Monday, March 6, 2017

A New Retro Future Space Suit + Robot

There have been many promises to the Real Space/Concept Space modelers that the Bottle Suit would be released. The Grumman Moon Suit was tested in 1960's.  From astronautix.com :

A favorite of Life magazine in the 1960's, this Grumman / Space General design for extended lunar surface operations allowed the astronaut to withdraw his arms from the flexible manipulators and work within the pressurized 'cabin' of the can enclosing his upper torso and head.

The Suit appeared in Life magazine in April, 1962, and was immediately copied by Mattel for their Major Matt Mason toy line



But as a real scale model either in styrene or resin, there has been none. Until now. ECWID has a number of retro futuristic suits and robots. And they actually have two versions of the Grumman Moon Suit. One of the astronaut standing, the other where he's running.  I picked up the one where the guy is running.

Most of the kit comes in ordorless gray resin, with a few clear resin parts.  There is no flash or bubbles, and the only negative is that the pour plugs are pretty large. But happily they are on the inside of the suit, and once build not easily seen if at all.  It also comes with a set of decals with the number 38 - 




 As you can see by the parts, it should be very easy to build. I can't wait.
While the kit ships from Japan, I added one of the Robots. I picked up the "Prototype Vincent." I didn't open that package so the following pic is from their website.  As the image indicates, the scale is 1:20 - 





Thanks for looking. 




 

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