Rocketry/Space/Missiles
OPERATION Ω (OMEGA) Brand: Hasegawa Product Code: HSP414
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OPERATION Ω (OMEGA)
Hasegawa's original science fiction mechanical revival!
From the 1/144 scale battle hopper It can be reassembled and transformed into the 1/48 scale space shuttle.
Kit Features
- Parts: TBA
- Model Size: Patrol Hopper - L : 260 mm x W : 175 mm
- Base Kit: HSTX301
- Info: Transformed into two types (1/48 Patrol Hopper or 1/144 Space Shuttle) by recombination
Brand: Hasegawa
Product Code: HSP414
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1/72 Convair SM-65D Atlas Plastic Model Kit Horizon #2001.
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1/72 Convair SM-65D Atlas Plastic Model Kit
The race was on! After 1945 the USA and USSR both wanted to be the first to build an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The Convair SM-65D Atlas was America's secret atomic weapon for the Cold War. The Strategic Air Command had it operational by 1959. It could deliver a 1.4 megaton yield payload over 9,000miles (14,500km). Later versions launched spy satellites, Ranger probes to the Moon, and interplanetary probes to Venus and Mars. It also sent the first Americans into orbit around the earth.
- Three different payload options to choose from
- Finely engraved recessed panel lines
- Separately moulded pressure and fuel lines
- Detailed engine nozzles
- High quality water-slide decals
- Display stand included
- Plastic injection moulded assembly kit
- Detailed instructions included
Length: approx. 318mm (12.5") to 350mm (13.8") (without stand)
Diameter: 42mm (1.7")
Width: 67mm (2.6")
Parts: 36
Made in Australia
Decals printed in USA by Microscale Industries
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All new 1/72 Mercury™-Atlas Plastic Model Kit Horizon #2002
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All new 1/72 Mercury™-Atlas Plastic Model Kit
Mankind has always dreamed of space travel, to explore the moon and visit the distant planets. From 1962 this dream began to turn into reality, as the first Americans orbited the Earth using the Mercury™- Atlas. Flying solo, they would pilot the Mercury™ capsule, which sat on top of the mighty Convair Atlas rocket, and experience extreme acceleration during the rapid ascent into space. Travelling at over 27,500 kilometres per hour, they would orbit the earth every 90 minutes. Upon re-entry, the ablative shield on the outside of their capsule would save them from temperatures of over 1,000 degrees Celsius. Once in Earth's atmosphere, a large parachute would slow them and their capsule to a safe speed, allowing a splash down in the ocean. The successful Mercury™ program paved the way for more ambitious manned spaceflight programs, which eventually saw man walk on the moon.
- Detailed Mercury™ capsule with shingles and bolts
- Atlas rocket features separately moulded pressure & fuel lines
- Finely engraved recessed panel lines
- Parts and decals included to build any Mercury™-Atlas mission
- Alternate parts for early porthole and boilerplate capsules
- Display stand and detailed instructions included
- High quality water-slide decals
- Photo-etch parts for Mercury™ capsule
Length: approx 350mm (13.8") to 412mm (16.2") (without stand)
Diameter: 42mm (1.7")
Width: 67mm (2.6")
Parts: 54
Made in Australia
Decals printed in USA by Microscale Industries.
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All new 1/72 Mercury™-Redstone Plastic Model Kit. Horizon #2004
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All new 1/72 Mercury™-Redstone Plastic Model Kit
The First Americans in Space!
In 1961, two brave men became the first Americans to fly into space. Launched atop Redstone rockets, they experienced incredible acceleration during 142 seconds of powered flight, after which their Mercury™ spacecraft separated from the booster to coast majestically to altitudes over 117 miles (188 km). From there they would experience about five minutes of weightlessness, and gaze down upon the Earth from their incredible vantage point. A short time later, their re-entry would begin - racing back towards the Earth until they hit the atmosphere, the deceleration building up until they reached about 11g, after which their parachute would deploy to slow their spacecraft so they could safely splash down in the Atlantic Ocean. Only two men would fly the Mercury™-Redstone, but they paved the way for more ambitious spaceflights which eventually saw man walk on the moon.
