Kevin's MPC Space 1999 Moonbuggy

Hi,

Just finished this MPC kit of the Moonbase alpha moonbuggy.

Cheers,

Kevin

Make a Moon Buggy!

This is fun!

Anyone made anything like this?

It reminds me of the Triang SpaceX Moon Buggy a bit.

Here's the original NASA prototype in action.

and there's more here.

https://r3el.com/search?_sf_s=moon%20buggy

Have you got a Moon Buggy?

THE LAKESHORE LUNAR CAR

 

Lakeshore got this one right!

What a fabulous moon van!

Lakeshore is new to me. Do you know it?

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Lakeshore News from MJ!

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More lakeshore space stuff

Wowzers!

MJ

Southcoast Base

UK

ED'S MOON BUGGIES

Woodsy,

Here's the few larger scale buggies I have: TAT Hong Kong T-21 Flip-Over Car in red and silver/gray; Hover (Hong Kong) Space Explorer 1; Marx Moon Grabber

BTW, I did fix that red TAT but never got around to taking photos of it.

From Vegas Base

Ed

LICENCE TO SPILL

 This Otley scrapper James Bond 007 Moon Buggy seemed a good Easter treat for Junior.

Half way through the restoration I'd patched the hole in the yellow ball with a silver stud and made a DIY radar. Some groundwork for the white paint too. I spilled a bit.

The finished article. Everything re-painted, a driver in the cockpit, a cockpit grip, wheels cleaned with lighter fluid and an F on the body, Junior's initial.

On the advice of Wotan I added some lego arms to complete the look. Its been fun James.

Hope you like it. Hope Junior likes it!

SNUG AS A LUNAR BUG

I picked this little stash up at the vintage toy shop in Kirkgate Arcade in Otley, West Yorkshire, t' other day.

The SPV Pizza Hut cup is for Junior at Easter, a bargain at one squid. The Lunar Bug and the 007 Moon Buggy were a fiver for both scrappers.

I adored my Lunar Bug back in the Sixties, its ratchetty legs a clear memory. All sorts of stuff went in the back: spacemen, sweets, you name it!

The large brown Star Wars ship was from another store called the 20p shop. Yep, everything in it is 20p! I also got an amazing book for Junior there, one of my faves as a kid - a story for another day that.

The two lunar junkers will be for Junior too this Easter. A small choccy egg can slide inside the Bug and the cockpit of the Buggy!

But first, to spruce them up.

There's lots of crud, paint loss, missing parts and grime from decades of active duty, so I've set to today and made a start.

I'm not after exact replicas for Junior. He's never seen these vehicles before, so functioning and presentable are the order of the day.

I've given the Bug a new rear door and tightened the wheel legs. The Bong Buggy has got a new radar and a patch on the broken 'ball'.

Both have been washed and mucked out and a first paint layer has gone on with paint pens, but they're no good for large areas, so I've ordered some Humbrol pots of red and white for the main bodies. They're still a mess but should improve with some tender attention.

 The little plastic car at the front I've rescued from the Missus's Grandkids' room sort-out. In fact I 'rescued' lots of small plastic bits. Sans canopy, I've stuck a little screen on for effect as I do like this tiny Kinder car. I once saw it advertised as a car from the TV series UFO!

Did you or do you have any of these vehicles readers?

Modulo 2000 by Koster: Dome Sweet Dome

I like this old spherical rover from Spain I saw on Todocollecion.

Its like an Isetta for the Moon!

The box art is fabulous.

Anyone got anything like this Modulo?

RESCUING THE RESCUER

I picked up this neat Matchbox Super Kings Peterbilt rescue truck from 1978 whilst in Germany.

Lacking one hook and a lot of chrome it was ripe for some DIY.

Here it is fresh from the chrome shop

Not got that second hook yet but a car boot will throw one up I'm sure.

The Politoys Buggy is off to the garage! [not sure of the date of that]

Have you got any rescue trucks or buggies?

THE MODERN MULE FOR THE LUNAR PROSPECTOR: JANUARY 1969

 

Old space mags are always a great source of info.

I'm sure toy designers thought so too.

Here's an article on our old friend the Moon Buggy a la SpaceX!

As an aside the SW in SWORD stood for ... Space World!

EMPIRE G.E.O.S

 

I do like this space buggy from 1999 released by Empire Industries.

The arms recall the working end of the SpaceX MEV2.

Do you like it?

BY GUM! THE MOON BUGGY STAMP

 

You may not be able to easily get hold of the SpaceX Moon Buggy but there's always one or two Manama stamps lurking online somewhere.

Its one of the Apollo 13 series, a series of stamps with 'designs for future moon exploration'.

What do you think?

DIY MOON BUGGY FOR CHRISTMAS

 I love this rover, its just so SpaceX Moon Buggy'ish! Do you like it?

BUKI SPACEX LINE DRAWINGS 1983

I saw these on the Bay, Buki space drawings from Israel 1983.

You'll see that a few are the vehicles that inspired the same in the SpaceX toy range. 

Two of them - the Nova capsule and the Nova rocket -  are stylised copies of Ed Valigursky's illustrations from the 1960's Man in Space book.

I think these are great! You?

So, on the cover is a Nova capsule.

The Nova capsule is the first line drawing too.

The far right vehicle is the same as the SpaceX Moon Buggy.

The far right drawing is the Nova rocket.

BUGGY AND TRON

Some snaps I took of my Grandson's Moon Buggy-like Playmobil go-kart.

I enjoyed creating Tron style lines using some of his craft glittery card too!