I think everyone interested in the U.S. space program longed for models of all of the
spacecraft in a common scale. AMT answered the call in 1969 with their Man in Space kit.
In the box were 1/200 scale models of the Mercury-Redstone, the Mercury-Atlas, the
Gemini-Titan, the Saturn 1b, and the Saturn V. I built one of these kits back in the day.
We were on vacation at my Grandmother’s house, so the models must have been left behind
when we returned home. Years later, the kit was out of production and coming up with all the
spacecraft in a common scale was prohibitively expensive. Recently, Round 2 re-released the old AMT
kit and I was back in business. I’m no longer a 12-year-old kid who can’t afford both a kit and paint
and I’ve developed my skill set a bit over the years, so I wanted to go beyond a straight out-of-the-box build.
There are a couple of sources for aftermarket decals (TangoPapa and IndyCals) for this kit and Shapeways sells
IndyCals’ replacements for the kit capsules.
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