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Soyuz Spacecraft (1967)

Soyuz Spacecraft - Ogonyek - 1

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SCALE: 1/30

INITIAL RELEASE: 1985

MEDIUM: POLYSTYRENE

RARITY: (4)

 

Soyuz Spacecraft - Ogonyek - 2

 

Soyuz Spacecraft - Ogonyek - 3

Soyuz Spacecraft - Ogonyek - 4

 

Soyuz Spacecraft - Ogonyek - 5

 

ABOUT THE DESIGN

ABOUT THE KIT

Originally designed to take Soviet cosmonauts to the moon, the three-man Soyuz had all the maneuverability, docking and endurance capabilities of America's Apollo spacecraft.  However, when their giant N-1 booster turned out to be a bust, the Russians altered the Soyuz's primary mission, turning it into a orbital transportation workhorse that, more than 30 years after its first launch in 1966, is still in use.   Unlike the earlier Vostok, which required its cosmonauts to eject prior to landing, the Soyuz was designed to allow its crew to remain in the habitation capsule even as it "hard"-landed via parachute.

This is the only large-scale kit of the venerable Soyuz ever produced in injection-molded plastic.  Produced in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, it showed up only infrequently in the U.S. through various collector networks.

 This model was built from an original issue.

 

Soyuz Spacecraft - Ogonyek - Box Art

Original Box Art

 

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