A while ago, I discussed a colouring book I had as a boy, which I recalled as having the Project SWORD Moon Crawler in. The book was sadly left behind along with a Thunderbirds colouring book and a wooden spaceship launch ramp, my dad had made for me some months earlier, when we moved house from Dingle in Liverpool in the late sixties.
I recalled the title as Man on the Moon or some such and a quick Google revealed it would have been a 'We Land on the Moon'. A series of six colouring books originating in the states.
I contacted John Sisson, owner of the fabulous blog 'Dreams of Space', which features one of them and asked him to check. John reported back that it didn't contain the Sword crawler, but did show the MEV, courtesy of Ed Valigurskys illustration.
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/we-land-on-moon-1969.html
I now wonder, whether my 8 year old mind distorted the memory of the illustration, to accomodate another of my favourite machines. The book also has the moonbase lander vehicles, directly from Valigurskys paintings in Man in Space.
Aw that's cool research Bill. Well done to John S as well! What a cool MEV2 to colour in [that's a hint readers!]. I love the long name they gave it. And those house units are great too. Its amazing they didn't include more of Valigursky's paintings in there too like the NOVA. I winder if this puts the lid on this one like you say. There's just that card you once had with a scramble bug on it now or am I dreaming?
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ReplyDeleteInteresting topic and link, Bill. Colouring books were a big part of our early lives, although I sadly can't remember any of mine.
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