Here we go - now on sale on the Estes website,
One of the more anticipated new kits, the very detailed
Destination Mars - MARS LONGSHIP.
The kit parts are packaged in a tall box.
Two bags of parts and one long BT-55 tube.
The bag on the left contains:
The plastic details that glue onto the tube
The large, thick walled tail ring
Laser cut card stock details
Engine mount tube
Laser cut balsa
Two sheets of decals.
The bag pictured in the middle:
The big plastic nozzle
The one big ring again (repeated)
Separate instruction sheet showing decal placement
Long molded nose cone
Additional parts:
Engine hook, Engine Block, D/E spacer tube
Engine hook retainer ring
Launch Lug
18" Parachute
Shock Cord
Cool, I've been looking forward to this one.
ReplyDeleteHrm.. interesting. Hadn't expected the nosecone to be as long and detailed - sort of like a distant cousin of the Odyssey nosecone. It's interesting to me how it is BT-55 sized -- seems like there are quite a few notable Sci-Fi themed nosecone just happen to be BT-55 size.
ReplyDeleteAt first glace the spherical "command module" sort of reminds you of the Discovery from "2001: A Space Odyssey." With that though midline ridge and location of the "cockpit" marking makes might remind someone of the Learian Queen and Searcher that were featured in the 1979-1980 "Buck Rogers in the 25h century" TV series.
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