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SCALE: 1/48 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 1959 |
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MEDIUM: Polystyrene |
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RARITY: (2) |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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Another classic Willy Ley design, the "Space Taxi" or "Space Buggy" is, in the description found on the 1969's re-release box, an "Intraspace cargo/passenger carrier designed to move men and material between space cargo ships and manned space stations." Its clunky, purely functional design is typical of the brass-tacks engineering aesthetic that characterized conceptual spacecraft during the second half of the 1950's. |
Despite its non-aerodynamic shape,
the "Space Taxi" proved to be popular enough to warrant multiple re-releases
following its 1959 debut. In 1969 it was released with chrome-plated
astronauts and machinery cages (the version shown here), and it was released
again in 1996 along with the "Passenger Rocket"
as part of Revell/Monogram's "Selected Subjects Program."
This is a refurbished "chrome" edition from the 1960's. |
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Original Box Art |
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