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SCALE: 1/160 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1959 |
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MEDIUM: Polystyrene |
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RARITY: Original (5) |
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RARITY: Re-Release (3) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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Yet one more conceptual spacecraft designed from prolific aerospace engineer Krafft Ehricke, this 1959 release accurately predicted the function -- but not the form -- of the actual U.S. Space Shuttle. This five-man spacecraft was to be launched via a disposable booster and achieve orbit using a drop-away second stage. Before returning to Earth, the orbiter would drop its third-stage "power unit" and return home as an unpowered glider. The manned module was, one assumes, reusable. |
Released briefly in the late 1950s, the Convair Space Shuttle was re-released as a retro space "pirate ship" in Revell's funky "Space Pursuit" set of 1968. It resurfaced again in 1996 as part of Revell/Monogram's "Special Subjects Program," a "nostalgia" campaign aimed at aging Baby Boomers. This is a build-up of the 1990's re-issue. |
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Original Box Art |
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"Space Pursuit" Box Art |
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Concept Spacecraft |
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