Vega Scout Ship 1/72 Scale Model Kit UFO Mystery Ship

Vega Scout Ship 1/72 Scale Model Kit UFO Mystery Ship:

Here is a 1/72 scale model kit of the tiny scout ship that came inside the classic original Leif Ericson / UFO Mystery Ship / Glow in the Dark UFO plastic model kit from AMT.

In 1967, shortly after the successful release of its 1:650 scale "Star Trek" U.S.S. Enterprise model kit, AMT models commissioned "Star Trek" art director Matt Jefferies to create designs for a new line of wholly original starships it hoped to market under the "Strategic Space Command" moniker.

In 1968, it launched the first kit in this proposed series, the "Leif Ericson." Later the inspiration for the starship U.S.S. MacArthur in Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle's classic sci-fi novel "The Mote in God's Eye," the "Leif Ericson" contained a large shuttle bay that housed a small, in-scale scout craft, popularly known as the "Vega."

Just as the "Leif" herself carried echoes of other Matt Jefferies designs -- most notably S.S. Botany Bay sle...