To start off, this post will highlight what can be found when you open the box. Nice artwork, by the way.
The kit retailed at $34.95 plus a little on the side for the governor and mayor. Sheesh, plastic models have become pricey these days
First, and most important are the molded styrene plastic parts. The model consists of thirty-eight pieces including the display base.
The model is 1:200 scale, placing it at the same size as Estes' RTF version.
Which brings up the question: why even bother with a plastic model conversion when a perfectly fine flying model can be readily had?
The thrill of the engineering and build process would be my best guess.
Moving on...
The decal sheet - many, many tiny decals.
Boomers, break out those lighted magnifier headsets. This ain't gonna be easy!
The instruction sheet - very minimally marked and illustrated, with not very much in the way of textual information.
Hang on to that box!
It turns out that the side panels contain a lot of information that normally would be on the instruction sheet. Things like overall parts ID, decal placement, and painting information.
Worth it's weight in gold...!
This refers to the small information booklet that is included with the kit. It is chock full of information about the Artemis/Orion vehicles and missions, illustrated with lots of great photos and diagrams.
Again, for those with less-than-sterling eyesight, a magnifying device may be necessary. That print is small!
More to come...