{"id":3325,"date":"2013-01-30T11:30:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2013-01-30T11:30:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T19:30:23","slug":"mercury-gemini-capsule-set-148-revell-85-1834-kit-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3325","title":{"rendered":"Mercury-Gemini Capsule Set 1:48 Revell 85-1834 Kit Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=3325&text=Mercury-Gemini Capsule Set 1:48 Revell 85-1834 Kit Review\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">RoR Step-by-Step Review 20130130*<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mercury-Gemini Capsule Set 1:48 Revell 85-1834 Kit Review<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B006VYFABI\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B006VYFABI&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rightonreplic-20\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Click here to buy this kit through Amazon.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=rightonreplic-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B006VYFABI\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/wms.assoc-amazon.com\/20070822\/US\/js\/link-enhancer-common.js?tag=rightonreplic-20\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wms.assoc-amazon.com\/20070822\/US\/img\/noscript.gif?tag=rightonreplic-20\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/noscript><a title=\"000 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/8429683719\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"000\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8333\/8429683719_fd1e21f0e2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Click the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Buy Now<\/span> link below to purchase the Step-by-Step review by John Carter <a title=\"John Carter Thumbnail by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/8429695487\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"John Carter Thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8323\/8429695487_b0f262e8f0_t.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s October 7, 1958, and the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union is in full swing.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Space Race\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was\u00e2\u20ac\u201dat first\u00e2\u20ac\u201djust another facet of the Cold War. 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