Valley Forge kit IDing

OK, no I'm not going to rebuild the whole 8m long miniature!

But I always remembered this shot from the film and how I wanted to build a model with a mini TV inside to replicate the look.




Does anyone spot any kit pieces? I'm guessing this was a fairly big piece so I'm aiming to recreate it smaller .5m-.75m wide (2-2.5ft)

Thanks in advance.
L

Hey Lee! Long time no chat.

They used a bunch of Plastruct on there including things like fence rails. They also bought a huge stash of Bandai tank kits. Sorry to say, every single one of them is now a collector's item. There are big 1/15 scale tanks and 1/30 scale tanks. Maybe 1/24, can't remember.

Ask Gene K., he knows more about it and ID'd a lot of the kit parts.

Hey!!!

That's actually good news as I want to make that piece sub scale, so if I figure out the 1/15th kit and then find one in 1/32-35th I'm good. Plus plastruct comes in various scales.

I just did a bunch of screen caps and placed here:
Silent Running - Valley Forge - a set on Flickr

L

Absolutely swamped this week/weekend, so I don't know if i will be able to dig up kit scans. Off the top of my head, and subject to memory lapses, you will need multiples of:
- Bandai's 1/30 Hueschrecke ( a truely weird weapon)
- Bandai's 1/30 Panzer IV Lang L70 ( the one that has a fixed turret)
- Bandai's 1/15 Pz IV
- Plastruct ladder
- Plastruct plastic coated wire

Seriously, you will need to cast up multiples of a LOT of parts. The otagonal plates are from the Hueschrecke. The hulls on the left are from the Pz. IV Lang kit (trimmed). Then there are wheel hubs, hatches and brake hatch covers from the bigger Pz. IV kit.

Good luck. A couple of us gave up on this for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which was wall space.

Gene

Thanks Gene!!

I did wonder what size it was, especially as the camera starts so close. That's my reasoning for thinking of doing it 1/2 scale. Still cracks me up that it's a very obvious photo of the close up section stuck on the main miniature.

No super hurry on the other info, like everyone I have plenty to keep me busy :-)

L

Seems if it might work if I started with

1/76th Hueschrecke (No chance :-))
1/76th Panzer IV Lang L70 (Matchbox?)
1/35 Pz IV (Testors)

But I'll wait for any kit scans you have.

Thanks again,
L

Speaking of this ship, are their any clear images of that NASA style mission graphic to the upper left of the port?

THis one? Valley Forge

Lee S said:

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THis one? Valley Forge

Yep! Thanks!

It'd be nice if they got the quote right.

Actually...I small PICTURE viewer would work too...

Lee S said:

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Still cracks me up that it's a very obvious photo of the close up section stuck on the main miniature.

L

What? Why are you destroying my illusions!? That's like telling me that you were watching a Godzilla movie and you could see, I don't know, wires or something!

I never noticed that before. Now I'll never not notice it.

Any news on this project? I'd like to have a half-scale wall hanging of this, either with a small digital frame or a backlit slide in the "kitchen window."

Tom

I seem to remember a paper kit of the valley forge here Valley Forge Papercraft (Space Freighter / Silent Running) ~ Paperkraft.net - Free Papercraft, Paper Model, & Papertoy

Hi, Lee. I trust you have a copy of the Cinefex #8. This is on the inside back cover.

I can get you Blu-ray screencaps, if that would help.

It is so great to see these parts identified.

-- Mark

NICE!
I do have that issue, but it's in storage right now.
Thanks for the offer, I do have high res screen caps. But photo is worth 1000 screen caps!

L

Hi Guys ,
Ive had a little experience with this ship .
I can help out with the vector files for the symbols and letters if you need them.
Contact me .
Tony

From Australia?

Thanks Tony!! I'll certainly give you a shout when the time comes.
I think this will be the next build for more after the Narcissus is completed (or atleast started). There's a couple of kits that might be a pain to get.

L

Lee S said:

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Thanks Tony!! I'll certainly give you a shout when the time comes.
I think this will be the next build for more after the Narcissus is completed (or atleast started). There's a couple of kits that might be a pain to get.

L

Look forward to it ...
Good luck with the kits.
T

Returning to this for a bit I scaled out the panel as seen on the side of the ship to be about 40.4" by 26.4" Although that's adding a little on the bottom to not cut the octagonal pieces.



Anyone out there have a 1/15th Bandai Pazer 4 they would be willing to let a few pieces be cast from? The original used atleast 32 of them :-)

Lee, the parts your looking for are from the 1/30 scale kit, not 1/15.

Ahhh thanks Jim! I thought it used both. There's one of each of the needed 1/30th kits on ebay right now, hopefully I can get them :-)

But the larger scale PzIV parts will come in handy for the full Valley Forge when you get around to that......

Gene

So it looks like I need this one:
BANDAI PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV-G in 1/30