I have two kits, one original from the 1990s and the second from 2009 when Estes started their "Classic Series. The older kit was #2043, the reissue kit is #3026.
Both kits will be built at the same time, I'll be making comparisons between the two. There are some differences.
I always thought this was a sister kit to the Photon Disruptor that came out in 1976. This original Photon Disruptor was BT-50 based Maybe it's the black and white decor with the that orange (or pink or purple) center section. Both kits from the early 1990s were BT-55 based and about the same height.
If I remember correctly, the Photo Distruptor (kit 1282) was BT-50 sized. The reissued version as kit 3025 was BT-55 sized.
ReplyDeleteHi Naoto,
DeleteYou are right on that! The older version was a BT-50. I'll make the correction in the post.
I do see your point on the resemblance in décor (I do remember thinking the same thing when I saw the Photon Probe kit). I suppose if you already had an example of the older BT-50 sized Photon Disruptor, you could build a downscale its "sister" to match?
ReplyDeleteHi Naoto,
DeleteI guess I could build a downsize version. But - after building (usually) two of each kit I want to move onto something different.