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Old 01-07-2013, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Earl

The only other difference between the Semroc version and the Centuri original is that the molded cockpit on the main cone of the original is represented by a flat decal in the Semroc version. If one wanted, one could replicate the cockpit too with a folded paper one similar to the one in the original paper cockpit in the Centuri Quasar kit, which is what the plastic cone for the Centuri USS America is from (the Quasar kit originally featured a balsa cone with a paper cockpit to fold and glue in place, but was then replaced by a molded plastic cone sometime within a year of the Quasar's original release).



Earl



Thanks for sharing the history. Do you or does anyone have the paper pattern for doing the cockpit ? I actually bought the Moldin Oldies cone for my recently done Quasar.
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