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What
could be more fun than to blast off into an Atomic Age astronaut's playland?.
The designs of this era are an old fascination of mine, and I've found quite a
few sources of airstream rocketships and ray guns on the net,
some of the
best of which are on this page.
More to come.
FLASH
GORDON: DR. ZARKOV'S SHIP
The
folks over at Delta
7 Studios offer up some great model sets, my personal favorite of which
is their RetroRockets
Set, from which I borrow the name for this page, and present to you one of their
fine models.
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Side
View
Forward
View
Rear
View
This
is the smaller scale of the two models they offer of this design. It has less
fetail, but still presents nicely. Looking to create another set of mini-dioramas
like the MiniSubs I finished recently,
I decided to scale this one down even further to create a set of old-fashioned
space vessels.
From nose to tailfin, this
finished model is 2.5 inches or 6.35 cms long. At this size the
detail level is more than satisfying. I am currently putting together some ideas
for the diorama base of this model..
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RETROFUTURE
SPACEPORT DIORAMA
Talk
about FUN! This little project tickled me from the start! I took the ZOOT
Rocket down in scale, painted a logo on the tail and christened her "StarCom7"
then put her in flight over a diorama made up of
some of the best Atomic Age paper models I had, scaled down and integrated together.
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Repainted
ZOOT ROCKET
Full
View of DIORAMA
CLOSE-UP
of base
by
ZOOT
STUDIOS
Rear structure by ALPHAVILLE
Here
you can see the new logo on
the tail, and the "StarCom7" decal.
At 2.75 inches (@7cm) this is a tiny treasure, that went together cleanly.
the tail, and the "StarCom7" decal.
At 2.75 inches (@7cm) this is a tiny treasure, that went together cleanly.
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took the old 2.5D spaceport scan from the ALPHAVILLE
site, worked a little photohop magic, scratchbuilt a base and backdrop, et VOILA!
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The
"Earth Terminal"
by
ALPHAVILLE
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are the other pieces of the spaceport scans, which form a
2.5D
mini
rocket
diorama.
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