The Internet Modeler just did a review of some 1/72 F-8 Crusader conversions but has no contact info for this company. Anyone have any info on this outfit and where to contact them. The AFFTC at Edwards has some info but the women that works does not really want to help and she will not give out any info on Muroc Models. Steve Jahn
I was just about to ask a similar question!
Chris (IM Editor) and I have had this conversation a couple times.
The only place that we know of that sells the Muroc model kits is the AFFTC gift shop. When we did the review on the Skywarrior prototype kit a long time ago we went through the contact thing and it seems to me that we said at that time the gift shop was the sole contact.
They are truly nice kits, and it is a shame they are not more readily available. I think the Crusader stuff might just be popular enough to make somebody in the retail world attempt to market them.
Norm
Try snipped-for-privacy@edwards.af.mil .
Muroc Models is David Newman. I hate to post his email in the clear where the spambots can get it, so here it is converted by rot13: snipped-for-privacy@vfcjrfg.pbz - or you can email me and I'll email it back to you if you don't grok rot13 (remove the nospam from my email for reply).
Chuck
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I am sorry I forgot to send the needed information to Chris of IM. The best way to buy my kits is by calling Doug (or Ilah) Nelson at the AFFTC Museum (Edwards AFB) at (661) 277-8050 on Tuesday to Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. They may have been unsure about pricing when you first called.
Most of my kits are made as part of a 1/72nd scale museum display of every thing that has had its first flight at Edwards. When you buy from the museum, most or all of the money goes to support the museum, I don't make anything from museum sales. I vend at a number of shows in Calif. (Kit Collectors, Kick Off Classic, Antelope Valley Group and Kings County) and sometimes at the Nats. I do keep the money from these sells.
I know it can be hard to get a hold of my kits. This means I can spend more time on new projects and less time in the garage pouring resin. I am including my email address in the plans of my newer kits. I read the space-modelers group at yahoo and Hyperscale more often than I read RMS.
Here is a list of my kits and conversions-
1/72nd X-32 vertical tail fins, X-36, JF-104 conversion, XA3D-1 conversion, F-15 RPRV, Hyper III, X-38, F-100 ZEL conversion, JB-1 Flying Wing, JB-1A, AD-1 Oblique Wing, F-8A SCW conversion, F-8A conversion, F-8C conversion, F-8C Digital Fly-By-Wire conversion, HiMAT 1/144th X-2, X-1A, EB-29 conversion, X-38, J-93 pod for B-58I also do anumber of ALPS-printed decals and photo CDs.
David
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