1/35 MIM "ICARUS" BUILDUP AND CONVERSION
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Someone has built this 1/35th scale Monsters in Motion ANSA "Icarus" model!  Here is a picture from the third annual Sci-Fi Model Con which was held this past January in Atlanta, GA, in conjunction with the IPMS/Northmen's show.  Those who attended may recognize the model or the modeler. 

Do you see it?  Look at the scale size!  I caught this picture off of STARSHIP MODELER, with photo credit by Leelan Lampkins.  Pictured are (R-L); 2001 Orion III space plane, "Icarus", Lensman Galactic Patrol cruiser (from the really bad anime), and the Halcyon model of the Sulaco from the movie Aliens.  You can see the scale of the MIM "Icarus" here as it has been modeled with several 1/35th scale figures, probably kitbashed as I know of no 1/35th scale astronauts that are commercially available. 

I believe the name of the modeler who built this MIM "ICARUS" model is Andy Stuart.  Andy, if you are reading this, or a friend of Andy's is reading this, please have him get in touch with me.  I'd like more pictures of this model to place here on this page.  This latest information came from an article and a very small black and white picture of the Atlanta model show found in the back of an issue of Modeler's Resource magazine.

After visiting this page, Joe Brown emailed me with this picture that he took of the model above.

Here is his email...

Greetings,

I'm Joe Brown; Leelan Lamkins, Steve Iverson & I were all at the Feb. 2001 Atlanta Model show. The Orion III, Lensman Brittania II ship, and the Sulaco kit were part of the collection of entries that I brought -I'm not requesting credit, I'm just letting you know who brought those!

Attached is a jpeg that I took of the Icarus, from the other side of the table that Leelan was on - it was funny, we were both going down the sides of the table, he'd shoot a pic, I'd shoot a pic - almost like we were working as a team! Anyway, I hope you can use this jpeg of the Icarus on your site.

Happy modeling,

Joe Brown

Thanks, Joe! 

Notice, folks, that THIS Icarus has LANDING STRUTS!   Interesting!  I don't think we've approached that angle before, but it is similar to the Finned Gemini reentry concept.  I guess it just goes back to what William Creber says, "What NASA was doing in those days."

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