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Topic: Dragon 1:400 space shuttle w/crawler transporter
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jjknap
Member Posts: 273
From: Bourbonnais, IL USA
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-05-2013 11:06 PM
   
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
(though someone should tell them they installed the shuttle backwards on the MLP)
They must have read the forums, as new pictures with the shuttle on the pad correctly are now up  |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-06-2013 01:20 PM
I ordered one from Flying Mule this morning and just received an e-mail that it has shipped to me today. |
bdipaolo
Member Posts: 89
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Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-06-2013 01:44 PM
Why on earth didn't they make the exhaust ports open to below? Doesn't look like the "platforms" under the SRBs and shuttle main engines could be removed.There is a 3D print 1:400 Shuttle MLP + Crawler, or MLP only. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-07-2013 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by bdipaolo:
Why on earth didn't they make the exhaust ports open to below?
I suspect that's because of simplicity and ease of display. Open exhaust ports would have made it problematic to accommodate Dragon's existing 1:400 shuttle stack without some sort of obvious (and visually incongruous) supports. Incidentally, I "pre-ordered" this from the Flying Mule the evening of Tuesday, June 4, with no idea that it would be stocked the next day. Shipped and should arrive Tuesday. |
the clocks running
Member Posts: 382
From: Rochester, NY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 06-11-2013 02:06 PM
Just picked up my model and the MLP and Crawler are Big! 1/400 scale is larger than I imagined. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-11-2013 09:02 PM
Got mine today as well, and it's a very cool little model. I already had three 1:400 Dragon Shuttle stacks, so I knew what I was getting there, but the MLP & Crawler are very nice and well-detailed for this scale. Already one of my favorite Dragon models. |
jjknap
Member Posts: 273
From: Bourbonnais, IL USA
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-12-2013 08:08 PM
Received mine today. I am amazed at the detail. I agree with the earlier post; this is probably my favorite Dragon model at this point. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 06-13-2013 02:26 AM
Hmmm. The crawler is adjustable in height for hill 39A look? |
topmiler
Member Posts: 148
From: eastleigh, hampshire, UK
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 06-13-2013 03:46 AM
Wow, what a pic. Any idea which mission that was from? |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 06-15-2013 09:18 AM
My model arrived on Thursday (June 13) and has been placed in it's new home. It is a very nice model and makes a nice display. 
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the clocks running
Member Posts: 382
From: Rochester, NY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 06-15-2013 10:22 AM
Beautiful NASA display! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-15-2013 10:29 AM
Inspired by Fred's photos, here's my own: I think this may be my favorite model of Dragon's to date — perhaps because I can imagine a 1:400 figure of myself standing on the MLP photographing the towering space shuttle. The crawler and MLP are both are nicely detailed for their scale — for example, the crawler features (very tiny) individual treads. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 06-17-2013 02:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by GACspaceguy:
My model arrived on Thursday (June 13) and has been placed in it's new home. It is a very nice model and makes a nice display.
Wow! That's a beautiful cabinet of goodies. Now I need to wipe the drool of my keyboard before I short something out in the laptop. |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 06-17-2013 03:05 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
I think this may be my favorite model of Dragon's to date...
It makes a surprisingly big difference to have a model on a realistic launch pad. Dragon did a really nice job on this one, so let's hope they take a hint for a revised Saturn V (the old one isn't up to their current standard of detail) on a crawler with launch pad - and LUT. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-17-2013 03:51 PM
Guess what, there's another coming: Atlantis with crawler transporter. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-17-2013 03:55 PM
I'm not entirely positive, but this re-issue with Atlantis may have been driven by the desire by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to have a version to sell in the new Atlantis exhibit. They order in the thousands of units. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-17-2013 04:03 PM
Can't you put the shuttle from the Memorable Missions sets onto the MLP? Dragon could then sell the MLP separately. But I can understand why they will produce more of the model, now that they have the molds for both the shuttles and MLP. And Dragon has received good reviews for that model for once! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-17-2013 04:09 PM
The external tank in the Memorable Missions sets is permanently (or least securely) attached to the backdrop wall. Also, the solid rocket boosters in the crawler set have pegs set into their aft skirts that secure the stack on the mobile launch platform. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-17-2013 04:25 PM
Ah, ok. I haven't received my model, that's why I asked. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-19-2013 04:59 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
I'm not entirely positive, but this re-issue with Atlantis may have been driven by the desire by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to have a version to sell in the new Atlantis exhibit. They order in the thousands of units.
