Karl Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 On 12/09/2017 at 1:45 AM, Bandsaw Steve said: This is inspiring; pushing me ever closer to starting a project that's been bouncing around in my brain for a long, long time. Thanks Steve! Sounds interesting; is it Space:1999 related? Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) So, It's September the 13th - 18 years since the Moon was blasted out of Earth orbit and Space:1999 was born! To celebrate I've jumped ahead a bit and done a test mating of the engine section with the Eagle - it's a beast! Bigger than I remember before I took it all apart. I still have quite a bit of colour work to do on the main body of the Eagle, but I thought I'd go for a couple of quick taster pictures. Karl Edited September 13, 2017 by Karl 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Karl said: Thanks Steve! Sounds interesting; is it Space:1999 related? Karl Shouldn't really say at this early stage - I like to keep my options open on future builds. Suffice to say, once my current maritime build is finished I might pay the Sci-fi community a visit. 🚀 😃 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) Another update. I've masked up the cockpit anti-glare pannels and the sides of the landing gear pods to be pinted black; I sprayed these with my air brush. Matt black overcoated with a satin/matt mixture clear coat. I have also made sixteen small RCS thusters by casting. I made a master I could press in to the plastecene and then cast them using resin. I added a small mounting peg to ease attachement. The picture shows the rough casings before sanding and hollowing out of the engine bell. I painted the RCS thrusters silver and installed them on to the leg pod's. I've also painted the main landing gear. The Eagle is very close to completion at this point. I have permanently mounted the engine cluster to the main body of the ship now, and I'm having a look again at the pod to match up the detailing to the Eagle as I have it now. Karl Edited September 24, 2017 by Karl 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 (edited) That's it - the Eagle is complete! I'm going to post up the completed pictures in a new thread, however I'll leave this one with a last group of pictures. This is all that remains of the old spine of the Eagle; I'm going to keep it as a reminder of how it was. And... I have two spare engine bells I made when I built the ones for the Eagle... I wonder what Eagle accessory I can build with them?????? You'll have to excuse the quality of the next set of pictures as they were taken in 1999-2000ish with a very basic digital camera, when I first started building the Eagles. I wanted to include them as a record of how far it's come. Our son getting interested in the build! In this picture, he would be about 6 years old; He's now a working man in his twenties.... Time sure does fly. Link to completed build thread is here Space:1999 1/48 Eagle Transporter - Scratch Build - Completed Karl Edited September 24, 2017 by Karl 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillidragon Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 My word. That is nothing less than epic. I salute you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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