Hi guys
One of the best kept secrets in the world surely was the portuguese space program :)
With a very low budget to start with, they purchased an old chinese station, and made some upgrades.
The first modification was the name. It was re-baptized "Vasco da Gama", after the 15/16th Century portuguese explorer.
And to pilot it, they found this guy. Aactually it was the only one that was brave (or crazy) enough to take the job.
Allow me to introduce you to this cool looking dude named José Góis.
And what is the first thing any decent space station does? It orbits a planet, of course!
So, allow me to introduce the the planet, as seen form above...
I bet you were thinking Earth. Nope!
This is Murnia, the second moon of Zavea, a beautiful giant gas star located in the "Grande Nuvem de Magalhães",
which you may already know under a different name: LMT - Large Magellan Cloud.
Can you imagine the view?
Breathtaking, isn't it? :)
If you have any objections regarding this planetary set-up, just call it poetic freedom....:)
To be continued....
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Interlude for some modeling details:
- A trumpeter kit of a chinese space purched at a local sale, some years ago.
- The planet base is included
- One figure taken from the spare box (I think it came form a revell apollo kit, but I am not sure)
- The sun is a painted styrofoam ball that my daughter had in her room. No idea about the origin,
but it looks great in the pictures!