SniffyHuffnsnuff Posted March 5, 2023 Report Posted March 5, 2023 Rare kit but would be an awesome thing to assemble. If anyone knows where I could find it, I'd love to hear.
SkyKing Posted March 5, 2023 Report Posted March 5, 2023 They occasionally show up on eBay at outrageous prices. Are you prepared to pay as much as $1,500.00? This probably one of the rarest kits ever. I think it was only in Revell’s catalog for a year. It was a poor seller when new.
Ron Bell Posted March 5, 2023 Report Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) I built that when I was a kid. It as a huge kit for back then and was molded in several colors. As I recall, the containment building was in halves and could be posed showing the reactor core open or closed as it would have normally looked. There were several moving parts and I recall having a bit of difficulty just getting everything together as fit was problematic for a young modeler. It came with a paper 'diorama' base to set it on and had a little booklet about how atomic power worked. I played with it a bit, but it wasn't as fun as zooming an airplane model around the room or pushing a tank model across the floor. It wasn't even that fun to blow up, of course that was before The China Syndrome or Chernobyl. Edited March 5, 2023 by Ron Bell
SniffyHuffnsnuff Posted March 5, 2023 Author Report Posted March 5, 2023 Thanks for the comments, fellas. I know this is a very rare kit and I've seen the redonkulous prices on flea-bay for it, which, of course, I'll never cough up for. Maybe some day I'll be weirdly lucky enough to come across it in an estate sale. Just thought I'd ask here to see if there was any hope whatsoever
66Foxtrot Posted March 6, 2023 Report Posted March 6, 2023 There is a mint condition, complete kit on display at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. It's behind glass....
SniffyHuffnsnuff Posted March 7, 2023 Author Report Posted March 7, 2023 20 minutes ago, 66Foxtrot said: There is a mint condition, complete kit on display at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh. It's behind glass.... Uh, maybe the gift shop has one for sale...😜 1
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