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Topic: Dragon Wings 1:400 Enterprise w/SCA
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GoesTo11 Member Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 03-24-2010 12:46 PM
Apparently, Dragon Models is soon re-issuing this model. I have the release from a few years ago depicting Endeavour with the SCA in its current paint scheme. It's a handsome model, but if these photos are accurate, Enterprise's paint pattern is obviously incorrect. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-25-2010 01:23 AM
Are those marking errors (leading edges on the wing, tiles on the tail - anything else? - what about the 747?) make it a even more collectible item? |
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42982 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-25-2010 09:53 AM
The marking errors depend on what version of Enterprise they were trying to replicate: the Approach and Landing Test program version, or the version as went on tour and now appears in the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center.Personally, I would have desired the markings for the latter, as then the model would represent Enterprise's upcoming final ferry flight. |
GoesTo11 Member Posts: 1309 From: Denver, CO Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 03-25-2010 10:46 AM
quote: Originally posted by cspg: Are those marking errors...
I don't think it's a mistake. Looking at my Endeavour model, it just appears to me that Dragon went the cheap/easy route and duplicated their previous 1:400 orbiter models and just changed the name. Even if, as Robert suggests, they were trying to replicate Enterprise's post-ALT markings, it's still not very accurate. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-26-2010 12:54 AM
I haven't seen a B747 SCA with those markings. Are they correct? A previously released version seemed more appropriate. |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-28-2010 09:39 AM
So? Any thoughts anybody? ![](http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/frown.gif) |