Return to the Moon

A return to a familiar model for me this week, with another go at the Lindberg Moonship. I had this kit years ago, with the Star Probe reissued series version, but sadly, it didn’t survive the rigours of moving house and poor storage. This time round, I bought a newer reissue of the kit, with a lovely rendition of the original 1959 box art. The kit had been built already, without the windows or decals added, so rather than leave it as is, I decided to customise it a little and add a couple more modules to the very sparse frame.

 The excellent site Fantastic Plastic shows how the kit is usually built here: https://fantastic-plastic.com/us-moon-ship-by-lindberg.html

Originally I went for the unpainted white version, but this time I opted for a more distressed look, which is just as well, as I managed to drop the model twice while painting it! The astronaut figures are tiny - less than a centimetre in height and impossible for me to paint, so I just lightly shaded them. I added pads on the feet and some extra modules, plus a little surface detail here and there. A lovely kit, which means I will have to dig its companion piece - The USS Explorer Transport Rocket out of the loft and try and restore that!