{"id":3165,"date":"2017-09-10T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T20:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2017-09-10T20:33:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-10T20:33:23","slug":"css-hadfield-canadian-space-station-hadfield-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=3165","title":{"rendered":"CSS HADFIELD – Canadian Space Station Hadfield Model"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1958 the Space Race was heating up. Model kits reflected this optimism and The Lindberg Line<\/strong> introduced the U.S. Space Station<\/strong> model kit.<\/p>\n

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The standard inflated-tire design was evident here, which showed itself in a lot of space station concept ideas. This could even be seen in a dual form in “2001: A Space Odyssey”<\/strong><\/em>, the 1968 Kubrick film.<\/p>\n

I coveted this kit as a kid, but never got it. I managed to get a few other rocket model kits from the same line but never this space station.<\/p>\n

Until recently when Lindberg<\/strong> released a dual reproduction kit of the Space Base<\/strong> (now called) and the Explorer Rocket<\/strong>. I snapped it up, and it sat on my shelf unbuilt for a few years.<\/p>\n

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I just recently finished it. Here it is, painted to my<\/em> ability, which is … not terrible, but hardly expert.
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The decals that were supposed to go on were on this sheet (though this sheet has decals for both the station and the rocket models.)<\/p>\n

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When I saw the American flag, which is for the Explorer Rocket<\/strong>, I thought: “Hey, why not make this a Canadian Space Station?” After all, Canada is deeply involved in the space program, and recently I recall Col. Chris Hadfield’s<\/strong><\/a> real stay on the International Space Station<\/strong> beginning with his launch on Dec 19, 2012. Memorably, he played “A Space Oddity”<\/strong><\/em> by Bowie for a YouTube video while up there.<\/p>\n