Category: Space Exploration

Sneak Peak: Moon Suit from Monarch Models

Posted on December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 by Steve Iverson

Monarch has provided these images of the Moon Suit model. This will be available very soon! We should be shipping

Artemis and Klingon Battle Cruiser box covers

Round 2 Box Art – Sept. 2023

Posted on September 6, 2023September 6, 2023 by Steve Iverson

Round 2 has shared a couple new box art images in the past week. These are kits expected before the

Sneak Peak: Saturn 1B Decals – 1:72 scale

Posted on August 7, 2020August 7, 2020 by Steve Iverson

New Saturn 1B decals are coming from Space Model Systems. This is a two sheet set for the upcoming 1:72

New Saturn V 1:200 scale decals from Space Model Systems

Posted on May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 by Steve Iverson

Space Model Systems has created an all new set of 1:200 scale Saturn V decals. These decals, designed by Rick

Steve Wellman’s Mars Hopper

Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 by Steve Iverson

Here is my completed Pegasus Hobbies 1/32 MLEV5 Mars Hopper. This was a one year project. It includes the upgrade

Redstone Launcher from Horizon

Posted on November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 by Steve Iverson

Coming in January from Horizon is the Redstone Launcher kit, which can be built in one of three launch configurations. Juno

Steve Jurgens’ Apollo 11 Eagle

Posted on September 10, 2017September 18, 2017 by Steve Iverson

This is my recently completed client build of the old Monogram 1/48 scale Apollo 11 Eagle kit. The model was

Sylvain Rivest’s Mercury Redstone 3

Posted on March 18, 2017July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

Recently completed , Alan Shepard’s 1/48 scale Mercury Redstone 3, built using the Glencoe Jupiter C kit as a base

Tom Hering’s Space Station and Transport Rocket

Posted on August 28, 2016July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

This is my version of Lindberg’s “Space Base & Satellite Explorer,” a 2010 re-issue of Lindberg’s “U.S. Space Station” (1958)

Tom Hering’s Disney Moon Rocket RM-1

Posted on April 13, 2016July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

This is the iconic “moon rocket ship” from Walt Disney’s “Man and the Moon” (1955). The design was a serious

Bob Koenn’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo capsules

Posted on January 16, 2016July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

A couple of years back I decided I would like to do a high accuracy build of the US manned

New 1:72 Mercury Capsule from Horizon Models

Posted on November 24, 2015July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

The 1:72 Mercury Capsule is a new kit from Horizon Models in Australia. This kit has parts to build two

Bob Koenn’s Man In Space collection

Posted on April 10, 2015July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

AMT Man in Space and Hasegawa space shuttle kits. Having been a rocket scientist as a career and following the

Jim James’ “Man in Space” Ferry Rocket

Posted on April 12, 2014July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

Here is the Glencoe reissue of Strombecker’s Ferry Rocket (as it was seen in the Disneyland TV Show “Man

Jim Gerard’ Shuttles

Posted on March 12, 2014July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

The two shuttles are both in 1/288 scale. One is an old Revell kit I found at a dollar

Jim Gerard’s Disney Tomorrowland spacecraft

Posted on February 22, 2014July 3, 2017 by Steve Iverson

This is another submission dating back to 2004, found on an old hard drive. I was inspired by the