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Topic: Karst-onian Kollection: "A Place for Space"
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 02-28-2011 07:27 AM
   
Below is one of our recent finds. It was purchased from a fellow in Huntsville who said it was a display model used in meetings at Marshall Space Flight Center during discussions on the Constellation program. It appears to be the Orion 606 version with the solar panels in the launch configuration. We have added it to our shelf of "Programs that never made it" models. Sadly this shelf is getting full.  
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 02-28-2011 07:29 AM
One more model acquisition, actually two. Here are a couple of photos of some large models. One is the Thor-Agena that we won at the Lunar Legacies auction last week and the other is a Delta-Relay. I would love then to be our entrance way displays but the weather would take it's toll on them. We will be cleaning them up for a place inside the house instead.  
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1565
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 02-28-2011 07:59 AM
Very nice Fred!!!! Over two years he has his own little museum...  |
Jerry Brouillette
Member Posts: 156
From: Louviers, CO
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 02-28-2011 08:06 AM
Wow, those are some nice models! |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 5407
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-28-2011 09:21 AM
Don't recommend keeping those out there too long, else you may trigger an international incident upon the next overflight by a Russian imaging satellite as it reports a START treaty violation. |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 2143
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-28-2011 10:02 AM
Nice additions Fred. Soon you'll need a shed out back - so you have somewhere to sleep. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-21-2011 05:02 AM
We received our Apollo 9 Dragon model from Boggs Spacebooks for $65 including shipping.
It is a really nice model and I know some think a LM should have been part of the kit I am very pleased with the model as it is, especially the price point that it is at. I think anyone who passes this up will regret it down the road. Take a look at it's new home. (Note: the RCS quads had not been installed yet in these photos.)  
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Charlie16
Member Posts: 545
From: Italy
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 03-21-2011 06:15 AM
Congratulations, I think I see the Rocket Garden at KSC. Has always been my dream to put a Lunar Module in front of my house, perhaps in Italy say that I am a little crazy. Also beautiful your collection. You do dream us!
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-21-2011 08:14 AM
I have had a couple of questions off line about the moon clock in the latest photos. Here is some info on Amazon what it is and were you could pick one up. |
xlsteve
Member Posts: 397
From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 03-21-2011 10:39 AM
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Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
I would love then to be our entrance way displays but the weather would take it's toll on them. We will be cleaning them up for a place inside the house instead.
But it would add some fire power to you saying "you kids get off my lawn!"
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Gilbert
Member Posts: 1526
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-21-2011 12:18 PM
Fred, when are you going to host a Georgia geekfest at your house so we can all admire your personal collection and museum? |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 648
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 03-21-2011 02:33 PM
Fred, you have acquired a beautiful display of spacecraft models over the years, here's to many more. |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 03-21-2011 04:06 PM
Awesome! |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2340
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 03-22-2011 03:15 PM
That house photo just screams "Space geek lives here!", but of course I step into my living room and have the same effect. 
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-08-2011 12:53 PM
We took some time yesterday and finished cleaning up the models we picked up from Donnis. They now have a home in our living room. We elected not to repaint them and just clean them and display them with the marks and bumps they have picked up over the years.  |
Obviousman
Member Posts: 438
From: NSW, Australia
Registered: May 2005
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posted 05-09-2011 04:11 AM
You know, you must have the most understanding wife on the planet! |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 648
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 05-09-2011 07:24 AM
I would hate to have to dust all that, truly pieces of history you are preserving. |
Norman.King
Member Posts: 405
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 05-09-2011 12:22 PM
You have an amazing collection but I'm curious to know what one single item in your collection you'd keep if everything else had to go? |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 2143
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 05-09-2011 01:18 PM
Norm that's easy to answer - the wife! Sorry Fred (and Mrs. Fred). |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1526
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-09-2011 03:27 PM
Once again...Fred, when are you going to host a Georgia geekfest at your house so we can all admire your personal collection and museum? |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-09-2011 06:54 PM
Gary is right, Jackie is the keeper. With her I can start again. The one item question is a tough one. It is like asking which one of your children you love the most. For that question it is not so much the item, but the memory that goes with it. So if you will please, afford me two. As many of you know, my space buddy and wife of 20 years, Cheryl, died in a horse accident in 2007. Therefore it would be the Alan Bean "Helping Hands" print Cheryl and I picked up at the Cosmosphere two years earlier. Cheryl said that she fell in love with that print because of the friendship that Pete and Alan had and how that print depicted that helping friendship, this reminded her of our relationship. The full story of that print is a full page in itself. Second is our lucite from Jerry Czubinski. It has a small piece of Apollo 15 temporary storage bag lunar dust sample. When Jackie and I were dating I told her if I could I would give her the moon. However, since I could not do that I could give her a piece of it and then handed her the lucite. We were married a month later. Jackie and Cheryl were best friends. Jackie was with Cheryl that day she died, Cheryl died in Jackie's arms. Take a look at the website Jackie put together about their friendship. As far as Georgia geekfest, as I have never been to one I do not know what that would entail. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1526
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-10-2011 06:27 PM
Fred, if you invite us, we will come.Seriously, all you have to do is pick a date, invite people who are interested, and enjoy the rest. Visitors can supply food and drinks and bring items to show and trade. The recent event at Russell Still's house was a lot of fun. |
MikeSpace
Member Posts: 114
From: USA
Registered: Jun 2020
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posted 05-10-2011 10:42 PM
Wow. Love the collection. Wonderful. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 05-12-2011 12:24 PM
We received our Retro Space Images' LC-39A lucite and have loaded it into the museum. It now resides beside the Saturn V on the LUT model Jackie built. It is also in good company with a crawlerway rock rolled over on Apollo 17's trip to the pad (a Lunar Legacies auction win) and a lucite that has a piece of the LUT in it. It is a great piece. 
