Mobile Satellite Up-Link (1478): parts list and STL files

Set 1478, Mobile Satellite Up-Link, from 1991, has 31 pieces in 21 kinds of part and colour. Here is every part, with the ones you can 3D print at home and the ones to buy.

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Mobile Satellite Up-Link, built (3D picture) — What it looks like built. A 3D picture, not a photo, made from the LDraw model by Damien Roux (CC BY 2.0).

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13to print

18to buy

0spares

21kinds

13 to print, 18 to buy, 0 spares. Print: plain bricks, plates and beams you can make on a home 3D printer. Buy: clear, printed, rubber, electric and very thin parts, which are better ordered. Spares are the extras in the box.

Every part in set 1478

Parts in set 1478, Mobile Satellite Up-Link
Colour	Part	Qty	Print or buy
Light Gray	2540 Plate Special 1 x 2 Side Handle [Free Ends]	2	Print
Black	4600 Plate Special 2 x 2 with Wheel Holders	2	Print
Black	6019 Plate Special 1 x 1 with Clip Horizontal [Thick U Clip]	2	Print
Red	3004 Brick 1 x 2	1	Print
Red	3039 Brick Sloped 45° 2 x 2	1	Print
Black	3623 Plate 1 x 3	1	Print
Black	3639 Hinge Plate 2 x 4 with Articulated Joint - Male	1	Print
Black	3640 Hinge Plate 2 x 4 with Articulated Joint - Female	1	Print
Red	3666 Plate 1 x 6	1	Print
Black	3839b Plate Special 1 x 2 with Handles [Flat Ends / Low Attachment]	1	Print
Black	4288 Wheel Balloon with Axle hole	4	Buy
Light Gray	4624 Wheel 8 x 6	4	Buy
Trans-Neon Green	4740 Dish 2 x 2 Inverted [Radar]	2	Buy
Trans-Neon Green	2569 Antenna 8H Whip	1	Buy
White	3069bpr0048 Tile 1 x 2 with Red and Yellow Control Panel Print (Original)	1	Buy
Black	2446 Helmet, Standard	1	Buy
Trans-Neon Green	2447 Headwear Accessory Visor For Standard Helmet	1	Buy
Yellow	3626apr0001 Minifig Head Standard Grin Print [Solid Stud]	1	Buy
Black	3838 Minifig Neckwear Airtanks	1	Buy
Black	970c27 Hips and White Legs	1	Buy
Red	973c27h03pr0068 Torso, MTron Logo Print, White Arms, Black Hands	1	Buy

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