MER scale model 1/1 Options

[climber]

Swiss people does it better :



Found this while hkking in Switzerland

[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

Updating weblinks: http://www.masterpiecemodels.com/

[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

And: http://www.spacemodel.com/mer.html

[James Sorenson]

I was just going back through the videos I taped during the MER EDL of Spirit and Opportunity, and I noticed that Mark Adler was holding a little MER rover model that looked very detailed, aswell during a few press briefings. Does anyone know of any place on the internet where I could get one?.

[elakdawalla]

http://www.bookstore.caltech.edu/JPLLAB/sh...roduct_list.asp

This is not the same as the one Mark was holding; I think Mark's was a 1/10 scale, the JPL store used to sell those for $90 or $100. Those were in limited supply and they must be gone by now.

--Emily

[James Sorenson]

Thanks! Emily, I found that one that Mark was holding, and I'm gonna email this place and see if I can get one. If not I'm gonna purchase that one that you suggested.

http://www.hightechscience.org/mars_exploration_vehicle.htm

[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

James, the model suggested by Emily is very nice and comes with a landing base/plate
There's a separate UMSF topic on that particular scale model and You'll have to take extreme care to unwrap it from its box!
http://www.unmannedspaceflight.com/index.p...ost&id=2971

The other model was made by " Code 3 " and these have sold out...

[James Sorenson]

Ok Phil thanks for the tips, I know what thread your talking about, and I saw a post that said the Rocker-Bogie system does not flex, or the rovers 4 outer wheels did not rotate for steering, and also the IDD was made of plastic and that it could break real easy. Is that true about the model that Emily was talking about?. Overall it does look like a pretty decent model, and I was gonna spice it up abit anyways to make it more accurate to the real thing, and purchase 2 of them.

[Guest_PhilCo126_*]

Indeed James, the IDD ( Instrument Deployment Device = arm with the science suite instruments ) is made out of plastic but folds very good away underneath the metal body of this nice 1:18 scale MER. It won’t break easy and You can deploy it easily
The 6 wheels are fixed onto metal legs ( rocker-bogie mobility system ). Only problem I see it the missing (left) Pancam on the camera bar of the PMA ( Pancam Mast Assembly ) but overall the model is great, it even has a detailed Pancam calibration target:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/mer/2004-01-10/target.jpg
but no Lego DVD :
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/mer/2004-01-08/lego.jpg

Also check:
http://hobbiton.thisside.net/rovermanual/

[climber]

Received my monthly copy of Ciel et Espace today. A club named Magnitude 78 built a 1/2 scale of MER and named it Squymer. I thought it was after Squy(res) Mer but they say it means Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines Mars Exploration Rover (the place where the club is established). I 1/2 believe it's only meaning this !!!
BTW I can't find a link to show you the picture. ADMINS, do I have right to take a shot of it directly on the book with my camera and post it here with credits? Thanks to tell me.