1/6 2001 Pod replica.
- Thread starter Craqigbob
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If you could have got one. :/
joberg
Legendary Member
...and still not accurate
...and still not accurate
But to be fair - as I said a few posts back, you have to cut the guy some slack. The model is pretty good given the information that was publicly available at the time he designed it.
And for a garage resin cast, the moulding looks quite good in those photos - pretty sharp, and free of bubbles.
Now - taking money from people and never shipping product - *that* is inexcusable...
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joberg
Legendary Member
Don't get me started (my own experience with him
) To be fair; his casts were always sharp and clean.
drusselmeyer
Master Member
So, has anyone made progress in making an accurate alternative?
joberg
Legendary Member
Yes, I did...not accurate by any means. Here's the pics of the thread (I did a search, but without succes
) Yogybear gave me one of his EVA Pod ear and allowed me to recast it to make the other one, as well as DaveG contributed by giving me his highly accurate STL file for the arms.Still a work in progress, since I've modified the upper engines (top of the window on the right/left of the model, as well as the trapeze bell at the upper top left).
Here's the new pics:
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I've been working on one for the past 4 years. Not an "alternative" per se, because it's not going to be a kit or anything.
joberg
Legendary Member
An impressive labour of love!Yes, I did...not accurate by any means. Here's the pics of the thread (I did a search, but without succes
Well, me too! I'm pretty burnt out on it now really...Eager to see it when it's done Neil
Carlb
Sr Member
This may be your original thread for the EVA Pod Joberg:
www.therpf.com
Beautiful model by the way!
Eva Pod WIP
Another one of those crazy model to build...a sphere is never easy to work with. Many challenges and many artistic liberties taken; I'll get through it eventually:)
www.therpf.com
Beautiful model by the way!
drusselmeyer
Master Member
Where can we obtain usable 13" spheres? For $1500, I think I can manage to build my own...and build a cabinet to display it too.
drusselmeyer
Master Member
Acrylic is awkward to work with if it is not in tube or sheet form. Maybe domes would work. A sphere is a difficult starting point in acrylic.
For this project, 1/6 scale is simultaneously big and small enough to be ideal. So, 13"~13.5" would be about right.
Sourcing some other plastic might be a better alternative.
For this project, 1/6 scale is simultaneously big and small enough to be ideal. So, 13"~13.5" would be about right.
Sourcing some other plastic might be a better alternative.
joberg
Legendary Member
Yep, you don't know how many times I cursed the Acrylic Gods cutting that sphere to build that Pod
It seems that CDS has acrylic sphere (14") for $ 66.94
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