Revell "The Apollo" 1/48th Model Build

Modeling Subjects Space
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This is “The Apollo” model kit from Revell, copyright 1969. This particular kit is about 50 years old, and has been traveling around with me in a cardboard box for about that length of time. I decided to dig it out and restore it for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing (and for the “Race Into Space GB” that I am running). Unfortunately, over the years I had managed to lose a few parts to the model: the Launch Escape Tower and the lower section of the Lunar Module Storage Area. This meant I had to reconstruct these from scratch using plastic sheet, rods, matte board and a wooden dowel. I think I got pretty close to the originals, with perhaps a bit more external detail. Due to missing some internal parts for the Service Module, I skipped over having the external door open to show the equipment bay as on the original, but it was not something I would miss. I did have the internals for the Command Module and gave it a nice upgrade in appearance, including modifying the astronaut helmets into more of a Block 1 spacesuit configuration.

The base was made out of matte board and a styrofoam square, painted to resemble the launch pad and crawler.

If you’re interested, the complete build can be found in the “Race Into Space Group Build”. Thanks!

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/29/t/179883.aspx

Gary

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Great job resurrecting that! Good to see something rebuilt and updated instead of trashing it or tossing it in the garbage.

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I agree. Nicely done and thanks for sharing.

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Chris and Greg> Thanks for the kind words! Well, it had too much of a sentimental value for me to trash it, and these kits are going for close to $100 dollars on Ebay, so trashing it would “really” be a waste!

Gary

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Hey GAF,

Happy to see you rework this to completion. As I mentioned in the build thread, it looks wonderful! Really nice work one this one.

Ben

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Gary I loved watching you build this for the groupbuild!

Great job!

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Ben and Mach71> Thanks guys! I appreciate your participation in the GB. I really would like to see you do a build thread here in the Space section. You both turned out some beautiful models! I also intend to do a wrap-up at the end of the group build of everyone’s contributions. The photos would help a lot.

Gary