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Topic: Bandai's Apollo 13 and Saturn V 1:144 model
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chameloon
Member Posts: 44
From: Europe
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 12-29-2014 02:13 AM
  
Got mine, arrived today. |
ptraney
Member Posts: 49
From: Port Townsend, WA USA
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-08-2016 11:18 AM
quote:
Originally posted by mcair:
I need an acrylic case for my shuttle, would you mind sharing where you obtained yours?
Sorry it took so long... bought pieces from tap plastics and assembled myself. |
Jymp
Member Posts: 22
From:
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 12-27-2017 04:06 PM
Is Bandai going to correct the too small SLA/service module section on this model? The Saturn V rocket is fine but the wrong shaped SLA/service module kills the whole model. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-27-2017 04:10 PM
This model has been out of production for about four years. There is no indication as of today that Bandai plans to reissue it (again). |
Jymp
Member Posts: 22
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Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 12-27-2017 04:36 PM
Hopefully one day it will be offered again — maybe 50th anniversary? But I would not buy it as it is anyway, for the price they ask this model should be completely perfect. How can they get everything right except the SLA/service module section, really? |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 12-27-2017 05:40 PM
You're right — it's the one flaw (and a fairly glaring one) in an otherwise just about flawless model. If they do reissue it, it would be nice if they offered a replacement SM for those of us who bought the earlier, flawed Apollo 11 or Apollo 13 versions so we don't have to think about buying the whole darn thing again. Or maybe someone — Michael Key? — could offer a 3D printed replacement... |
Panther494
Member Posts: 402
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 12-27-2017 06:09 PM
I don't have the Bandai Saturn V but is there a way of using the corrected Airfix SLA, CSM or the Realspace resin replacement? |
Skythings
Member Posts: 243
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Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 12-27-2017 07:41 PM
Well actually the flaw with the SM is that it is too elongated. Yes it is a disappointment for such a nice model but I let it go shortly after I purchased mine. The rest of the model lets me do that. They are so nice in my opinion. To me the flaw is only noticeable when I'm reminded of it. My Apollo 11 version is separated in sections displayed lying down just like at the Saturn V Visitors Centre in Florida. It looks great and along with the Bandai Shuttle are the centre pieces of my space model display. I purchased mine in the middle of when the purists were selling theirs off because they couldn't stand the error. I paid $206 for mine a few years back if I recall, so I will live with it. I see they are still being offered these days from $300-600USD. If you like the model and the price is decent, I say buy it. I tell everyone these are collector items because of the manufacturing flaw by Bandai. If someone were to offer a painted replacement I of course would be interested. But I would still keep the collector flawed SM just to keep the purists spinning and for the potential collectors values 20 years down the road. |
Jymp
Member Posts: 22
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Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 12-27-2017 08:59 PM
I would guess you could use the corrected Airfix SLA/service module, and I guess you'd have to use the Airfix command module too, at least it would then look right. |
DigitalSpace
New Member Posts: 4
From: South River, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2017
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posted 01-20-2018 11:08 PM
I've been meaning to bring this up for quite sometime. The helicopter for the Apollo 13 version shows USS Hornet markings but the pickup was done by the USS Iwo Jima.Maybe I just missed it, but in all the reviews I've seen of this model, nobody ever mentioned this mistake (which surprises me). This is something that would have been easy fix on Bandai's end. |
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