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Topic: Gemini heavy plastic model identification
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GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 10
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-03-2020 10:26 AM
   
I'm looking for help identifying this, it's a big 9.5" Gemini, appears to be solid colored heavy plastic, pretty detailed. I have never found one like it in my internet searches, so if you know then it's appreciated. More photos here. 
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apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1452
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-03-2020 02:12 PM
It looks from a Gemini Revell kit (85-1836), scale 1:24.Width: 5"
Height: 9-1/8" |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 10
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-03-2020 02:20 PM
It's solid and heavy, not from a kit.The orange tabs and hole in center of bottom do make me think it may have come from a full stack though? Also the black stripes on the white part are decaled on. The black though, all of the detail in black is part of the mold down to the rivets. It's definitely one of my favorites, just don't know who would have built it since it seems contractor models were from Topping and did not have this level of detail. |
apolloprojeckt
Member Posts: 1452
From: Arnhem, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 03-03-2020 02:38 PM
Maybe a Nick Proach older Titan version, otherwise I would not know. |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 10
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-03-2020 02:42 PM
I also suspect it is not painted. I think the black is black all the way through and the white is white all the way through, but permanently joined to each other. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2499
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-03-2020 02:50 PM
It certainly looks like a Revell type model. I have seen folks make a mold of the built Revell kit and cast the model in some sort of resin. I myself have that for the spacecraft without the service module adapter section. Mine is molded in silver. |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 10
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-03-2020 03:03 PM
Thanks. It seems too professionally done though for a one off. I went and looked at Nick's version and it's even better than that, the panel detail is spot on.Went and did some detail comparisons to Revell, does not match. I guess the mystery continues. It also is slightly taller than Revell but shorter than Proach. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2499
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-03-2020 06:01 PM
Looks like you have a unique model then. Thanks for sharing. |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 10
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-03-2020 06:15 PM
Thank you, had hoped to finally identify its origin. Revell is as close as it gets, so who knows. Seems pretty clear whoever made it installed guides to place it on a Titan, must have been something to see. |
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