Considering buying this, any opinions of it?

[upnorth]

I don’t build real space much, but I saw a kit for sale at my LHS that caught my eye.

A can’t remember the scale, but it was made by an outfit called Skillcraft and it was a plastic kit of the Hubble Telescope.

I’ve never heard of Skillcraft or this kit before. Can somebody give me some idea of what I can expect from it?

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

Skilcraft I found does a lot of visible anatomy kits like the old Lindberg stuff.

The Hubble, AFAIK, is a snap-together kit. Accuracy i don7t know about they say it was build based on nasa plans.

Here is a blur I found:

QUOTE:
HUBBLE Space Telescope
This unique and accurate Skilcraft model is made from NASA plans! This easy-to-assemble SnapFit#8482; Kit answers such questions as: “How does the Hubble get images back to earth?”, “What does the interior of the telescope look like?”, and “Why id the Hubble so important to astronomers?”. Features moving solar panels and masts, plus a telescope door that opens and closes. Each kit contains Hubble Space Telescope SnapFit#8482; model, detailed assembly and painting instructions, decals, display stand, bonus poster, and illustrated booklet.
ITEM# SC-74638 $9.99

The only other kit of the hubble that I am aware of is a very good paper-model.

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Found another link with some pics:
http://galactic-voyager.com/cgi-bin/mod.cgi?id=03-465&c=060
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HTH.

[philp]

The Skilcraft kit is a decent build and a good starting point if you want to go all out and detail it.