Round 2 has brought back the MPC Vostok and Titan IIIC plastic models HERE. The re-release kit doesn't include any parts for flight.
EDIT: The larger flight fins are included. The two piece molded launch lugs are still on the plastic pieces.
This build is the older version from the 1970s where you could "Build To Fly" or Build To Display".
I'll try to include all information needed for the flying conversion. You should be able to fit a 20mm (or BT-20 tube with a shim) in the hollow middle plastic section.
The AVI folks sent this one to me. I've had it in storage for over 35 years.
The plastic parts, many are broken off the trees .
Most is molded in white, there are some chrome and clear parts.
A large 20" Mylar parachute, 8 shroud lines and unusable tape strips.
How you gonna' fit all that into a 20mm tube?
A Stine "Shock Lock" shock cord attachment
9" long 20mm heavy walled tube
Two lead weights
One for the Vostok, one for the Sputnik capsule, your choice
Thin yellow engine compartment tube
The instructions said there was a brown tube, I couldn't find it and substituted a Quest yellow tube.
Two engine hooks were provided, only one is needed
Four larger for flight fins. Smaller display fins were included.
In the middle are the two interior halves, the 20mm tube slides inside.
just finished my build, let me know what you think about the disks and trusses that go into the booster pods, what's the point of these if you can never see them?
ReplyDeleteI did a post based on your comment in the March 28 blog entry.
ReplyDeleteIt was added so anyone wanting to build the flying version could leave them off. It's just more weight in the rear.
The flight inner body tube is a BT-30, not 20
ReplyDeleteHi Anonymous,
DeleteThe original MPC tube is actually a 20mm metric sized tube. MPC used metric sizes and the later Quest kits do too. The MPC/Quest 20mm tube is .787" OD, the Estes BT-30 is .765" OD. They are close!