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Copper Metal
Space Craft SCIENCE Kit
Parts Sheets
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Before you think about ordering copper parts sheets, we strongly suggest you obtain and build a regular paper version, and consider that the copper parts will be the exact shape and size of the paper parts, but slightly thicker. For example, like the paper version, the copper Voyager propellant tank is not a sphere, but two intersecting circles. Copper versions assemble into quite handsome and robust objets d'art, but they do not include any
of the realistic coloring or foil stamping present on the paper versions. The picture at right shows a copper version of the Voyager kit.
Price: $95 PER SHEET; prepaid orders only. Postage paid within U.S.A., Canada and Mexico. Mars Polar Lander has one sheet ($95 total). Each of the other kits require more than one copper sheet: Lunar Prospector requires 2 copper sheets ($190 total). Voyager requires 2 copper sheets ($190 total) - a styrofoam HGA is provided; Galileo requires 3 copper sheets ($285 total); The Keck Telescope requires 5 copper sheets ($475 total); Mars Global Surveyor requires 4 copper sheets ($380 total); Magellan requires 2.5 copper sheets ($237.50 total) - a styrofoam HGA is provided; And the HST requires 2 copper sheets ($190 total). Two parts in the HST model are not provided: the AFT SHROUD and the TELESCOPE TUBE. These are simply rectangles. Sheet copper purchased from a hobby store can be used.
Assembly Instructions are not provided for the copper sheets. The instructions included with the paper version should be used as a reference. Good soldering skills are required. At least a 250-watt soldering iron is recommended.
Shipping requires 4 to 6 weeks.
To order Copper Parts Sheets, please write or fax SCI, and include payment with your order. If you'd rather use the Online Order Form, please use the "Customer Comments" section to write in your choice of copper parts sheets.
| Very few people in the world own Copper Metal Space Craft SCIENCE KITs, which have been offered since 1995. In fact, the counter on the right shows the current total number of copper kits ever shipped anywhere in the known universe (the count doesn't include the one Copper Voyager in SCI's office, pictured above): | Copper SCIENCE KITs Shipped as of October, 2004 |
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