1/24 Vostok 1

Gallery Article by Steve Nichols on July 7  2011

 

Here is a 1/24th scale kit of Vostok in which only the main instrument panel and Sharik sphere sections were used.

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Interior completely scratch-built with the exterior thermal blanket being replicated with Bare Metal foil, tissue and oil paint. The base was made by Norman King and it is a model of Gagarin's capsule post re-entry  as she sits in the Korolyov Museum today.  

Enjoy the photos.

Steve Nichols

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Photos and text © by Steve Nichols