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Topic: Dragon 1:400 space shuttle w/crawler transporter
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-20-2012 06:10 AM
   
Dragon Models announced today its 1:400 Space Shuttle Discovery with Crawler Transporter (No. 56391). |
James Brown
Member Posts: 1287
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 04-20-2012 06:27 AM
Yes... |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-20-2012 07:20 AM
I will be getting this. |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-20-2012 07:38 AM
Brilliant.Next? Launch tower? |
apolloprojeckt
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From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 04-20-2012 08:25 AM
Let's hope that.  |
ringo67
Member Posts: 179
From: Seekonk, Mass., USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-20-2012 12:46 PM
Aw man, I just bought the Discovery stack from the Memorable Missions series. Oh well, can't have too many Discovery models, she's my orbiter. I'm sure you guys know what I mean.  Very cool, though! Next, we need a Pad 39A (or B) diorama. |
Henk Boshuijer
Member Posts: 450
From: Netherlands
Registered: May 2007
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posted 04-20-2012 01:15 PM
Great... Maybe the launch tower can be sold as a separate model. I will order this model... |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-20-2012 01:21 PM
Launch tower...YES! |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-20-2012 01:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by ringo67:
Aw man, I just bought the Discovery stack from the Memorable Missions series.
Glad I drew the line at the Columbia and Challenger stacks... now I can justify this. |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 04-20-2012 01:58 PM
It's about time.  |
the clocks running
Member Posts: 382
From: Rochester, NY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 04-20-2012 02:20 PM
Oh Yea!!! I want that. Finally, a crawler transporter available in a model. |
contra
Member Posts: 318
From: Kiel, Germany
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 04-20-2012 03:20 PM
WOW. Can't wait. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 04-20-2012 05:43 PM
It just keeps getting better! What's next?? |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 04-20-2012 05:53 PM
Finally. |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 04-20-2012 06:35 PM
How about a scaled VAB with the option of having a shuttle or Saturn V stack being assembled??? |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-20-2012 07:50 PM
This isn't a kit, is it? |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 04-20-2012 08:41 PM
Nope, not a kit. |
jjknap
Member Posts: 273
From: Bourbonnais, IL USA
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-20-2012 09:29 PM
Nice |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-20-2012 10:22 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cycleroadie:
Nope, not a kit
Oh heck yeah, gotta have one of those, then! |
press4meco
Member Posts: 44
From: Renton, WA, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 04-21-2012 07:16 AM
Now THIS is exciting. Well done, Dragon! |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 04-21-2012 08:14 AM
This thing may be sold out prior to release!! |
ringo67
Member Posts: 179
From: Seekonk, Mass., USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-21-2012 05:33 PM
I just had a crazy thought...What if the crawler was remote-controlled? |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-21-2012 08:00 PM
I doubt you could make running treads that small. Yes, the real crawler treads are massive, but at 1/400 scale, they're downright tiny. |
onesmallstep
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From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 04-22-2012 11:31 PM
Wow! What's next? A silver astrovan? M113 vehicle? Slidewire escape baskets if a launch gantry is issued? The mind goes into overdrive now... |
Ironman One
Member Posts: 73
From: Ormond Beach, FL USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 04-24-2012 08:08 PM
Something like this with the launch tower for the 1/400 scale Saturn V would really be nice, and a practical size to display. Similar to the plastic Countdown Inc. kit offered by the Kennedy Space Center gift shop back in the 1970's. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-25-2012 02:37 PM
Need one of those. Or more gray Lego to build my own for my Lego shuttle!  |
JWoytach
Member Posts: 61
From: North Ridgeville
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 05-02-2012 06:54 AM
Any word on when this Dragon model will hit the streets? |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1966
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 05-02-2012 12:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by ringo67:
Oh well, can't have too many Discovery models, she's my orbiter. I'm sure you guys know what I mean.
ringo: Are you sure? See below.
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p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 05-02-2012 01:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by onesmallstep:
Wow! What's next? A silver astrovan? M113 vehicle? Slidewire escape baskets if a launch gantry is issued?
I doubt they'd bother to make a M-113 to match this. In that scale, it'd be around a quarter of an inch long. Even most wargame miniatures are way larger than that (GHQ makes the smallest 113 I know of, and that's in 1/285 scale). M113s are actually quite small when you get next to one, you expect it to be bigger than it is until you see one in person, it's about as long as a big SUV.But as for the shuttle stack and transporter, I don't have many space models (I only have the Model Power Endeavour, a desktop wood X-1 and the Dragon 1/400 Apollo 13 Saturn V) or intention of getting many but I MUST have this one. Besides, it wouldn't be that big at that scale, I'm thinking about 3 inches wide at the base or so? It makes you wonder how tough it'd be for Dragon to make a scale launch pad diorama or VAB for those models. Neither would take up a huge amount of room at that scale. My calculator says that a scale VAB would be 15.75 inches tall, 21.50 inches long and 15.5 inches wide. It'd be an easy model for someone to make (well, the outside, anyway), now that I'm thinking on it. I can't find any dimensions for 39A to see how big that'd be in 1/400 scale. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-02-2012 03:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by tegwilym:
Need one of those. Or more gray Lego to build my own for my Lego shuttle!
Great job on the LEGO crawler/transporter! Did you design it in LDD or LDraw? I'd love to display my shuttle stack that way.
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PeterO
Member Posts: 399
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-02-2012 03:55 PM
quote:
Originally posted by p51:
But as for the shuttle stack and transporter... it wouldn't be that big at that scale, I'm thinking about 3 inches wide at the base or so?
A 1/400 MLP would be 4.05" wide (across the SRBs) by 4.8" long by 0.75" thick. The actual MLP was 160 by 135 by 25 feet, according to astronautix.com. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 05-02-2012 07:12 PM
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Originally posted by JWoytach:
Any word on when this Dragon model will hit the streets?
I wouldn't dare to guess. It doesn't even appear in Dragon's 2012-13 Space catalog, and in any case their anticipated ship dates have proven scattershot to say the least. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-03-2012 09:05 AM
quote:
Originally posted by JWoytach:
Any word on when this Dragon model will hit the streets?
Their Apollo 16 model was announced early April and is slated for a June release (for $100- Flying Mule). The shuttle and crawler was announced late April, so July-August timeframe is possible (although you could easily add a few more months). |
rmacd
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posted 05-06-2012 01:36 PM
It would be cool to see Dragon release the concrete base for Pad 39A or B. Then you could buy separate launch towers/MLP for the Apollo era and the shuttle era. I suspect they'll release a Complex 39 set after the release of this but I just hope it won't come with another crawler/mobile launch platform. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-09-2012 07:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Dragon Models announced today its 1:400 Space Shuttle Discovery with Crawler Transporter (No. 56391).
Although it's listed under 1:72 scale model, both in the release and in the "hot" section! Another model in the works? |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 05-16-2012 09:20 AM
A sneak peek picture can be seen here:  |
starhopper
Member Posts: 58
From: Kathleen, GA, USA
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 05-16-2012 01:43 PM
ME WANT! |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 05-16-2012 01:55 PM
quote:
Originally posted by starhopper:
ME WANT!
What he said!Dragon really should be working on a scale Pad 39 for this... |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-16-2012 02:27 PM
I'll certainly get one as well. |
the clocks running
Member Posts: 382
From: Rochester, NY
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 05-16-2012 06:35 PM
I can't wait to get this Shuttle model. It looks very cool!Now Dragon needs to build a LUT for the 1/400 Saturn V and include the crawler also. |
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