SPACECRAFT MODELS, revision: February 24, 1994

Non-Flying Scale Models:

    Apollo 11 CSM & LEM, AMT #S955, 1/200, $20 (OS)
    Apollo 11 CSM, Monogram #5803, 1/32, $20, SL3, 25th Anniversary
    Apollo 11 LEM, Airfix #3013, 1/72, $10
    Apollo 11 LEM, Monogram #5801, 1/48, $12, 25th Anniversary
    Apollo 11 LEM, Monogram #5906, $55 (OS)
    Apollo 11 Tranquility Base, Revell #H1861 (1st Ed.), 1/48, $45 (OS)
    Apollo CSM & LEM, Aoshima SS-02, 1/96, $48 (OS)
    Apollo CSM (Lunar Orbiter), Heller #21, 1/100, $10 (OS)
    Apollo CSM (Lunar Orbiter), Heller #RO8021, 1/96, $6 (OS)
    Apollo Gemini Mercury Capsules, Revell #H1847, 1/48, $285 (OS)
    Apollo LEM, Monogram (diorama), 1/48, $40
    Apollo LEM, Heller #19, 1/100, $10 (OS)
    Apollo LEM, Revell #H1842 (original), 1/48, $58 (OS)
    Apollo Lunar Rover, Lunar Models #RS02, $60
    Apollo Lunar Rover, Marco's Miniatures #2505, 1/48, $24
    Apollo Soyuz "Rendezvous in Space" in bottle, Addar #226, $65 (OS)
    Ariane IV, Heller, $20
    Ariane IV, Heller #3401, 1/125, $49 (OS)
    Ariane IV, Revell #4762, 1/144, $45 (OS)
    Astronaut US, Marco's Miniatures #508, 1/12, $29
    Astronaut USSR, Marco's Miniatures #509, 1/12, $29
    D558-1 Skystreak, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $70
    D558-2 Skyrocket, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $80
    D558-3 Skyflash, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $90
    Explorer 1, Glencoe #GM5901 (from PMC mold), 1/6, $10
    Explorer 18, Hawk #553, 1/20, $79 (OS)
    Galileo, Space Craft International (paper), SL2, $14
    Gemini Astronaut, Revell #H1837, 1/6, $145 (OS)
    Gemini Capsule, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/32, $140
    Gemini capsule/sevice module, Revell #1835 (re-release), 1/24, $14
    Gemini Titan II, Eagles Talon #301, 1/48, $45
    Honest John w/launcher, Adams #K150, 1/40, $200 (OS)
    Honest John with Launcher, Lifelike #9656, 1/40, $70 (OS)
    Hubble Space Telescope, Lunar Models #RS04, 1/72
    Hubble Space Telescope, Space Craft International (paper), SL2, $14
    Jupiter C & Redstone, Revell #RH1832, 1/110, $58 (OS)
    Jupiter C Explorer, Hawk 552, 1/48, $25 (OS)
    Jupiter C, Glencoe #GM5103 (from PMC mold), 1/48, $10
    Magellan, Space Craft International (paper), SL3, $14
    Mercury & Gemini Capsules, Monogram #5909, 1/48, $55 (OS)
    Mercury & Gemini Capsules, Revell #H1834 (original), 1/48, $68 (OS)
    Mercury Astronaut, Ace Hobbies, 6"
    Mercury Atlas, Eagles Talon, 1/48
    Mercury Atlas, Monogram #5910, 1/110, $62 (OS)
    Mercury Atlas, Revell #8647, 1/110, $65 (OS)
    Mercury Atlas, Revell #H1833, 1/110, $150 (OS)
    Mercury Capsule, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/32, $60
    Mercury Redstone, Revell #H1832 (Newsprint issue), 1/105, $159 (OS)
    MMU w/Astronaut, Revell #0607, $35 (OS)
    MMU w/Astronaut, Revell, 1/6, $15
    Saturn 1B (Apollo 7), Airfix #6172, 1/144
    Saturn V, Airfix
    Saturn V, AMT/ERTL
    Saturn V, Monogram #5802, 1/144 (30"), $20, 25th Anniversary
    Skylab, Marco's Miniatures #2503, 1/144, $45
    Soyuz, Ogo, 1/30, $40
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster & MLP), Revell #H194, 1/144, $16, SL2
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Airfix #7050, 1/144, $30
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Airfix #9172, 1/144, $30
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Lindberg #9000, 1/200, $11
    Space Shuttle (w/ booster), Minicraft #1639, 1/228, $8
    Space Shuttle Astronaut female, Ace Hobbies, 6"
    Space Shuttle Challenger (w/ booster), Revell #4528, 1/288, $9
    Space Shuttle Columbia, Revell #4716, 1/144, $35 (OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter & 747, Minicraft #1640, 1/288, $10
    Space Shuttle Orbiter & 747, Revell #H177 (original), 1/144, $48(OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger w/Space Lab, Revell #4734, 1/72,$22
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger, Monogram #6911 (Snap-Tite), $3(OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Challenger, Revell #4526, 1/144, $9
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia, MPC #4651, 1/144, $25 (OS)
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery, Revell #4543, 1/144, $11
    Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise w/Space Lab,Revell #H200, 1/144,$20
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Lindberg #9001, 1/200, $7
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Monogram #1110 (Snap-Tite), 1/200, SL1, $8
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Monogram #5905 (Snap-Tite), 1/200, SL1, $6
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Revell, 1/144, SL2, 50p, $9
    Space Shuttle Orbiter, Tamiya, 1/100, $35
    Space Shuttle, Hasegawa 1198 (Eggplane Series), $25 (OS)
    Space Shuttle, Hasegawa, 1/200, $12
    Space Station & Shuttle, Revell #4737, 1/144, $50
    Super Guppy Transport (Saturn V S2), Revell #4743, 1/144, $13
    Titan IIIC, Marco's Miniatures #5402, 1/100, $48
    US & USSR Missile Display, Monogram #6019, 1/144, $14
    US Space Missiles, Monogram #6055, 1/128, $48 (OS)
    V-2, Condor, 1/72, $6
    V-2, DML, 1/35, $29
    Viking Lander, Lunar Models #RS03
    Vostok I, Master Modeller #1013, 1/25, $24
    Vostok Soyuz & Sputnik, Airfix #5172, 1/144, $18
    Vostok, MPC
    Vostok, Revell #H1844, 1/24, $150 (OS)
    Vostok, VEB Plasticart, 1/25, $40 (OS)
    Voyager, Lunar Models #RS01, 1/35, $75, plastic/metal
    Voyager, Space Craft International (paper), SL2, $14
    X-1 A/B, Eagles Talon #512, $30
    X-1, Revell #4565, 1/32, $12
    X-1, Tamiya #60601, 1/72, $16
    X-15 with B-52, Monogram #5907, 1/72, $75 (OS)
    X-15, Revell #H164 (1961), 1/65, $35 (OS)
    X-15A-2 with B-52B & Pegasus, DML #2009, 1/200, $16
    X-15A2, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $90
    X-2, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $110
    X-20 Dyna-Soar, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/48, $100
    X-20 Dyna-Soar, Collect-Aire Models, resin/metal,1/72, $35
    X-5, Revell #4566, 1/40, $11