- Detailed Mercury™ capsule with shingles and bolts
- Finely detailed Redstone rocket with launch stand
- Finely engraved recessed panel lines and bolts
- Parts and decals included to build any Mercury™-Redstone mission
- Alternate parts for early porthole and boilerplate capsules
- High quality water-slide decals and detailed instructions included
- Photo-etch parts for Mercury™- capsule and Redstone booster
Length: approx 353mm (13.9") (without stand)
Diameter: 25mm (1.0")
Width: 54mm (2.1")
Parts: 48 (plastic) plus 29 (photo-etch)
Made in Australia
Decals printed in USA by Microscale Industries
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New 1/72 Redstone Launcher Plastic Model Kit. Horizon #2005
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New 1/72 Redstone Launcher Plastic Model Kit
The Space Race Begins!
During the late 1950s, the cold war continued to increase tensions throughout the world, as both the United States and the Soviet Union had an arsenal of missiles at their disposal, with many more under development. But now the attention would be directed towards space, and who would get there first. The Americans used one of their most reliable rockets – the Redstone – added three more stages to make the Juno I, and mated it with the Explorer I satellite. It successfully launched on January 31, 1958 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, and a new era had begun for the United States. In the coming years, the Redstone rocket would prove to be a very reliable booster, and was used to launch satellites and the first American Astronauts into space.
- Finely detailed Redstone rocket with launch stand
- Finely engraved recessed panel lines and bolts
- Parts and decals included to build any ONE of the following versions:
- Juno I with Explorer I, America’s first satellite, or
- US Army PGM-11 Redstone IRBM, or
- Sparta, or
- WRESAT missions
- High quality water-slide decals
- Detailed instructions included
- Photo-etch parts included
Length: approx. 293 to 302 mm (11.6 to 11.9 in) (without stand)
Diameter: 25mm (1.0")
Width: 54mm (2.1")
Parts: 29-31 (plastic) plus 14 (photo-etch)
Made in Australia
Decals printed in USA by Microscale Industries
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1:48 UNMANNED SPACE PROBE VOYAGER WITH GOLDEN RECORD PLATE
1:48 Unmanned Space Probe Voyager with Golden Record Plate
The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, to study the outer Solar System. The probes were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable alignment of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Although their original mission was to study only the planetary systems of Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 2 continued on to Uranus and Neptune. The Voyagers now explore the outer boundary of the heliosphere in interstellar space; their mission has been extended three times and they continue to transmit useful scientific data. Neither Uranus nor Neptune has been visited by a probe other than Voyager 2.
On 25 August 2012, data from Voyager 1 indicated that it had become the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, traveling "further than anyone, or anything, in history". As of 2013, Voyager 1 was moving with a velocity of 17 kilometers per second (11 mi/s) relative to the Sun.
On 5 November 2018, data from Voyager 2 indicated that it also had entered interstellar space.
Data and photographs collected by the Voyagers' cameras, magnetometers and other instruments, revealed unknown details about each of the four giant planets and their moons. Close-up images from the spacecraft charted Jupiter's complex cloud forms, winds and storm systems and discovered volcanic activity on its moon Io. Saturn's rings were found to have enigmatic braids, kinks and spokes and to be accompanied by myriad "ringlets". At Uranus, Voyager 2 discovered a substantial magnetic field around the planet and ten more moons. Its flyby of Neptune uncovered three rings and six hitherto unknown moons, a planetary magnetic field and complex, widely distributed auroras. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited the two ice giants. In August 2018, NASA confirmed, based on results by the New Horizons spacecraft, of a "hydrogen wall" at the outer edges of the Solar System that was first detected in 1992 by the two Voyager spacecraft.
The Voyager spacecraft were built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and they were funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which also financed their launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, their tracking and everything else concerning the probes.
Kit Features
Parts: 86 + 1
Model Size: 394 x 100mm
Base Kit: SW02 with new golden record
Brand: Hasegawa
Product Code: HSP406
Delivery Due: JUNE
Scale:1:48
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1:150 CONVAIR SHUTTLE CRAFT
1:150 Convair Shuttle Craft
Brand: Atlantis
Product Code: AMCH1828
Delivery Due:Q2 2019 (Ex Revell Re-Issue)
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1:110 ATLAS ROCKET with Launch Pad/Mercury Capsule. AMCH1833
1:110 H1833 Atlas Rocket with Launch Pad/Mercury Capsule 1/110
Brand: Atlantis
Product Code: AMCH1833
1/110 Scale. Molded in Gray plastic with educational booklet, water slide decals. Over 150 parts! On February 20, 1962, John Herschel Glenn, Jr. piloted the Mercury Atlas "Friendship 7 " spacecraft on America's first manned orbital mission of the Earth. After Launching from Kennedy Space center in Florida, Glenn successfully completed a three-orbit mission around the Planet. The Mission lasted 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds from launch to impact, and during it Glenn reached an orbital velocity of 17,500 miles hour and a maximum altitude of approximately 162 miles. The flight was received with great enthusiasm and relief in the United States and many other countries, it also gave the United States even more hope of someday reaching the moon.
