INSTEAD of 'Another' Eagle Tank.

Hey guys,

Lee is doing such a dang fine job on his "Eagle" type laser tank, I thought I would check and see if anyone wanted to see one of the OTHER three tanks from the same episode of Space:1999 that the Eagle tank appeared?

I am actually building ALL THREE tanks at the moment, but have made the most progress on the "Flat-Top" tanks. It is a little farther along than when I took these pictures and there are ALOT of pictures taken before these, so just ask.

Comments and questions are certainly welcome AND requested!

Rob.

Another update.

Nobody care for this type?

Rob.

It's always fun to see such builds! I enjoy seeing seeing them before they're painted, so you can see the variety of source parts.

I think it's beautiful. Super-clean and sharp build, and the design has always reminded me of the Moon tank from Tintin. Obviously more tanks need acrylic viewing bubbles.

Thank you fells! I thought for a little there just wasn't any interest in these.

Glad a couple folks wanna see 'em. Y'all have done it now. I'll continue posting on it. LOL!

Anyhow, now that it's at this point, I'm seeing a change that needs to be made and I'm working on that right now. That forked laser mount looks too tall. I'll post that when I get it shortened.

Rob.

these are looking blooming superb ! looks good to see them pre paint too just to get an idea of where the original builders got the parts from too .. keep it up will be nice to see them finished

WOW. With builds like this I'll have to visit the Studio Scale section more ! I like anything related to Space 1999. Great show, Have the series on DVD.

Thank you fellas!

I've hammered on that fork section of the laser mount I mentioned and got it more where it should be.

Rob.

Looks GREAT Rob! I'm more of a UFO buff, but anything from Gerry Anderson's world is OK by me!!

UFO? Second favorite of mine too! Actually, FAR better to watch than Space:1999, I'm just hooked on the HARDWARE from Space:1999.

We need to see if we can't build us a SHADO Mobile or two then!

Rob.

Inside the canopy roof of this tank, there is a small circle of styrene detailed with kit parts. It is like an "overhead console".

Here's what it looks like!

Rob.

Here's one made from my resin parts.

One thing I forgot to mention here. The one I've been showing is for someone that sent me ALL original kit parts to use and build him a set of all three laser tanks. I'm, however, building FOUR of these Flat-Top tanks at the moment and will actually be building 4 full sets of all three versions of these tanks. For the other sets of three, I have made resin parts of every piece needed and will be using those for the other three sets of tanks.

I suppose, it would be nice to show one of the resin versions too, huh?

Rob.

Excellent builds Rob!

You're going to make me want to build the other two tanks aren't you!
44" Eagle is next, must resist...


L

Lee S said:

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Excellent builds Rob!

You're going to make me want to build the other two tanks aren't you!

L

Thank you Lee!

I personally think EVERYBODY should want all three, but then, you know my thoughts on these.

LOL!

Rob.

Eagle-1 said:

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Inside the canopy roof of this tank, there is a small circle of styrene detailed with kit parts. It is like an "overhead console"............

Ha! The REVELL visible Polaris! I get it now..........

Gene

PS - Damn, now I want to build one......

Hello Mr. Gene!

Yes, there it is! Just one of the MANY Polaris parts used all over three of these. There's THREE on that circle I just showed alone.

I don't see any reason you shouldn't build ALL THREE!



Rob.

Hey guys!

A little more progress here. I have completed a few of the "Flat-Top" tanks and all that's left on those is the painting and detailing, so I've moved on to the first of the "Dome" type tanks now.

There has not been any of these built before, so there is a "try this, try that" type thing that has to be done, but I've about got the "Dome" to a point I can crank them out faster. Just like the first "Flat-Top" tank I built, I make templates and take notes so that the following builds don't hurt so bad!

Anyhow, here's where I'm at with the "Dome" tank now.

Let me know what y'all think!

Rob.

That looks Great. The dome tanks are my favorites.

Very nicely done ole chap!

Thank you fellas!

I've actually hit a little snag and having to re-do the entire canopy section of the "Dome" tank, but I'm almost done with the section again.

Seems I initially went with the wrong dome size for the canopy.

Live and learn.



Rob.

Well we've all done it. You work on something, believing it is right. But when you almost get done you check your notes and something seems... off. So at that point you have two choices, leave it as is or strip off and try again. I recently encountered that myself and chose the fix option. Halfway through my fix I was thinking "why didn't I just leave it alone?" but in the end, it was the right choice.

Tell me about it buddy!

On this screw up it has to be a start over every time. Since I chose the wrong size canopy dome, everything under it gets scratch built. It's vac-formed from plugs I'm having to make and fixing the wrong plug takes as long as making a new one, so I've just made a new one three times already (actually four which is how come I know fixing one is MORE work!). That, plus anything I happen to screw up fixing a plug would show up in every pull after that, so new plugs are the way I've been going. That "hump" under the canopy is .040" styrene with .030" panels.

Each new dome size I try, I can't tell how it's gonna come out until I get the plug completely finished and make a vac-formed shell, cut it out, get the different size dome fitted and THEN start comparing everything and also looking for flaws.

All those panels are also vac-formed from that same plug and, of course, rely on the hump being right so that I can get those panels right. On top of that, I make a vac-formed template from .060" so that I can lay out those panel lines each time I make one the exact same way every time without having to re-invent the wheel each time. That template marks the .040" with panel placement and the .030" with cut lines and speeds everything up later. If I didn't do that, I would have to figure out everything concerning those panels every time! It ain't very fun THE FIRST time, so I cheat!

LOL!

Rob.

Very cool! Good Luck!!

FB

Nice!

Wish I kept my SPACE:1999 DVDs.