Flying Scale Models:

    Astrobee-D, Aerotech
    Black Brant II (Canadian sounding rocket), Estes, $13
    Black Brant III, Estes, $13 (OS)
    Bomarc, Estes
    Delta Clipper, Quest #3004, 13.5", SL3
    Gemini Titan II, Estes, $18
    Gemini Titan II, Estes, with 2 motors, (OS)
    Honest John, Cox #5050, 1/24, $17
    Honest John, Estes #EST1269, 1/9, $30
    HV-Arcas, Aerotech
    IQSY Tomahawk, Aerotech
    IRIS (sounding rocket), Estes
    Mercury Redstone, Estes, 1/42, with balsa wood capsule
    National Aerospace Plane, Quest
    Patriot, Estes
    Sandhawk, Estes #1251
    Saturn 1B, Cox #5025, 1/24, $34
    Saturn 1B, Estes #2048, 1/100 (1/70?), $42 (OS)
    Saturn V, Cox #5075, 1/24, $54
    Saturn V, Estes #2001, 1/100, $53, SL4
    Space Shuttle Columbia, Estes #1385, $ (OS)
    Space Shuttle Endeavour, North Coast Rocketry, 1/72, $100
    Space Shuttle, Estes #1284, 1/100, $25, SL4
    Terrier-Sandhawk, Estes #2083
    Titan IIIE, Estes #2019, $19, SL3
    X-15, Cox  #5000, 1/24, $21
    X-24 lifting body, Centuri
    X-30 Aerospace Plane, Quest #4500, $16

    Nomenclature Key:
        SL = Skill Level (e.g. SL2 = Skill Level 2)
        OS = New Old Stock, no longer produced, collector prices
        Prices are approximate
        All prices are US$dollar

Sources (Scale Models):

Try the following for mail order purchases:

References to plans, kits, building, and other information can be found in the Rec.Models.Rockets FAQ in the rec.models.rockets newsgroup.