Measures 12.75 Inches high over 20 inches long
Delivery Due: June 20th!! (Ex Revell Re-Issue)
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CONVAIR-EHRICKE NUCLEAR EXPLORATORY SPACECRAFT
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Convair-Ehricke Nuclear Exploratory Spacecraft
New from Moebius! All-new tooling brings this kit of Krafft Ehricke's Space Race-era speculative design for a nuclear-powered interplanetary exploration vessel to life. The spacecraft was to be built in low earth orbit and powered by a Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle (NERVA) nuclear thermal rocket engine, and could theoretically a crew of four to Mars.
The all new Moebius kit contains 26 finely moulded parts (3 in clear) with fine recessed scribing, waterslide decals and a detailed set of assembly instructions. Over 20"/ 510mm long when assembled.
Brand: Moebius
Product Code: MMK974
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1:300 CONVAIR MANNED OBSERVATION SATELLITE : Glencoe Models Product Code: GC05911
1:300 Convair Observation Satellite
Released briefly in the late 1950's, this Strombecker kit suffered from sub-standard engineering, resulting in huge gaps between virtually all of its pieces when assembled. Glencoe Models' 1990's re-release was re-tooled to meet modern hobby standards, resulting in a cleaner, tighter-fitting kit along with a stand from the original kit.
Like many of the Krafft Ehricke concepts, the Convair Manned Observational Satellite was designed to be constructed from spent fuel tanks and other components cannibalized from used rockets. Intended to carry a crew of less than one-half dozen, the MOSV was little more than a passive high-altitude platform from which Americans could comfortably gaze down at the Earth 150 miles below -- and presumably keep a close eye on those nasty Rooskies.
Brand: Glencoe Models
Product Code: GC05911
COMING JULY/AUGUST (PRE-ORDER)
Revell 1/144 VIRGIN Space Ship Two & Carrier White Knight 04842 - Plastic Model Kit
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Release date 11/2013
No. of parts 114
Length 166 mm
Wingspan 297 mm
Virgin Galactic's WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo together form the world's first commercial human space launch system: both are built and flying.
SpaceShipTwo has been created specifically to open the experience of space flight to unprecedented numbers of private individuals at increasingly affordable ticket prices and in a safe and enjoyable environment. It has a large cabin and many big windows allowing its six passengers to explore the wonder of out-of-seat zero gravity while absorbing incredible views of the blue planet from the blackness of space.
Based on the history making SpaceShipOne, Virgin Galactic's system utilises an air launch platform, namely the world's largest all composite, dual fuselage aviation vehicle, WhiteKnightTwo. With a unique heavy payload, high altitude capability, this capable, four engined mothership, hauls the spaceship to the edges of the atmosphere where it is released for an efficient and safe but thrilling rocket-powered, Mach 3.5 climb to space. SpaceShipTwo has a unique re-entry system which sees the tail-booms rotate in space to provide stability and drag during the carefree and heat-free return to the Earth's atmosphere. A glide from high altitude to an un-powered runway landing completes the astronaut experience and the first step on a journey which will connect everyone to space like never before.
- Brand new tooling
- Model can be built as seperate aircraft or as a composite with both aircraft
- Highly detailed fuselage on both WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo
- Clear windows
- Accurately reproduced engines and structured wings
- Optional extended landing gear
- Rocket nozzle
- Includes display stand
- Super decal set with colourful Virgin Galactic design
Airfix A11170 1:144 Scale Nasa Apollo Saturn V Rocket Model Kit
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- 1:144 scale plastic scale model kit
- Construction and painting required: yes, glue and paints need to be purchased separately
- Skill level: 3 (where 1 is for the beginner and 4 is for the more experienced modeller)
- Dimensions: length: 768mm x width: 132mm
- Number of parts: 78
- Product Code A11170
1:144 NASA SHUTTLE BUILDING KIT
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NASA spent the 70s exploring the use of practical, reusable space transports. The Space Shuttle became the crowning achievement of this research. The first operational shuttle flight occurred in 1982 with Space Shuttle Columbia. After three memorable decades in space, the program's final flight occured in June, 2011.
