1/60 Halcyon Alien Space Jockey

[Lee Chambers]

Hi guys, not built a vinyl kit for a while so I decided I would have a go at this old Halcyon kit. I am planning on building the kit into a cave scene diorama as it looked in the movie and I hope to add lighting to the figures helmets. The plan is to try and capture the creepy classic Alien scene.

 

[GrahamS]

Old Giger just couldn’t stay away from “that” shape, could he?

 

Graham

[Carts]

Its a lovely little model,Good luck with the lighting,the crew figures are really tiny!

[Mike]

An iconic prop from an awesome film.  Wish I had one

[Pete in Lincs]

And, as you say, it was a creepy scene.

Good luck and watch what you hug!

[Lee Chambers]

Hi all, here is a progress update on my Space Jockey build. In order to give the model a sense of scale, I decided to add the background as it was depicted in the movie. So I was going to try my hand at mold making and resin casting and this was going to be a first attempt at using these products. I used air drying clay to sculpt out the parts, then I coated it with a thin layer of fiberglass resin to lock in all the small details I added. The pictures will show the progress so far and I hope to update you all in the next week or so.

[rockpopandchips]

Dame! That's looking amazing, the casting turned out fantastic. 

[Pete in Lincs]

Very tasty indeed.

Love the moulding.

[Carts]

Brilliant all round,love that back wall.

[Lee Chambers]

On 17/09/2018 at 20:18, Carts said:

Brilliant all round,love that back wall.

Thank you,i will post the final reveal pics in a few days.

[Mikey-1980]

Just epic so far!!

 

Loving your diorama set up too....would that be Kane lit up there exploring the Space Jockey?

 

Cant wait to see the end result too

[Lee Chambers]

4 hours ago, Mikey-1980 said:

Just epic so far!!

 

Loving your diorama set up too....would that be Kane lit up there exploring the Space Jockey?

 

Cant wait to see the end result too

Dallas is inspecting the Space Jockey, Kane is checking out the melted hole in the floor, which he gets lowered into and finds the egg chamber, guessing you know the rest LOL!

[Lee Chambers]

Hi everyone, my build is now completed, you can see the final reveal in the link below.

[Mikey-1980]

Awesome!!

 

It's been a while since I've seen Alien....Great finish to it though

[Mike N]

Just seen this - fantastic job!

[Lee Chambers]

9 hours ago, Mike N said:

Just seen this - fantastic job!

Cheers Mike !

[Gimme Shelter]

I missed this WIP (which looked brilliant - all that extra work to bring it scale and depth) so I'm off to see the completed build now

 

brilliant and 10/10 from me

[morty_3333]

Hi Lee!

great work, and congratulations on Your first use of silicone and resin, exceptional!

 

keep Sticking!

 

Cheers,  Pete

[Theb]

Hi guys.

 

I'm new to this forum and glad I found it as I'm picking up all kinds of tips and tricks. I've built model kits all my life pretty much and apart from larger projects for around the home, have never scratch built.

 

I bought on ebay around 20 years ago the Halcyon space jockey and since then it has just sat in one part of the home or another and then I decided to sell it. Then I looked at it. Then I decided that I would give painting it a go as  the original paint job wasn't that great. I dabbled with various techniques including rubbing graphite into parts to get a great metal finish but didn't complete the painting process as I was working on another project with a model kit of the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (that's another story) and when I returned to the Space Jockey I thought that it might be a cool idea to do the whole scene

 

I googled the 'Space Jockey' to see if there were any diorama models out there and then came across Lee's and thought thats what I'm talking about. Then I signed up.

 

I'm still currently working on the scene and it's taken a good few months so far and a lot of money for the materials as I'm sure you all know. Found a good source for the resin and silicone supplies in Ireland though.

 

I've worked the back wall and cast it and currently working on cleaning and finishing the end pylon to mould then cast then add a few embellishments of my own at some stage but hit a snag with the original Halcyon model in that the base isn't large enough as it appears in the production photos so I'm going to have to re-create the base so that it sits where it should within the whole thing. I still need to figure out how to do the astronauts too but I go slow in order for any snags to appear before its too late. I'm still looking for a cold cast clear resin that will set quickly so that I can potentially slush mold the helmets in order to do what I plan with regards to the heads of the characters.

 

I'll let you know how it goes!

 

Cheers.

Brian.

[Theb]

Some early stage pics.

 

If the links work!

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ub9GYCilhigR_buaLIqNIb6oq8WjHJc/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kM5av1nIWu3cAh9sRbqHpbuGfFcG8LLk/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bMEeMHsW2XVXk0AOKzr1b2RKk7n4SVxl/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gHeDLAR_LxrunZM2Iynd-YGQcLeH2XK7/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yQ7SGU62Rll5ISEATowPqrlDbIDV66lL/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e7UKzthjYr3xFk7KAO5evsTAMNUUlgUM/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xympSytUSTV7ITPybggYq7so8aTzwJTp/view?usp=sharing

 

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by Theb
Link problems

[Theb]

I'll need a little time to set up a host provider for the images so that they don't appear as links

 

😶

[Pete in Lincs]

6 hours ago, Theb said:

set up a host provider

Nice pictures. Great project. Have a look at imgur.com drag and drop, dead easy

[munnst]

I have one of these kits and will attempt something similar. As I've never built a vinyl kit before I'm wondering what is the best method to glue that parts together?

[spruecutter96]

3 hours ago, munnst said:

I have one of these kits and will attempt something similar. As I've never built a vinyl kit before I'm wondering what is the best method to glue that parts together?

Hi.

 

Normal plastic-model glue won't work. You need to use super-glue or (maybe) a two part epoxy glue. Whatever you use, test it on some of the "pouring-stubs" that you have to remove from that vinyl parts of this model. If you use the wrong stuff, there's a chance that you could melt the vinyl. 

 

Hope this helps. 

 

Chris.  

[Lee Chambers]

On 31/08/2024 at 10:29, munnst said:

I have one of these kits and will attempt something similar. As I've never built a vinyl kit before I'm wondering what is the best method to glue that parts together?

Any decent super glue should work fine.