Project Orion Battleship - Fantastic Plastic Box Art

 

Project Orion Battleship (1963)

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ABOUT THE DESIGN:    ABOUT THE MODEL:
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.

The 1:288 Project Orion Battleship kit currently under development by Fantastic Plastic Models will include two interior "landing boat" bays, two "landing boats," and three naval MK 5-inch gun turrets. 

 

  • Scale: 1:288
  • Length: 11.5 inches
  • Material: Resin
  • Number of Pieces: 95 (resin and styrene)
  • Decals by JBOT
  • Pattern by Scott Lowther
  • Casting by Mana Studios

 

Project Orion Battleship - Fantastic Plastic - What You Get

1:288 Project Orion Battleship - What You Get

 

Project Orion Battleship - Fantastic Plastic - Catalog Photo 1

 

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Project Orion Battleship - Fantastic Plastic - Catalog Photo 3

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