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SCALE: 1/288 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 2010 |
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MEDIUM: Resin |
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RARITY: (2) |
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LENGTH: 11.5" |
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Project Orion Battleship Vs. MiG-105 Space fighters |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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Project Orion was one of the
most ambitious -- and radical -- spacecraft concepts ever developed.
Central to the concept was substituting conventional chemical rockets
with a string of low-yield nuclear bombs "spit" out the rear to
create a series of powerful blast waves that would accelerate the spacecraft
to high velocities. The "piece de resistance" of the Orion development project was the Orion Battleship, a 10-story-tall spaceborne "doomsday" weapon that would carry more nuclear firepower than a nuclear submarine. Its proposed armaments included 500 20-megaton thermonuclear missiles, 3 naval Mk 5-inch gun turrets, at least six Casaba Howitzer nuclear directed-energy weapons systems and numerous 20-mm close-in weapons. Propulsion would consist of several thousand 5-kiloton nuclear pulse weapons (that would also serve as powerful EMP weapons if detonated in the upper atmosphere). Six "landing boats" were on board for use in crew transfer, resupply, emergency escape, etc. When the Battleship concept (including a scale model) was shown to President Kennedy in 1963, JFK was reportedly so freaked out that he immediately cancelled the project altogether. |
Fantastic Plastic's first release of
2010, the Project Orion Battleship Kit was designed in CAD by Scott Lowther and
then "printed" and cast by Mana Studios. The kit featured three "gun bays"
with one naval Mk 5-inch gun and two Casaba Howitzers each, plus a landing bay
with two "landing boats." The kit was designed with working pistons so that the "shock absorber" could be positioned at will. For information on kit price and availability, CLICK HERE. |
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Original Box Art |
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Concept Spacecraft |
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