Realspace Models has a Dreamchaser that I already built. The Dragon V1 can be bulit from a Shapeways 3d Print. No V2 yet....But yes, I am hoping for them, but I am not sure how it would work. Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle and Orion are NASA vehicles, but these are commercial, so I would imagine that a license fee would have to be paid. Sort of what is done with airliners and NASCAR kits. It will make them a bit more costly.
If you look at the design history of the LEM and the shuttle, what is released as concept art can bear little resemblance to the finished article. I imagine the model makers are waiting for actual flying hardware to be displayed before they start making moulds.
And btw, those old Revell Gemini's with the skids were the cat's @ss!MRK
Quote from: tea monster on 01/06/2015 04:14 pmIf you look at the design history of the LEM and the shuttle, what is released as concept art can bear little resemblance to the finished article. I imagine the model makers are waiting for actual flying hardware to be displayed before they start making moulds.Let's hope so. A plastic model "Atlas" that I built back in the '50s had four stages, and bore NO resemblance to the actual, soon-to-be-revealed, vehicle!http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=8093&manu=Hawk
Based on my own experience working in the plastic model kit & model rocketry industry, I can pretty much guarantee that neither Estes nor Revellogram will cut steel for producing Commercial Crew kits (sadly). Tooling costs are prohibitive for the low demand that these kits would generate. RealSpace or some other cottage industry producer will be your best bet. And btw, those old Revell Gemini's with the skids were the cat's @ss!MRK