The Century 21 Cape Kennedy Set is a rarity. Not only is it a rare Project SWORD toy but its also the only large scale Saturn V, crawler and LUT gantry toy that I know of [ smaller ones were produced by Triang and Imperial Toys].
There are however many more larger scale models of the Saturn V, crawler and LUT gantry. A quick browse around the web will throw a few up like Cashalete/ Countdown, Aoshima and Inter Culture. I would like to establish a time line of the main kits but to start I've simply pictured them to help visual comparison.
I have noted scale the where known but I'd be grateful if anyone can tell me if the Countdown and Aoshima kits are bigger or smaller than the Century 21 toy from the above gallery [which is not to scale!]
If you have any Saturn V crawler and gantry kits or indeed toys I would love to hear about their size, age and maybe get a piccy for the blog!
The Centuri company (pic on the right) were a flying model rocketry company in competition with Estes.
ReplyDeleteHere's the plans for Saturn V
http://plans.rocketshoppe.com/centuri/cenKS-12/cenKS-12.pdf
Jim