I won an Entex 1:100 Boeing 747-100 (1:100 scale) model on ebay. This plus the Tamiya model kit makes the Moonraker-747 model a possibility for me. There is a Canadian who has 1:100 American Airlines 747 and 1:100 Moonraker decals for sale so this project becomes very doable.
1/72 moonraker 747
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I won an Entex 1:100 Boeing 747-100 (1:100 scale) model on ebay. This plus the Tamiya model kit makes the Moonraker-747 model a possibility for me. There is a Canadian who has 1:100 American Airlines 747 and 1:100 Moonraker decals for sale so this project becomes very doable.
jockdeboer
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Wow! Super nice work and what a shop you must have!
JMChladek
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Only thing to keep in mind is I believe the American Airlines stripes on the 905 bird in Moonraker (it had a Drax logo on the tail, but it still kept the 905 tail number like the real NASA 905) were wider than normal. So standard AA livery stripes will probably not work and you will likely have to just repaint them anyway. So the decals likely won't be needed since not all that many stock items will be used from it.
thunderbolt47d
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Looking good so far!
Master Tej
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This is awesome to see come together! I love Bond and the Shuttles, so I'm loving this!
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JMChladek
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Wow! I had no idea the Marine shuttle studio model even still existed, let alone was on display anywhere. This might put my 1/144 Marine shuttle launch stack back to the front burner. It was a Moonraker stack I wanted to do in that scale many years ago, but I pretty much mothballed it when I opted to do Moonraker 6 in 1/72. But, I still have all the parts and it still is a possibility. Thanks for posting the picture! Get any shots of the side with the "SM1" tail art?
I added a few pics of the Marine shuttle to the bottom of this page:
moonraker reference grabs
Looks like the cargo bay doors are on backwards
JMChladek
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OMG, it looks like they are indeed on backwards. Excellent references the same. This model doesn't seem to match the one used for the docking sequence, so I am guessing it might either be used by itself for the deployment of the astronaut troops, or it could be the model they used for the launch stack (only seen in the distance) since its window configuration matches the Moonraker 5/6 launch stack model VERY closely. Excellent find!
BTW, how big would you estimate this model as being? I'm going on the theory that it might be about 1/48 scale since that appears to be the size that the Moonraker 5/6 launch stack shuttle was.
BTW, how big would you estimate this model as being? I'm going on the theory that it might be about 1/48 scale since that appears to be the size that the Moonraker 5/6 launch stack shuttle was.
PHArchivist
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SUPERB photographs! Pure eye candy! Thanks for posting...
1/48 would make it 30" long - which seems about right.
I'm going to suggest that the launch shuttles and 747 used in the film were 1/50th.
I was googling to see if I could figure out who makes the fiberglass diplay models airlines use to show off their livery since we had an Air New Zealand 777-300 model at work recently. This led me to
<title>1/50 Scale Models - Westway Aircraft models
where the standard scale for them seems to be 1/50.
And - this page says that Westway made the 747 and shuttle model for Moonraker - so it make sense that they would have used existing 1/50 moulds for the 747 and scaled the shuttle appropriately.
<title>TV and Film - Westway Aircraft models
And - stay tuned for an update on the 1/72 747 - it's back on the workbench.
I was googling to see if I could figure out who makes the fiberglass diplay models airlines use to show off their livery since we had an Air New Zealand 777-300 model at work recently. This led me to
<title>1/50 Scale Models - Westway Aircraft models
where the standard scale for them seems to be 1/50.
And - this page says that Westway made the 747 and shuttle model for Moonraker - so it make sense that they would have used existing 1/50 moulds for the 747 and scaled the shuttle appropriately.
<title>TV and Film - Westway Aircraft models
And - stay tuned for an update on the 1/72 747 - it's back on the workbench.
JMChladek
Sr Member
Interesting bit of sleuthing I must say. I see that they only did the model in the pre-title sequence, so I wonder whether the launch stack models were done with a different source and/or scale.
Looking back over that Marine shuttle at the spy museum, I am pretty sure it was used as the launch stack shuttle since its details seem to match the Moonraker 5 and 6 model so closely (figure it would have used the same ET and SRBs as the others, after the SRBs got repainted with the black checkerboard pattern). Plus, the rear end with the cutouts in the engine bell imply to me that some flares were mounted there for the simulated rocket exhaust.
Can't wait to see what you do next with that 747 model as it was looking great last time.
Looking back over that Marine shuttle at the spy museum, I am pretty sure it was used as the launch stack shuttle since its details seem to match the Moonraker 5 and 6 model so closely (figure it would have used the same ET and SRBs as the others, after the SRBs got repainted with the black checkerboard pattern). Plus, the rear end with the cutouts in the engine bell imply to me that some flares were mounted there for the simulated rocket exhaust.
Can't wait to see what you do next with that 747 model as it was looking great last time.
Here's where I'm at:
747 engines attached. Rear shuttle mounts built. Vertical stabilisers made but not permanently attached (so I can get them on the right angle once the tailplanes are fixed). The front shuttle mount is in progress - but I'm trying to match the fairing over the front struts during early flights with the Enterprise since that's what seems to be on the Moonraker 747.
747 engines attached. Rear shuttle mounts built. Vertical stabilisers made but not permanently attached (so I can get them on the right angle once the tailplanes are fixed). The front shuttle mount is in progress - but I'm trying to match the fairing over the front struts during early flights with the Enterprise since that's what seems to be on the Moonraker 747.
Master Tej
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Just like in the movie!
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and... front shuttle mount.
Now I just need to finish painting the 747... but then I decided to make the wings removable so it's easier to handle/paint.
So 3 minutes with a hacksaw later :facepalm
and a bit more surgery and some lasercut acrylic later
I'll end up with an almost solid block of acrylic in the fuselage that tabs in the wings can slide into - in theory...
Now I just need to finish painting the 747... but then I decided to make the wings removable so it's easier to handle/paint.
So 3 minutes with a hacksaw later :facepalm
and a bit more surgery and some lasercut acrylic later
I'll end up with an almost solid block of acrylic in the fuselage that tabs in the wings can slide into - in theory...
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PHArchivist
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Just stunning work. One of the coolest subjects in this forum...
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