Based on the photos you've posted on the exhibit, I fail to see the relationship between Atlantis as it is being displayed and the Atlantis/MLP model (there's no MLP in the exhibit, correct?). But a larger scale model, say 1:144, with open payload bay doors would make a lot more sense. Or Dragon's model with the Hubble Telescope (#56259 but at a greater scale). Or even a transparent (see-through like the 4D vision model) one would make more sense. But I guess that now that they have the crawler and MLP, they will produce several models of those. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-19-2013 05:16 AM
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Originally posted by GoesTo11:
I suspect that's because of simplicity and ease of display. Open exhaust ports would have made it problematic to accommodate Dragon's existing 1:400 shuttle stack without some sort of obvious (and visually incongruous) supports.
I'm not sure that it's Dragon's intention to have customers use their other orbiter models on this one (from a "business" standpoint, it doesn't make sense). The only good thing about this model is the crawler which at 1:400 is quite detailed- even if it's all plastic. The MLP's lack of exhaust holes is quite strange. Herpa has managed to include them in their MLP and at a smaller 1:500 scale!. Also, you cannot display the launch platform with the shuttle/ET/SRB stack separately from the crawler (say side by side). Herpa, again, provides the necessary pillars to support the launch platform. Again, the worthy addition to this model is the crawler. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-19-2013 08:20 AM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
I fail to see the relationship
You're over thinking it a bit: the exhibit is called "Space Shuttle Atlantis" — its gift shop is stocked with space shuttle Atlantis related items (they indeed have the Atlantis "Memorable Missions" Dragon model included). That said, there is a large (maybe 1/25 scale) model of Atlantis on the MLP and crawler in the exhibit. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 06-21-2013 03:35 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
Guess what, there's another coming: Atlantis with crawler transporter.
Planned for August for the same price as Discovery, $69.99. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-24-2013 08:10 PM
The Flying Mule delivered my Discovery with MLP/crawler today. I am amazed at the detail. It is already one of my favorite models. |
ringo67
Member Posts: 179
From: Seekonk, Mass., USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-27-2013 12:35 PM
Okay, even though I really can't afford it, I'm buying one.Discovery is the only shuttle I saw fly on STS-131, so since they she's been my favorite ship. And with everyone saying this model is worth purchasing, I just had to pull the trigger. Now I have to wait for the package to arrive. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 06-27-2013 05:49 PM
You will be glad you pulled the trigger. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 08-13-2013 03:48 PM
Atlantis with crawler/MLP is available from the Flying Mule. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1447
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 08-14-2013 02:32 AM
Here in The Netherlands don't see them, pity. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 08-14-2013 04:33 AM
I have seen it on Amazon Germany, in Switzerland, out of stock from AviationMegastore.com (Netherlands) and available from Andromeda by the end of September. |
collocation
Member Posts: 383
From: McLean, VA, USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 09-01-2013 05:17 PM
Forgive my ignorance, how tall is this model with the crawler? Thank you. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-01-2013 05:50 PM
The model stands 7 inches tall. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-05-2013 05:05 AM
Dragon Models USA announces Endeavour with crawler transporter due January 2014. |
Daugherty54
Member Posts: 591
From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-01-2014 10:24 PM
I do like this model in spite of its small size. Here is a picture with the Dragon 1/6th scale astronaut just to the rear of it.It has a surprisingly satisfying amount of detail.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-01-2014 11:11 PM
Great display! Though you have the shuttle mounted on the MLP backwards. The tail service masts should be in front of the orbiter.(If you look earlier in this thread, The Flying Mule made the same mistake in their initial set of product images.) |
Daugherty54
Member Posts: 591
From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 02-01-2014 11:48 PM
Thanks for the catch! I had it out looking at it and put it back in the case backwards.... and that was weeks ago! |
crowe-t
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posted 03-01-2014 12:29 PM
What are the dimensions of this model (L x W x H)? |
Daugherty54
Member Posts: 591
From: Cabot, Arkansas, USA
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 03-01-2014 08:08 PM
The launch platform is 4 5/8 x 4". The total height of the crawler, launch platform and shuttle stack is a bit over 7". Pretty small, but excellent detail. |
JLR1
Member Posts: 63
From: Cincinnati, OH
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 03-02-2014 09:55 AM
Amazon is selling the Atlantis with crawler/MLP for $50.50, which includes free shipping. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-02-2014 01:27 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
Dragon Models USA announces Endeavour with crawler transporter due January 2014.
Now due out this month (March). |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-05-2014 02:12 PM
I just received my Atlantis model. Thanks for the heads-up, JLR1! The model is up to Dragon's usual 1/400 quality, but the box could have used a little more proofreading. Well, at least they got the MLP arrow right.  The only thing that catches my eye is the lack of railings. I may have to get a set of 1/400 photo-etched ship railings to install around the edge. Incidentally, if you have other Dragon shuttle stacks, they can be interchanged for the one on the MLP. My Discovery stack fits fine. |
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