Space shuttle endeavour model series#

I like the floodlight effect on the base. If it is anything like the Apollo 11/Saturn V model, it will be another fantastic model. I don't know if there was wiring and such installed, since to use the second arm would have meant not being able to use the Ku-band antenna. Ouch! Dragon Wings collection or Bandai?Īlthough the shuttle was planned for the capability of two RMSs. (Japanese news reports suggest the photos are of a 'still developing' model, so by the time the model ships in December, it may be that the second arm is removed.

That said, the set also appears to include the station's Canadarm 2 in its launch configuration held within the Spacelab pallet. It does appear from the photographs that they mistook the orbiter boom inspection system (OBSS) for a second arm. Perhaps Bandai is confused and doesn't understand that during a mission to the ISS although two robotic arms are used, one is on the shuttle and the other is on the ISS. Two Remote Manipulator Systems (RMSs)? The shuttle has only one. That looks great, and very nice details and extra astronauts and NASA van. Now I know what my wife can buy me!Įditor's note: As noted above, 47,250 yen (approx.

Space shuttle endeavour model series#

The model is the second of its 'super alloy' series following the Apollo 11 Saturn V, released in March.ĭecember 3rd. The model will represent the progress of the space shuttle's mission from launch through its return to Earth, and will feature a detachable fuel tank.īandai plans to sell 6,000 units in one year.

The 39-centimeter (15.3-inches) long, 1-kilogram (2.2 pound) model will sell for 47,250 yen ($540 US). space shuttle Endeavour, which carried astronaut Mamoru Mohri as the first Japanese payload specialist in 1992. said Monday it will release on December 3, a zinc alloy 1/144 scale model of the U.S.