Neil Armstrong

By Brian Nicklas

This is Reheat Models' 120mm Neil Armstrong figure - kit RH150, 21 parts, including resin base & flag, brass rod flagpole. All body parts in cast resin (very hard, but easy to sand). Cost was approx $57.00 from Meteor Productions, but most figure dealers carry the line. The parts clean up nicely, and just sand them, if you try a motor-tool it is too fast and doesn't work as well, trust me I learned the hard way. The parts are nicely keyed to where they go, although of all the Reheat figures I've done, this one took the most playing around with. Some pegs were a bit long, others slightly off shape so they didn't click into place. But still miles ahead of many other resin kits I've done! The detail is nice, but the instructions are simplistic. Use the box photo and NASA photos and you'll be okay. The hoses are the biggest worry, but take a little time. The right upper leg has a pocket molded on, this is wrong, the UCD flap should be there, so sand it off. (UCD-Urine Colection Device) I had a rush job to do on this, so I was simple in painting, and simple in weathering, normal Testors & Polly S paints, and gray pastels for dust. This was going to see some handling, so I left off the suit control panel on the front, just above the hose fittings. All in all, though, this was a wonderful kit. Rear View

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