Post by Whiterook on Nov 27, 2023 10:34:35 GMT -5
SPACE 1999: Eagle 4 Transporter
I’ve been wanting this one for a loooooooong time, and I found it on a good sale on Amazon (which was lower that the lowest Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale I could find), so free shipping to boot!
The kit I bought features the following…
I was a huge fan as a kid and remained so throughout my life. As a child of the Space Age, the Space Race, and NASA in all her glory; and the resultant fervor and manic peddling of all things Space, from toys to TANG to Astronaut Food Sticks to movies and TV — I ate it all up (including those Godawful individually packaged snack sticks). As time went on, and I educated myself on space programs and cosmology, I came to appreciate the varied designs of space faring vessels, from real-life rockets to fictional craft. I think at it’s zenith of possibilities suggested by television show designers, the SA-23E Mitchell-Hyundyne Starfury was at the time in the mid-90s, voted and appraised by JPL and NASA engineers as the best designed fighter imagined, including the revolutionary cockpit seating. But before that, and as a non-rocket scientist (
), I always considered the fleet of Eagle Transports, in all their varied forms, as the most realistic design that would *work*, not just look cool.
I’m looking forward to building this kit!!! It’s on the back burner as I get more comfortable re-reentering the hobby, as I want to do the ultimate justice to her!!!
I’ve been wanting this one for a loooooooong time, and I found it on a good sale on Amazon (which was lower that the lowest Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale I could find), so free shipping to boot!
The kit I bought features the following…
- Iconic spaceship kit: The opener to season two of Space:1999 introduced this fan-favorite variation of the Eagle Transporter. MPC builds onto its lineup of 14” Eagles by adding the popular “laboratory pod” along with the powerful spine booster.
- All of the details: As with all of MPC’s Space:1999 kits, the kit supplies and amazing amount of detail that is based on extensive research of the original filming miniatures used in the production of the show.
- Everything you expect from MPC: The kit comes with an extensive water-slide decal sheet, full color deco guide and assembly instructions.
- QUICK SPECS: 1/72 Scale, 209 Parts. 14” long. Parts molded in “Eagle” white. Skill level 2 – Suggested for modelers age 14+ PAINT AND GLUE REQUIRED.
I was a huge fan as a kid and remained so throughout my life. As a child of the Space Age, the Space Race, and NASA in all her glory; and the resultant fervor and manic peddling of all things Space, from toys to TANG to Astronaut Food Sticks to movies and TV — I ate it all up (including those Godawful individually packaged snack sticks). As time went on, and I educated myself on space programs and cosmology, I came to appreciate the varied designs of space faring vessels, from real-life rockets to fictional craft. I think at it’s zenith of possibilities suggested by television show designers, the SA-23E Mitchell-Hyundyne Starfury was at the time in the mid-90s, voted and appraised by JPL and NASA engineers as the best designed fighter imagined, including the revolutionary cockpit seating. But before that, and as a non-rocket scientist (
), I always considered the fleet of Eagle Transports, in all their varied forms, as the most realistic design that would *work*, not just look cool.I’m looking forward to building this kit!!! It’s on the back burner as I get more comfortable re-reentering the hobby, as I want to do the ultimate justice to her!!!
