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Aurora made a plastic model kit of Sealab III. It came out when I was 10. I desperately wanted it but never could manage to save up enough. Probably just as well, as at that point my kit building skills wouldn't have done it justice.

http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/SEALAB%20III%20PAGE.htm

Actually, take your pick:

Centuri SST Shuttle

Centuri Space Shuttle

Estes Orbital Transport

Or going way back:

von Braun Passenger Rocket (1958)

I was bitterly disappointed that the actual shuttle looked so . . . clunky.

Or, you could just lock a whiz-kid in a room until he designs you your own made out of PCV and duct tape, just like SeaQuest's Stinger

"Here is a link to the SkySeer product on the manufacturer's web page that includes a photo of the device (looks like a model airplane): http://www.octatron.com/Products/SKS.html"

Funny you should mention that. They also sell model kits of it.

Zonk wonders about the ploy?

It's a ploy to get something manned past low-earth orbit before the end of the decade, when American insolvency will make the whole ball-of-wax China's new space programme.

BTW: NASA can't even afford original conceptual art anymore! These images are like a Willy Ley sketchbook from 1959, dropped on to old NASA photography!

Zonk wonders about the ploy?

It's a ploy to get something manned past low-earth orbit before the end of the decade, when American insolvency will make the whole ball-of-wax China's new space programme.

BTW: NASA can't even afford original conceptual art anymore! These images are like a Willy Ley sketchbook from 1959, dropped on to old NASA photography!