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XSL-01 Moonship

By: Fantastic Plastic

Type: Scale Model

Product Line: Model Kits (1/72) (Fantastic Plastic)


Product Info

Title
XSL-01 Moonship
Publisher
Sub-category
Dimensions
9.5x7x2"
NKG Part #
2147913536
Type
Scale Model
Material
Resin

Description

The XSL-01 (Experimental Space Laboratory Number 1) was designed in the mid-1950s by aerospace engineer Ellwyn E. Angle. Formerly associated with the Bell X-1 and X-5 projects, Angle was working for a new spaceflight startup company, Systems Laboratory Corporation (SLC) in Sherman Oaks, California, when he was put in contact with Revell Models in nearby Venice, Ca., which was interested in original designs for its expanding line of space-related model kits.

Angle conceived a multi-stage launch system topped off with a three-man atomic-powered glider/lander that would touch down vertically on the moon and then land like a conventional airplane upon its return to Earth.

The XSL-01 enjoyed its one and only release in 1957; lost molds reportedly prevented it from ever being reissued. The Moon Ship glider was released separately in 1957, and again in 1969 as part of the funky "Space Pursuit" set.

Miniatures are supplied unpainted and some assembly may be required.