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Old 09-10-2024, 04:23 PM
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A modeler from Slovakia entered an Athena H in the S7 Scale event during the 2023 WSMC in Austin last year. I've attached a few photos of the model, below. It was extremely well done, and I remember during the viewing period Mr. Langford being pleasantly surprised to see one entered in the event. He revisited the model several times during the viewing period, quite taken with it, as were so many others.

Now it may be that Estes had been considering an Athena for some time, but my guess is that chance meeting at the WSMC sealed the deal.

A beautiful model for sure; apologies for the quality of the photos.


Wow, yes, a beautiful model. Very well done indeed. I do recall from the handful of somewhat closeup images of John Langford's model(s) from back in the late 70s that his were quite spectacular as well.

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A modeler from Slovakia entered an Athena H in the S7 Scale event during the 2023 WSMC in Austin last year. I've attached a few photos of the model, below. It was extremely well done, and I remember during the viewing period Mr. Langford being pleasantly surprised to see one entered in the event. He revisited the model several times during the viewing period, quite taken with it, as were so many others.

Interesting how the fins are built surrounding the SRBs. Also noteworthy is the use of screw eyes for launch lugs.


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