Here are some images  of Monograms 1/48 scale Willy Ley concept Space Taxi. 
From Fantastic Plastic" Another  classic Willy Ley design, the "Space Taxi" or "Space Buggy" is,
 in the  description found on the 1969's re-release box, an "Intraspace 
cargo/passenger  carrier designed to move men and material between space
 cargo ships and manned space  stations."    Its clunky, purely 
functional design is typical of  the brass-tacks engineering aesthetic 
that characterized conceptual spacecraft during the second half of the 
1950's.Despite its
 non-aerodynamic shape,  the "Space Taxi" proved to be popular enough to
 warrant multiple re-releases  following its 1959 debut.  In 1969 it was
 released with chrome-plated  astronauts and machinery cages  and it was
 released  again in 1996 along with the "Passenger Rocket"  as part of 
Revell/Monogram's "Selected Subjects Program."    From Wikipedia" Willy Ley (October 2, 1906 - June 24, 1969) was a German-American science writer and space advocate who helped popularize rocketry and spaceflight in both Germany and the United States. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor.
 







That looks cool, love the last shot...
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ReplyDeleteLike Motorsport Modeller, cool shot...And nicely vintage
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