AEROPOXY Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) VOSTOK 1 / Vostok-3KA #3 Гагарин Юрий Алексеевич 1:25 VEB PLasticart-Master Modell spaceship Within a month , april 12th , it will be a full 60 years since the first manned space flight, so i decide to commemorate this effort with my quick build. Old , good ($@&%@)Veb Plasticart, 1990s in Master Modell boxing, started few months ago, was on hold, but finished in less than week. This is my third VEB Plasticart VOSTOK build. The first was in the late seventies, the second in 1985, the third in the year of COVID 19. The model is basic, with many problems , during the research for story, details and color scheme on obscure Russian sites and forums, I learned that both Revell 1/24 and VEB Plasticart 1/25 were made according to the display model of VOSTOK 1 from the Paris, 1966. show . That full scale Vostok model was exhibited with a third stage segment in white, with a spherical capsule polished to a high gloss aluminium and with all its equipment of military and technological significance removed. In reality, the third stage of the carrier rocket was gray, and the spherical capsule of Vostok 3K # 3 was covered with hexagonal segments of asbestos plates 3-18 cm thick, covered with a thin aluminum sheet. Many other small details were added, service openings on the third stage were printed decals, hexagonal segments were vinyl foil cut on cutter, plastic antennas were replaced by steel wire ones , everything is shown in the following pictures. Original VEB Plasticart box, and Master Modell box, Kit parts and instructions, And work started... And finished model, gallery here: Edited March 10, 2021 by AEROPOXY XOPCT, blackbetty, jgrease and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaro Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 WoW! Great to see this model. I remember, when I was teenager my school mate had one hanging above his bed. That was cool! AEROPOXY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbadur Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Congratulations - Great, I am happy to see that you have started reporting about spacecraft modelling here. I hope that we find some followers. There are very good kits from Red iron models - for example Regards, Alfons petrov27 and AEROPOXY 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 i love it, Nenad! AEROPOXY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XOPCT Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 (edited) Мамаджан,where does such an artifact come from,HE IS ABOUT FORTY YEARS OLD. Edited March 14, 2021 by XOPCT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AEROPOXY Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 13 minutes ago, XOPCT said: Мамаджан,where does such an artifact come from,HE IS ABOUT FORTY YEARS OLD. Well, my sample was bought from a friend, year ago, for a 30 bucks. And this kit is still in production, priced less than 20 EUR, by REIFRA, Germany https://www.reifra.de/detail/index/sArticle/8450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XOPCT Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Good luck assembling, I'd love to follow the theme. AEROPOXY 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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