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-05-2011 11:45 AM
We added a new model into our breakfast nook area of the house. It was an eBay find and it is done well but not to the standard of a Steve or a Pascal. Therefore we decided to mount it up high and beside our signed copy of Life with Ed White on the cover. 
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Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 06-05-2011 11:29 PM
Not bad. Is that one of the old big Revell spacewalking astronaut figures? Even unbuilt, one doesn't encounter those very often since the mold was altered to make it an astronaut with MMU kit in the 1980s. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-06-2011 05:32 AM
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Originally posted by Jay Chladek:
Is that one of the old big Revell spacewalking astronaut figures?
It sure is. I have the MMU version as well that Pascal built with all of his added details, even had the base signed by Bruce! |
history in miniature
Member Posts: 648
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-06-2011 09:48 AM
That's so cool, a model next to Life magazine with an autograph. Is he the 6' or 12' version? |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-06-2011 11:59 AM
It is the 12" version. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6284
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 06-07-2011 04:31 AM
Which make is the ISS with docked space shuttle scale model? |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-07-2011 04:58 AM
The ISS model is by InterMountain Railway Co. 1/144 scale. The ATV on the back end is scratch built by me and the Shuttle is a Revell with Atlantis decals and was built by my wife. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-08-2011 08:52 PM
We have added a friend to the model of Ol' 66 we have posted before in another thread within cS: an in scale (1/48) Apollo 11 splashdown. It is hard to see in these pictures but even the foil pattern is included in the charred reentry skin. As is typical with the detailed work the photos do not do it justice and no one can do the ocean as Steve can.
We have it place with Ol' 66 right now but we are planning for the helo to hover over the CM at some point. Thanks Steve for the attention to detail in both models.  
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history in miniature
Member Posts: 648
From: Slatington, PA
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-11-2011 11:42 AM
Fred, thanks for allowing me the opportunity to contribute to your astounding collection. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-26-2011 05:14 PM
We recently picked up this interesting model on eBay. It is a 1/24 scale contractors model of the ISS Z-1 truss and Node One when the plan was for the two to fly together. It was originally sold in May 1998 by Superior Galleries for $40 (before the internet was added to auctions). I purchased only the model as an original acrylic stand was destroyed in a shipping incident that the seller had with a mover. After the purchase I recreated the original display stand using acrylic and aluminum. It is a very cool model and looks good on the top of the curio on the opposite side from the 1/144 scale complete ISS in the living room.  
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Gilbert
Member Posts: 1526
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-27-2011 06:08 PM
Fred, Awesome! Can't wait to tour your museum at the next southeast space collector's gathering (hopefully in 2012). |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 09-28-2011 04:47 PM
Fred, it came from my collection. I sold it through Superior. It looks far better in your collection than when I found it in an old Rockwell Int. exhibit department store room when they were closing when merging with Boeing. I believe it was for the "Freedom" space station design... when the orbiter could carry 65,000 pounds of payload, in the late 1980's. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-28-2011 07:39 PM
Great info, thanks. I sure wish I had that kind of history for some of the other models, I often wonder who's office they have been in. Thanks again. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 09-28-2011 10:45 PM
I suppose if I visit, I may have to make a "donation" to the display. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3121
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-29-2011 05:40 AM
Tours are free but donations will be proudly displayed!! |
Klaatu
Member Posts: 60
From: England
Registered: Sep 2007
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posted 01-03-2012 09:07 AM
WOW!...You really have a fabulous display, and a nice house. Hopefully I can visit you one day...big ocean in the way though. Your collection is wonderful. |
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