Product Features:
- Contains markings for Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavor and Enterprise
- Opening Cargo Bay doors
- Cockpit and cargo bay interior
- Includes satellite payload
- Position-able landing gear
- Brand: Minicraft Models
Product Code: MIN11668 - SPECIAL PRICE £28.95 (Saving £21.00)
NASA SPACE SHUTTLE ORBITER WITH BOOSTERS 1/200 SCALE MODEL KIT MADE BY HASEGAWA
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HasegawaTitle : NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter with boosters and launching mount Number :51634 (Also listed as SP134) Scale:1:200 Released: 1994
Complete with decals for Atlantis, Challenger and Discovery.
Requires construction and painting.
THOR MISSILE AND LAUNCH PAD Brand: Glencoe Models Product Code: GC08904 Scale:1:87
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1:87 THOR Missile and Launch Pad
This will be the first time this kit has seen the light of day since its first ever issue.Originally made by Adams in 1958, this has never been reissued until now.
The kit is 1:87 or H0 scale, so suitable for railroad layouts and accessories
- All plastic model kits
- Easy to assemble
- Includes firing pad and figures
Brand: Glencoe Models
Product Code: GC08904
Scale:1:87
1:76 VANGUARD ROCKET AND GANTRY Brand: Glencoe Models Product Code: GC08903
1:76 Vanguard Rocket & Gantry
Although the initial launch of Vanguard reached an altitude of about 4 feet, a successful lift off was achieved on March 17, 1958. This was the first success of a burgeoning civilian space program, which would soon grow into NASA some three months later.
As with the Thor ICBM this will be the first time this kit has been available for many, many, years. Originally made by Adams in 1958, this has never been reissued until now. The kit is nominally 1:76 or 00 scale, so suitable for many types of railroad layouts, and close to the most common aircraft scale.
Brand: Glencoe Models
Product Code: GC08903
NEW SUPPLIES JULY/AUGUST. (PRE-ORDER)
Product Code: 5901.
Requires construction and painting.:6 Explorer 1 Satellite
Explorer 1 became the first US satellite when it was successfully launched into orbit on February 1, 1958, by a US Army Jupiter-C rocket, modified for the flight to become the Juno-1.
A 1:6 scale model of Explorer 1 was produced by the Ideal Toy Company (ITC) in 1959, only a year after launch, and this was quite a detailed kit. It not only had an opening outer casing to show off the interior, but sat on a stand that had a handle (top picture). Turn the handle and, via what was in effect an all-plastic musical box, it ‘clicked’ out the telemetry signal the satellite sent back!
The kit became quite rare, but those who wanted to actually build the model (instead of using it as loft insulation) were saved when Glencoe Models came on the scene.
1:48 JUPITER C ROCKET Brand: Glencoe Models Product Code: GC06902
1:48 Jupiter C Rocket
In the late 1950s, Dr. Werner von Braun was pushing his dream to reach into space. Working at the US Army's ballistic missile labs, he proposed a design named Orbiter that would put a satellite into orbit. The concept lost out to the US Navy's Vanguard program, but von Braun continued to develop the concept under a program called Jupiter. This program was officially designed as an intermediate range ballistic missile.
When the Russians put Sputnik into orbit in 1957, the space race was kicked into high gear. When the Navy's Vanguard launch vehicle exploded in flight, the Army and von Braun brought forth Juno - a Jupiter C with an Explorer I satellite payload.
Kit Features:
- Plastic model kit
- Requires assembly, glue and paint
- Decals
Brand: Glencoe Models
- Product Code: GC06902
COMING JULY/AUGUST (PRE-ORDER)
1:144 MARS LINER Brand: Glencoe Models Product Code: GC06914
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1:144 Mars Liner
This elegant spacecraft model is a reissue of the Glencoe Models Marsliner, itself a reissue of the original Strombecker kit of the TWA Moonliner that stood in Disneyland from 1955-1962.There is a new box, still with the Ron Miller artwork. It occupies the whole box-top, with no lettering to spoil the illustration. Underneath, poster-style art invites you to, Travel to Mars the Fastway.
- Plastic model kit
- Requires assembly, glue and paint
Brand: Glencoe Models
- Product Code: GC06914
NEW SUPPLIES JULY/AUGUST - PRE-ORDER.
