Re: A question of scale

>> It's probably too much to hope that this would be _the_ dropship
isn't
>> it?
>
>This one is a sort of 'not-Space 1999-Eagle' ship. The same
configuration with
>seperate cargo module etc, but not identical in detail. I decided that
it would
>be almost impossible to duplicate the girder work on an Eagle in a
white-metal
>casting without ending up with a model that would be fiddly to cast and
assemble
>and delicate on the table.
 
I've seen a nice plastic model (either 1/48 or 1/64, I think the former)
of the Space 1999 lander at the Toy Liquidators for about $10. (I've
almost
bought it a couple of times. Then I thought about the accumulation
downstairs and decided not to. I'll probably break down soon.)
I don't recall the name, but it's the one with the wedge-like cockpit
and otherwise looks like a string of packing crates in a steel
framework,
with outpod lift engines and a space-shuttle-like main engine. Is that
the Eagle? But the size and price are right.
 
- Sam
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