s when I was a kid. (Undoubtedly done while in some boring class I SHOULD have been paying attention to!)
Great fun!
Thanks Jeffry, yeah being a kid in the '60's certainly was an experience. As the Chinese curse goes, we grew up during an "interesting time."