The TWA MOONLINER

Monorailboy's Completed Moonliner Displayed

feeds@yuku.com (Monorailboy) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:35:00 GMT

Hello Everyone, I finally have a completed Moonliner with a custom acrylic case. Note, I also had a sign made to replicate the actual sign as it...

Ordering the 1955 MOONLINER

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:32:45 GMT

Please note that this kit in limited production and is now sold with the Rocket and the base as separate purchases.

The 1955 TWA Moonliner is 39-inches tall, a 1:24 scale model kit of the ship that stood at Disneyland outside the "Rocket to the Moon" attraction, from 1955 to 1966. Kit includes all parts, paint templates, Microscale decals. The legs are reinforced with cast-in brass tubing....

Lighting the base

feeds@yuku.com (Carson Dyle) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:17:44 GMT

All Electronics makes a flexible 12" LED strip which would serve as a cheap and simple option for those wishing to illuminate the landing pad ring from beneath the photo-etch grills...

TWA Moonliner Build

feeds@yuku.com (ptax1969) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 15:52:50 GMT

I think this is one of Scott's most impressive kits so I bought this as soon as it was announced. It looks easy to build but it's not. To get smooth joins and flawless paintwork is a challenge. I used Tamiya grey then white undercoat, with sanding and polishing between coats to get a smooth white finish. The next big challenge is of course masking the stripes. Scott has provided some templates but I'm still considering how to get the bottom stripes parallel to the...

Paint Mask Template and Stripe Placement Info

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:03:40 GMT

Download and print this paint mask to use as a guide for painting the red on the nose of the Moonliner. This is only a guide and will have to be adjusted to your particular model. Because of casting and mold shrinkage over the life of a set of molds, no two models will have the exact same measurements. They are off by only a miniscule proportion, but enough to make coming up with a template that fits all castings impossible.

Notes on This Kit

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:31:38 GMT

There is no actual assembly guide for this kit. I will be putting up some notes regarding assembly issues, which fortunately are few. This first post deals with some clean-up issues.

Occasionally, we wind up with a foot that has some 'condition' problems. These are very difficult to produce, so I'm just stuck having to put out what I would normally call a reject. This bad spot is caused when the...

Display sign

feeds@yuku.com (blackfire2015) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:24:03 GMT

Since I didn't see any display sign on the base of the kit, I found this pic of the original sign for those who want to add one when the kit comes out:

davelandweb.com/moonliner/images/DL_8_56_N21.jpg

Jackie

Moonliner Base

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:03:01 GMT

The base for this kit is the final item that needed to be completed. The problem was to arrive at a form that we could cast that would not distort due to the amount of resin being used. The base is almost 3/4 of an inch thick and about 16 inches on a side.

So, casting it in sections was one option, instead of trying to cast it as one piece. This would reduce the amount of resin used in one pour, but I felt a better solution...

Mastering the 1955 Moonliner (how we did it...)

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:24:04 GMT

(I am consolidating all of the information concerning how the masters for this kit were made, molded and cast into one topic, here. I will continue to add information until the entire process is documented.)

Back in early 1955, Walt Disney took a good look at what he was building in Anaheim and realized something was missing. Tomorrowland seemed like it needed something to give it that TOMORROW look... Something big.

So, in March of 1955-- only 4 months before the opening...