Saturn V and Saturn 1B plans (six 11"x17" blue print sheets) can be purchased from National Association of Rocketry Technical Service (NARTS)

Collect-Aire Models, 166 Granville Lane, North Andover, MA 01845, 508-688-7283.

Countdown Hobbies, 3 P.T. Barnum Square, Bethel, CT 06801-1838, 203-790-9010 (voice), Send $2.50 for a catalog.

Countdown Hobbies has a great catalog of current production scale plastic and flying model rocket kits. Huge number of space related kits.

Four Star Collectibles, PO Box 658, Dracut, MA 01826, 603-635-7639 (voice), Send SASE for a catalog.

Four Star Collectibles has a very large selection of collectable and current production plastic model kits. Lots of space related kits.

Lunar Models, 106 Century Drive, Cleburne, TX 76031, 817-556-0296 (voice), 817-556-0298 (fax), Send $7.00 for catalog.

Lunar Models sells mainly science fiction movie character models (Lost in Space, Forbidden Planet, etc), but they also have very nice models of Voyager, HST, Viking, & Lunar Rover.

Space Craft International,953 East Colorado Boulevard, Number 201, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA

SCI manufactures prepainted laser cut cardboard model spacecraft. These are very nice models, just add glue.

The Planetary Society (sells Space Craft International models) 65 North Catalina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106 USA, 818-793-1675 (voice), 800-966-7827 (fax continental US/Canada), 818-793-5528 (fax international)

Ace Hobbies, 35 W31 St; 3rd floor, New York, NY 10001, 212-268-4151

Estes Industries, Penrose, CO 81240

Quest Aerospace Education, Inc. (model rocket company) PO Box 42390, Phoenix, AZ 85080-2390, 800-858-7302

Cox Products, 350 West Rincon Street, Corona, CA 91720, 909-278-1282

Periodicals and Literature (Scale Models):

"Fine Scale Modeler"

"High Power Rocketry", PO Box 96, Orem, Utah, 84059-0096, (Compuserv 71161,2351), US$25.00 per year for US, US$38.00 for international.

"Sport Rocketry", (Journal of the NAR), NAR Headquarters, PO Box 177, Altoona, WI 54720, USA, US$24.00/year continental US, 1-800-262-4872.

"Model Rocketry Handbook", Stuart Lodge, England, 128 pages, US$16.00.

"Space in Miniature #2: Gemini" Michael J. Mackowski, 34 pages, US$7.50.

Send US$7.50 + S&H to: Michael J. Mackowski, 1621 Waterwood Lane, St. Louis, MO 63146.

"Rockets of the World", Peter Alway, 1992, 384 pages, ISBN 0-9627876-1-2 (US$35 hardcover), ISBN 0-9627876-2-0 (US$28 softcover).

Successor to his book "Scale Model Rocketry" (no longer in print). Includes details on more than 200 versions of 133 rockets from 14 countries, with history, pictures, measurements, and paint schemes.

Hard cover $35.00, soft cover $28.00 (wire bound). Add $2.50 for postage and handling, $4.00 for foreign orders. Michigan residents add 4% sales tax.

Peter Alway (alway@tarle3.physics.lsa.umich.edu), P.O. Box 3709, Ann Arbor MI 48106-3709

NOTES:

Thanks to the following contributors:

Peter Alway (alway@tarle3.physics.lsa.umich.edu)
Jeff.Findley@sdrc.com
Jeff Goldader (goldader@akasha.IFA.Hawaii.Edu)
Bob Kaplow (kaplowro@hccompare.com)
AJ Madison 
Buzz McDermott buzzman@netcom.com
Kevin Nolan/COUNTDOWN HOBBIES <74640.3112@compuserve.com>
Brian Reynolds 
Rusty Whitman (WHITMAN@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Ric@seds.lpl.arizona.edu
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