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Category Archives: Space Models
A new ISS on board the ISS
Another space station orbited the earth recently:
- Astronaut builds LEGO space station inside real-life space station – collectSPACE – Feb.24.13
- Photo Gallery | LEGO International Space Station pieced together on real station – collectSPACE
It took more than 200 astronauts from 12 countries more than a dozen years to build the International Space Station (ISS). Satoshi Furukawa, an astronaut from Japan, matched that feat in just about two hours — and he did it all while aboard the orbiting outpost itself.
It helped that his space station was made out of LEGO.
More LEGOs in space at LEGOspace.com.
See also the HobbySpace Modeling section.
collectSpace review of Papafoxtrot spacecraft models
Robert Pearlman of collectSpace reviews the about spacecraft models from the company Papafoxtrot mentioned here earlier: Desktop Dragon, scale Cygnus: Toy maker models NASA’s commercial spacecraft – collectSPACE.
Spacecraft replicas from Papafoxtrot
Here’s a story about spacecraft models from the company Papafoxtrot. The wood, metal and plastic replicas include the SpaceX Dragon capsule and the Orbital Sciences Cygnus cargo carrier : The Charge of the Satellite Brigade | Geek Chic – WSJ.com
Virgin Galactic models
Virgin Galactic has licensed a set of “Limited Edition” models of the WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo combo. They are available in 1/400 and 1/200 scale die-cast models at B4 YOUR FLIGHT.
Don’t see any SpaceShipTwo models at Amazon yet but there are several SpaceShipOne models, e.g.