Nicely engineered kit! I assumed it was a vac-form kit, but it turns out to be resin cast components with a vac-form canopy. I like the finished example, the bare metal panel around the tow hook is a nice touch!
That is a really nice model. Resin and multi-media according to Scalemates. The Mustard even has its own Wikipedia page, but no illustrations. This was another project that never left the drawing board, so models are the closest we will ever get to a real Mustard space glider.
Typically British design, complete with ludicrous name! The Mustard would have been a tripartite vessel, with three craft clustered together, belly to belly in a triangular formation, on take off. Two of the craft would separate and return to a runway landing after boosting the third into orbit. Not dissimilar to the early piggy back shuttle designs, an example of British aerospace ingenuity, hampered by governmental shortsightedness! Bill
Nicely engineered kit!
ReplyDeleteI assumed it was a vac-form kit, but it turns out to be resin cast components with a vac-form canopy. I like the finished example, the bare metal panel around the tow hook is a nice touch!
That is a really nice model. Resin and multi-media according to Scalemates. The Mustard even has its own Wikipedia page, but no illustrations. This was another project that never left the drawing board, so models are the closest we will ever get to a real Mustard space glider.
ReplyDeleteTypically British design, complete with ludicrous name! The Mustard would have been a tripartite vessel, with three craft clustered together, belly to belly in a triangular formation, on take off. Two of the craft would separate and return to a runway landing after boosting the third into orbit. Not dissimilar to the early piggy back shuttle designs, an example of British aerospace ingenuity, hampered by governmental shortsightedness! Bill
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