Discussion Mk II

[Mossie]

Whoa, that was a catch Mossie!   

Nice isn't it? Round 2 re-popped it about 10 years ago and I picked one up at Telford and got the etch set later. It comes with two nose cones, the clear set are missing as I gifted them to a friend who immediately coveted them when I opened the box!

I started it, putting some of the tanks together and painted the base but got no further.

[Old Wombat]

For what it's worth, if I was a Mod it would be eligible. 

[kerick]

I would love to see such a build in progress and finished.

[kerick]

I've come into possession of a large number of aircraft wheels of different sizes and scales. Plus some cylinders and other shapes of PS plastic. If I make good progress on the home renovations I just might be able to start building something interesting by August! I'm thinking about some sort of rover, either moon or Mars or whatever.

[McColm]

From what I have been reading there seems to be a lot of idea switching between the USA and the former USSR or if we can't get this to work maybe they can.

[Weaver]

Whoa, that was a catch Mossie!   

Nice isn't it? Round 2 re-popped it about 10 years ago and I picked one up at Telford and got the etch set later. It comes with two nose cones, the clear set are missing as I gifted them to a friend who immediately coveted them when I opened the box!

I started it, putting some of the tanks together and painted the base but got no further.

There's currently exactly one on Ebay, for £75, in Ireland, plus five of the PE sets, all £30+ and none in the UK.

[Weaver]

I've come into possession of a large number of aircraft wheels of different sizes and scales. Plus some cylinders and other shapes of PS plastic. If I make good progress on the home renovations I just might be able to start building something interesting by August! I'm thinking about some sort of rover, either moon or Mars or whatever.

Rubber tires can't handle the temperature differences on the Moon, hence the "wire cage" types used on the real moon buggies. Mind you, in a small scale, you wouldn't really be able to tell the construction of the tires, so the thing to do would be to choose fat, lightly-treaded aircraft wheels/tires and then paint the tires silver-grey or some such not-black colour to signify that you're aware of the issue.

Moon Buggy tire close up:

[PR19_Kit]

Hmm, I wonder what the manufacturer's recommended tyre pressures are for them? 

Perhaps they have to be higher for the rear tyres when they've loaded all the Moon rock samples?

[NARSES2]

For what it's worth, if I was a Mod it would be eligible. 

I think we're probaby sympathetic    Lets wait and see if Mossie wants to give it a go 

[Mossie]

For what it's worth, if I was a Mod it would be eligible. 

I think we're probaby sympathetic    Lets wait and see if Mossie wants to give it a go 

Thanks guys!      Not sure yet, I think I need something a bit simpler at the moment, this kit will need serious psr and patience for the etch.

I would love to see such a build in progress and finished.

Build progress didn't get far. I started it for the Old Kit GB back in 2016. Glued the fuel tanks, stripped the chrome parts and painted up the base.
The kit is pretty good for its age, the main parts for the 'system control' section bulb pretty much push together but there's a lot of seams to sort out on other parts.



I did a little bit more that I didn't post in the progress thread, I added some shadows to the base and glued the nuclear reactor arm.

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My model for the base was this lovely gibbous photo of the asteroid Vesta:

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