I was poking around tonight looking for pictures of Werner Von Braun's "Concept Spacecraft" when I came across these listings at "Fantastic Plastic":

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/concept_spacecraft.htm


Click on "1950's" to see these designs by Werner Von Braun, as well as others.


Cargo Rocket (1953)

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/VO...CKET%20PAGE.htm



"Man in Space" 3-Stage Space Ferry (1955)

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/MA...SHIP%20PAGE.htm



This was also my first (and only) Plastic Model Conversion (PMC) back in 1976 (I had the glow-in-the-dark version):

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/LE...CSON%20PAGE.htm


It didn't fly very well... Probably because it was *way* underpowered. I think I used a 1/2A motor, because that was all I had left.


Just renewed my NAR membership for this year,

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

PMC conversion in 1976? I was still playing with Hot Wheels. (Wait. I STILL play with Hot Wheels.) You were pretty advanced.



Nope. Forget what I said about being advanced. You were clearly right there with me in the Hot Wheels box.



Uh, Jay. You're starting to sound a LOT like Doug. Anything you want to tell us about a foam version of the Tau Zero? (The "Tau LESS THAN Zero"?)

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Bill Eichelberger
NAR 79563

http://wallyum.blogspot.com/

I was SAM 0058

On the build floor: Estes Rigel 3, Estes R2D2, MRI Theta 37, Centuri Stellar Starlifter, Bo-Mar Spartan, MRI Lambda 8

Ready to fly: FRW Rat Bite, Estes D.O.M. Long John Silver, SAI Mini Bat, Estes Screaming Mimi, Centuri Sky Devil, MRI Zeus, Canaroc Maxi Challenger

Somebody has to kit that delta winged X-15. Man, is that sexy!

Thanks for posting the link.

I built Disney's" Man in Space" when I was in the sith grade.
IIFC, the Main "booster" had something like 24 "engine" nozzles, and 16 for the next stage.

The old X15 plastic kit lent itself to PMC. Had to use rear ejection. Flew ok, recovery kind of, ummm, well, was haphazard. I hadn't perfected rear ejection recovery back then I still don't mess with it. IIRC, the body tube that fit in there perfectly was a BT30.

Those kits brought back some fond memories. Thanks again for the link.

Jack

BTW the entire Disney "Man In Space Series" is now available on a DVD set.

Amazon has it in a special edition...worth every penny!

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"I'm a sandman. I've never killed anyone. I terminate runners when their time is up." Logan from "Logan's Run"

http://sandmandecals.com/

Kinda disappointed there were no lobster telephones .

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Dave
Fire is the leading cause of fire.
SAM#0132

http://home.flash.net/~samily/stuff/doug.wav

Anything else you wish to reveal, Jack? Or is that Darth Jack?

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Craig McGraw

BARCLONE Rocketry -- http://barclone.rocketshoppe.com
BARCLONE Blogsite -- http://barclone.wordpress.com
BARCLONE Forum -- BARCLONE Forum

BARs helping BARs

SAM 0044
AMA 352635

LOL!! Yah, my keyboard can't spell, and nseither can I

LOL!! Yah, my keyboard can't spell, and neither can I

Hey! The model rocketry community made it on their site as well!

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/Mc...ClipperPage.htm