Having missed the ISS flying across the dark skies of Gwynedd this weekend I've been revisiting the Photonic Space Station toy.
I had a go at making one years back.
I've always been fascinated by industrial space models. These were the true forerunners of the later plastic renditions we knew and loved as toys.
A rare model is this I saw on the Secret Projects Forum. It's the Photonic Parsecs rocket by Boeing, which later translated into the rare Photonic Space Station toy by Tri-ang.
I'm on holiday at the mo so maybe quieter than usual 🚀
Staying in North Wales' beautiful Eryri (Snowdonia) for a few days has afforded us nights with incredibly dark skies.
Our daughter saw the biggest shooting star ever and my son in law saw loads of satellites all from the comfort of a hot tub!
I was chuffed when he pointed out two satellite's to me, both white dots of light several metres apart moving in tandem across the night.
Like a train he said. It's Starlink.
I'd never seen it before and was amazed and was gobsmacked as to how much stuff is up there in general.
I had to look it up to see what Starlink looks like.
They're sort of flat upright panels, a bit like windows in a line.
I wonder if there's a toy version?
Have you seen Starlink readers? Anything else floating round?
Wotan wades in:
