The Brooke Bond Race Into Space cover always fascinated me. The huge nuclear shuttles heading for Mars were an unusual design. The same design appeared in the two part poster 'Space -Forward to 1988', which was given away in the first issues of Countdown.
Because it was a modular design, with large cylindrical sections linked together and driven by a NERVA engine, it looked like an easy model building project. Consequently, when the kids came in with a couple of sherbet fountains in white and black plastic tubes, I saw my chance! An afternoon in the garage with 3 tubes, some scrap from the bit box, a little silver paint and a few leftover decals and voila! I was off to Mars!
Nicely done. Good idea for a subject too.
ReplyDeleteIts purely a bit of fun. Like you say, its one of those things that 'builds itself'.
ReplyDeleteVery nice piece of work, Bill!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have far more useful bits in your scraps box than I have as well. :)
cheers -- Paul
Really cool Bill! Ya done good, that was an afternoon well spent.
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