Convair Manned Orbital Observational Satellite (1958)

Finished as if constructed in orbit from tanks and fuselages of spent rockets, with scratch-made decals to more closely resemble the launch vehicles of the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.

This model was made from the Glencoe reissue and was a very tough build.  There seemed to be one problem after another.  The kit parts were loaded with thick flash and every seam had to be filled and sanded.  I needed to buy a second kit as the first was missing the two, four-spoked “Y”-shaped sections that join the center assembly.  Although both kits were factory sealed, the first kit’s decals were mostly too brittle to be used and the second kit had mispackaged decals that belonged to a completely different model.