AVAILABLE NOW CLASSIC ROCKETS

Available now a 41" tall TWA Moonliner and a 36" tall studio scale Luna. Both of these resin assembly kits are huge and will be a great addition to any CLASSIC SCI-FI collection.
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USS CAIRO FOR 1220

We were recently commissioned by our friends at 1220 exhibits to fabricate a replica of the Civil war Ironclad the USS CAIRO. This model was completed in three weeks by our staff of artisans.
The model is 36" long. for More information please visit Masterpiece Models to view some of our other work.

1968 Chaparral Comes to Life

Masterpiece Models was commissioned by Thomas Barletta to fabricate a 1/12th scale Replica
Of Jim Halls Famous 1968 Chaparral . This was in interesting project as our friend Tom gave us a ton of reference material. One of the biggest hurdles was deciphering the little differences between the 67 and 68 cars. Tom supplied us with a 1/24th scale body of the 1968 car, we then sent it to our friends at Gentle Giant for a 3D scan of the body, that became the basis of the build. As you can see from the images below, you can see the amount of work that went into this fantastic replica. I would like to extend a special thank you to Ed Warmack, and Rick Lawler for there fantastic work on this project.







Tom was nice to send us this email

John,

Just wanted to take a moment to thank you and your staff and say “JOB WELL DONE!! ”. When I came to you with this project in April I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about the spending the amount of money quoted to produce this model, particularly because of the obscurity of the subject. Hind sight as they say is 20/20 and when the final product arrived yesterday I have to say I was delighted with it. The level of detail is exactly what I was looking for and you delivered it on time and on budget. I look forward to working with you on the 1/24^th scale version and will contact you as soon as I can get the background data together.

Thanks Again Tom Barletta

Please stay tuned for more project to be posted

Thank you
John Geigle

Projects installed at the M.O.S.T.

The projects created for the Museum of Science and Technology have been installed and are now on public display. These included a working F-16 Fighter flight simulator, Mood Base Alpha, a model of the Space Shuttle, and the towering 35' Atlas Rocket.

Mars Rovers

Masterpiece Models completed our 2nd and 3rd 1:1 scale Mars Exploration Rovers. One is currently on temporary display at OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) and will soon be heading for permanent display at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum, while the other recently completed Rover is on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center.

Two Subs for Raytheon

Masterpiece Models was recently completed two models submarines for The Raytheon Company. These 1:100 scale models represent a Collins Class submarine from the Australian Navy and a Virginia Class submarine of the United States Navy.

Article as it appears in the December 24th The Columbian newspaper.

Any aviation enthusiast would be delighted to find this model of an F-16 fighter under the Christmas tree. But there wouldn’t be room for much of anything else.

It’s 8 feet long, and that’s just part of the exhibit; the display also has a hands-on component. A person can sit in a full-size replica of the pilot’s seat and use cockpit controls to move the plane around on its display base.

The “pilot” can hit the afterburner switch to trigger a ring of glowing LEDs.

The F-16 also has working landing gear, complete with shock absorbers, even though the wheels will never hit the runway.

The F-16 is headed for the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology, in Syracuse, N.Y.

Taking shape nearby is a replica of an Atlas rocket, but you can cross that one off your shopping list, too. At 36 feet long and 5 feet in diameter, you couldn’t afford the gift wrap.

The replica of the NASA launch vehicle is the biggest project ever undertaken at Masterpiece Models, owner John Geigle said.

The Atlas rocket also is headed for the museum in New York.

The Vancouver fabrication shop has been turning out museum-quality replicas for displays and exhibits for several years. The products keep getting more sophisticated, as illustrated by the second-generation replicas of a pair of Mars rovers.

After building Mars rovers about three years ago, Geigle’s craftsmen are putting the finishing touches on a new-and-improved version of the Red Planet explorers.

“We have a lot more information now,” said Geigle.

Three years ago, resources for his design team were pretty much limited to photos on the NASA Web site. Now the model shop has a relationship with the California Institute of Technology, home of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to thousands of additional images, “We got one blueprint, for a rover arm,” Geigle said.

“JPL sent up a representative and he asked if he needed a clean-room suit. He said it looked that real,” Geigle said. “We laughed.”

One of the new Mars rovers will spend a few months at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland before heading for its permanent home at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Ore.

Geigle said he will keep the other rover as part of his own space-inspired exhibit. “We’re trying to break into the traveling exhibit field,” he said.

Some of Masterpiece Models’ museum replicas are for sale to the public, by the way. The shop has created a 1/12th-scale model of the “Little Boy” atomic bomb for the gift shop of the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in New Mexico.