Marco Polo from "Perry Rhodan" (1999)

SCALE: Unknown

INITIAL RELEASE: 1999

MEDIUM: Polystyrene

RARITY: (3)

ABOUT THE DESIGN

ABOUT THE KIT

The Marco Polo is a space-going battleship some 2.5 km in diameter.  Despite its size, the ship is capable of planetary landings and take-offs.  When on a planet's surface, it's supported by a network of two dozen super-strength landing legs.

In the late 1990s, Revell of Germany released a series of four models based on spacecraft designs featured in Europe's super-popular Perry Rhodan novel series.  This was the first time that a major model manufacturer had ever produced a model line based on novel illustrations  instead of TV or motion picture designs.

The Marco Polo kit suffered from some serious fit problems, requiring some improvisational skills on the part of the builder.  For example, on this model, the ribbed sections around the equatorial ring are actually the flexible sections of bendable drinking straws!

This model was built from an original issue.

Original Box Art