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Topic: Dragon Models 1:72 Saturn V rocket model
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Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 11-01-2019 10:50 PM
   
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Originally posted by Space Cadet Carl:
During the last few years, a couple resin part companies have released aftermarket upgrade kits in an attempt to correct many of the original shortcomings of this kit.
Can you please provide links to these kits if they still exist? I tried several years ago to find anything mentioned in this thread earlier and nothing was available. Any leads would be appreciated. |
Panther494
Member Posts: 408
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 11-02-2019 03:10 AM
Martin's Models in the UK provide a large amount of resin replacement for this. Parts tend to need a lot of cleaning up but provide a good starting point. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 401
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-02-2019 05:23 AM
On eBay (283656266717) there are resin parts for all stages of the Saturn V. As with Martin's Models parts, these will take considerable work to clean up, and they appear to be rather crude in places.Insulation batted F-1 engines are also available from RealSpace Models. These are ready to use in place of the kit's engines with just minor cleanup. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 401
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-02-2019 05:30 AM
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Originally posted by crash:
Can someone confirm that this re-release is not yet available (but clearly imminent)?
I've just checked eBay and a half-dozen Chinese online hobby shops, and none of them have the kit in stock yet. eBay has a few, but their inflated prices indicate that they're the first release from 2013. Since Dragon is a Chinese company, Hong Kong online shops such as LuckyModel and HobbySearch should be receiving them first. |
crash
Member Posts: 318
From: West Sussex, England
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 11-03-2019 04:03 AM
Peter, thanks. I will keep an eye on those stores. |
sev8n
Member Posts: 236
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 11-24-2019 10:18 PM
Hobby Search shows it available now. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6215
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 02-06-2020 10:09 AM
Unless I've missed something, Dragon seems to have a strange approach to timing when it comes to re-releasing models. You'd think they would have picked 2019 for a re-release.The 1:72 is apparently re-released next month for $399.95, according to the Flying Mule website. |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 211
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 02-06-2020 03:47 PM
From what I've seen during the last several months, I would suggest a very careful wait-and-see posture regarding the release of this kit. Several fraudulent eBay sellers have been offering this kit for sale since November for wildly varying prices. I was just refunded by eBay for jumping on one these phony listings for a Dragon Saturn V. I don't think we can believe any listed price right now until the kit is actually in stock and being shipped by somebody. |
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