RocketGeekInFL
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So I got some Christmas gift certificates for Apogee and kicked in some funds of my own and got the new Star Lift Mega Lander. Got the kit in usual lightening fast manner that Apogee has always shipped to me in. Apogee is one of the quickest vendors to fill orders in the business!! Cannot say enough about the engineering that is very evident from the moment this kit is opened. Tim Van Milligan really outdid himself on this one. Here are some pics of the packaging and parts.
This kit has a lot of parts. The precision of the laser cutting is some of the best I have ever seen.
All the parts
The decals are top notch. And die cut to boot.
Detail of the laser cutting.
And finally the instructions.
There are 23 videos included on the DVD that make up the video instructions. Most of the videos are in the 3-5 minute range with a few in the 11-15 min range. All the videos are also available on YouTube.
A quick glance at the instruction sheet reveals that this will need to be painted ahead of time and that the wood parts are done with wood stain. The value of this kit is very evident once I took look at all the parts.
This will be a fully detailed build thread on this kit. I wanted to get these pics up now though in case anyone was on the fence about buying one of these for their winter build piles (not a problem for us Floridians however.)
Give me a week to get all my supplies together for this build and I will start posting build pics. I will build this kit per the Apogee instructions with two exceptions, I will use nylon chutes and I will use a threaded retainer.
This kit has a lot of parts. The precision of the laser cutting is some of the best I have ever seen.
All the parts
The decals are top notch. And die cut to boot.
Detail of the laser cutting.
And finally the instructions.
There are 23 videos included on the DVD that make up the video instructions. Most of the videos are in the 3-5 minute range with a few in the 11-15 min range. All the videos are also available on YouTube.
A quick glance at the instruction sheet reveals that this will need to be painted ahead of time and that the wood parts are done with wood stain. The value of this kit is very evident once I took look at all the parts.
This will be a fully detailed build thread on this kit. I wanted to get these pics up now though in case anyone was on the fence about buying one of these for their winter build piles (not a problem for us Floridians however.)
Give me a week to get all my supplies together for this build and I will start posting build pics. I will build this kit per the Apogee instructions with two exceptions, I will use nylon chutes and I will use a threaded retainer.