Post by McTodd on Apr 23, 2008 22:38:41 GMT -6
(original post: 29 Nov 2007 12:39 pm)
Lee's magnificent recent posts have revealed the US, French and Chinese satellite miniatures in unparalleled detail.
I now wonder if the Chinese and Soviet satellites have been confused with each other.
The 'Chinese' satellite (long thin cylinder with an umbrella at the front) has a star with a hammer & sickle in it (lower right of the photo, near the rear of the main body):
www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2072638285&size=o
The 'Russian' satellite, in the absence of better images from Lee, appears to have merely a plain star:
img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e81bx4.jpg
Now, it has always my impression that the USSR used the hammer & sickle, with or without accompanying star(s), whereas the People's Republic of China has always eschewed the hammer & sickle, relying simply on various combinations of stars.
Thus, could it be that the long thin satellite is Russian and the blocky rectangular one is Chinese...?
EDIT: Having looked into it more, I now think I may be wrong, as the Chinese do use the hammer & sickle... However, I did notice that the USSR often used a 'hollow'/outline star with a hammer & sickle, whereas the Chinese generally use solid stars, with or without the hammer & sickle. The thin satellite has an outline star with a hammer & sickle within, the blocky satellite has a single solid star (as far as I can make out). Hmmmm... *strokes chin*
Lee's magnificent recent posts have revealed the US, French and Chinese satellite miniatures in unparalleled detail.
I now wonder if the Chinese and Soviet satellites have been confused with each other.
The 'Chinese' satellite (long thin cylinder with an umbrella at the front) has a star with a hammer & sickle in it (lower right of the photo, near the rear of the main body):
www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2072638285&size=o
The 'Russian' satellite, in the absence of better images from Lee, appears to have merely a plain star:
img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=e81bx4.jpg
Now, it has always my impression that the USSR used the hammer & sickle, with or without accompanying star(s), whereas the People's Republic of China has always eschewed the hammer & sickle, relying simply on various combinations of stars.
Thus, could it be that the long thin satellite is Russian and the blocky rectangular one is Chinese...?
EDIT: Having looked into it more, I now think I may be wrong, as the Chinese do use the hammer & sickle... However, I did notice that the USSR often used a 'hollow'/outline star with a hammer & sickle, whereas the Chinese generally use solid stars, with or without the hammer & sickle. The thin satellite has an outline star with a hammer & sickle within, the blocky satellite has a single solid star (as far as I can make out). Hmmmm... *strokes chin*