1:300 NUCLEAR POWERED SPACE STATION Brand: Glencoe Models Product Code: GC06909
1:300 Nuclear Powered Space Station
The S-1 Space Station was available only briefly during the mid and late 1950s. Glencoe Models revived it in 1993, billing it as simply the "Nuclear Powered Space Station." When purchased by Glencoe, the original Strombecker mould was in very bad shape due to poor storage; reportedly a year of restoration was required before an acceptable run of new models could be produced.
The Werner von Braun space station that appeared in Collier's magazine featured only two main spokes and top-mounted solar collectors. This updated Man in Space version has three spokes for extra stability, a core-mounted nuclear reactor for power and web-like radiators to bleed excess heat off into space. One-man "Bottle Suits" allowed astronauts to engage in extra-vehicular activities. Like virtually all 1950's-era space stations, the S-1 was a wheel that rotated to produce artificial gravity, a notion that would be nixed by NASA designers three decades later when designing the real International Space Station.
Kit Features:
- Plastic model kit
- Requires assembly, glue and paint
- Includes bottle suits, detailed antenna and decals
Brand: Glencoe Models
Product Code: GC06909
COMING JULY/AUGUST - PRE-ORDER
1:72 RETRIEVER ROCKET Brand: Glencoe Models Product Code: GC06002
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1:72 Retriever Rocket
Of all the Rocket kits from Glencoe Models, this is one of the most detailed along with the recent Vanguard/THOR kits. It is beautiful and delicate and when built up is quite the show piece.
Kit comes with white and clear parts, detachable pod with scale figure, stand, and Scale-Master decals. It is adorned with new box art from the famous space illustrator Ron Miller.
Brand: Glencoe Models
Product Code: GC06002
COMING JULY/AUGUST (PRE-ORDER)
Late 1940's supersonic USAF experimental aircraft, originally flown by Chuck Yeager.
The Bell X-1, designated originally as XS-1, was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics-U.S. Army Air Forces-U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by the Bell Aircraft Company. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built during 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h; 870 kn) during 1948. A derivative of this same design, the Bell X-1A, having greater fuel capacity and hence longer rocket burning time, exceeded 1,600 miles per hour (2,600 km/h; 1,400 kn) during 1954.
The X-1 was the first aeroplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the so-called X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes designated for testing of new technologies and often kept secret.
Kit Features:
- Plastic model kit
- Requires assembly, glue and paint
- Decals included for three renditions of the X-1B.
- Brand: Glencoe Models
Product Code: GC05120 - NEW in Stock.
Requires construction and painting.
Product Code: 07860.
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Vostock Rocket
£39.95
£29.95
1:100th scale. IP. Re-issue of MPC's Vostok Rocket kit.
Requires construction and painting. More details and images to follow. Special Save £10.00
Apollo - Soyuz Link Up
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15.00
1:96. IP. From the historic USA - Societ link up. Very rare and out of production.
Requires construction and painting. Product Code: H1800 |
Apollo Saturn V
£26.95
£20.00
1:200th scale. IP. Over 20" long. Ltd Reissue of the AMT Kit complete with Decals and Eagle Lunar Orbiter.
Special Save £6.95
Titan
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39.95
1:100th Scale. IP. 15" Tall. Comes with Clear See through Nose cone to Reveal Satelite Payload.
Ltd re-issue of a kit last available 35 years ago!. New In Stock. |
Requires construction and painting.
Aerojet-General AerobeeHi Revell - Nr. H-1814 - 1:40
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Revell Title: Aerojet-General AerobeeHi Number :H-1814 Scale:1:40 Released:1996
Shrink Wrapped.
Limited re-issue of the original 1958 kit.
Requires construction and painting.
Product Code: H1821.
Trumpeter 1/35 00206 SA-2 Guideline Missile w/Launcher
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Trumpeter Title: SA-2 Guideline Missile on Launcher Number: 00206 Scale:1:35 Released:2003
Heller Missiles Patriot U.S. Military Army 1:48 Model Kit #81138
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HellerTitle:Missiles PatriotNumber:81138Scale:1:48
Requires construction and painting.
Product Code: H1816.
Requires construction and painting.
Requires construction and painting.
Requires construction and painting.
Product Code: 60601
1:100th scale. IP. Reissue. The future of space travel as seen in the 1970's! Capable of inter planetary travel the Pilgrim Observer was a self contained vessel for twelve crew plus passengers and supplies which could launch and receive an EBA Space Taxi or Apollo module.
Requires construction and painting.
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