More Accessories
Film Camera
Tom Corbett
1/32. Simple camera on a strand like they had in 1952. Either wind up or battery powered. No sound, usually black and white film. Now a days, digital with sound and even night vision capable at the flick of a switch. No lights necessary. Can be remote control operated so the camera man doesn’t have to expose himself to danger to see what the camera sees. Zoom, motion sensor, what ever your imagination desires. That’s the fun of it all.
Disc antenna
Tom Corbett
1/32? This has also been called a siren. Great for placing on top of any building you have in the set, or out in the terrain. Simple but neat sci fi prop.
Fuel Tanks
Tom Corbett
Scale varies with usage. 1/32 common, but also can be giant fuel tanks when used along with the gantries, fuel trucks, and buildings. Still have my original set, all beat up with replacement fuel lines on top. Had to pretty them up to get rid of laundry marker ink lettering I put all over them when they were used with my model racing cars. Very simple, but very good prop.
Gravity Chamber
Tom Corbett
1/72 or smaller. I don’t know why its called a “gravity chamber”. I have seen pictures where an actual small shed like building very much like this is in use somewhere in the boonies by Air Force or Army personnel. The bumps on top were plastic domes to let in light and the fins kept it stable in the wind. It was probably used to keep equipment protected where it was built. In a pinch this thing can be used for a shelter on the moon, or even a make do space ship. Very neat prop, and very unusual.
Disintegrator ray gun
Tom Corbett
1/32nd scale. Also has been called Water Sprayer Nozzle. Cool prop.
I think this painting by Chesley Bonestel in the 50s is the inspiration for this particular object.
Observatory
Tom Corbett.
1/144 scale or even smaller. Originally attached to the roof of the “space academy” building by pins in its base. By the time of Cape Canaveral, 1962, the pins were gone. Has a rotating shield to close the aperture. Nice prop for use on Earth and at the Cape.
Radar Set
Tom Corbett
1/32 scale. Traverses 360 degrees and elevates 360. Neat toy, but fragile. Tends to break at the pin insert in the control panel. Another really cool prop.
Search light.
Tom Corbett
1/32 scale, but can be used at all scales. Fits on top of the buildings. Has those heavy and ugly stands on the base that were common for a lot things in the 1950s. Kept the device from falling over but also made it very heavy and hard to move around. 360 rotation, does not elevate. Pin on light base can break off if not careful. Decent prop for those long lunar nights when working outside.
Siren or PA Building
Tom Corbett
1/72 or smaller. Supposed to be a building with a big speaker on top, like a public address system. When I first saw one of these back in the day I had no idea what it could possibly be. I used it as a vertical assembly building/gantry. Good prop. Use it on Cape Canaveral anywhere and on moonbase as a background prop in the Plateau.
Supply Tower
Tom Corbett
1/144 or smaller. I don’t know how many people mistake this 9 story building for a file cabinet. Its got twin doors at the front base. Its got labels that say Launching Fuel, disintegrator, Rocket repair, Atom bombs and the biggest clue of all, SUPPLY TOWER. You can see fuel tanks like the kind listed earlier, and the “water nozzle” disintegrator guns in there too. A very good prop, good anywhere. Looks good in the plateau of the moonbase as a background prop.
Telescope
Tom Corbett
1/32. Common ordinary point it at the target and look through one end telescope. Theres a tendency to want to put it in the observatory, but it don’t fit.
Tom Corbett appearantly had a figure that went with this in the playset.
One guys blog actually said he thought this was a stereo telescope but the un-even ends say it aint so. Good prop for use anywhere, whether observing rocket blast offs at the Cape or doing engineering work on the moon. Good prop.
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