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Topic: Dragon Models 1:72 Saturn 1B rocket kit
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sev8n
Member Posts: 251
From: Dallas TX USA
Registered: Jul 2012
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posted 04-14-2020 08:03 PM
  
Just saw Dragon Models has announced a 1/72 Saturn IB rocket, release date June 2020, available for pre-order at several online sites including Cult TV Man. Even in miniature 1/72 scale form, this kit of NASA's important Saturn IB two-stage rocket is wonderfully large, as the completed model stands nearly 1 meter tall. This model kit has received brand new parts, including lower part of second stage and the complete first stage. All components are beautifully finished and finely engineered, ensuring an easy and accurate build of this American rocket of the 1960s-70s. This Saturn IB kit is delivered with a stable circular base to allow it to be freestanding on the floor or a desktop. Although this 1/72 kit of the Saturn IB is not quite as large as the previously released Saturn V, it's equally impressive. Indeed, the arrival of this exciting kit will send modelers into orbit!  |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 241
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 04-17-2020 11:08 AM
That's great news! Hopefully, it doesn't have a hundred design flaws in it like the 1/72 Saturn V has. But.... I'm sure that certainly won't stop lots of people from ordering it. |
rlobinske
Member Posts: 164
From: Crawfordville, FL
Registered: Oct 2014
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posted 04-20-2020 12:54 PM
I'm sure everything above the aft skirt of the S-IV-B will be reissues. They are supposed to have a new aft skirt (I guess to better match the 200 series stage) and the S-I-B will be new. I figure that it will need corrections like the Saturn V, but I'll buy it to add to my 1/72 launcher collection. |
randy
Member Posts: 2303
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-25-2020 04:01 PM
Ordered mine today. Can't wait to get it! |
randy
Member Posts: 2303
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-11-2020 02:51 PM
I still haven't received mine yet. In fact, I haven't heard anything. Has anyone else who ordered one of these either received it or heard anything? |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1228
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 09-12-2020 09:02 AM
I have never seen a Dragon Models release date be met. They have always been late. |
randy
Member Posts: 2303
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 09-12-2020 10:06 AM
Thanks for the information. |
Space Cadet Carl
Member Posts: 241
From: Lake Orion, Michigan
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 09-22-2020 04:58 AM
I've had money down with Cult TV Man on the Dragon Saturn 1B since early this year. I mostly forgot about it, but I know it will be released eventually. |
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