2001 landing bay 1:72 scale WIP

[joberg]

Excellent work
Looking like it could be a filming model

It's in the plan; re-creating the missing landing bay sequence cut from the movie

 

[Carlb]

Looks great. What did you use for the blue lighting?

 

[joberg]

Looks great. What did you use for the blue lighting?

Just a bunch of lights strung together, powered by a little box of 2 AAA batteries, from the Dollar Store: $4.00

 

[ajamodels]

Your definitely on the right track Joberg! Very good guess as to the depth of the model. i have no info on how deep it was, but Lange and Ordways' notes say it was about 34" wide X 12" tall on the INSIDE. Nothing on depth. The outside was probably just plywood frame and supports. The model inside the 8-foot wide Space Station appears to be square. Ordway said "it only had to be big enough for Kubricks' 65mm Super Panavision camera to stick its nose through the middle".
I'm sorry to say i have never seen a photo of this miniature under construction.

 

[samster27]

Try reaching out to Brian Johnson effects and modelling wizard as he made the models with the team on 2001. He is on Facebook.

H will no doubt be able to help with size and just might have good reference photographs. Worth a try.

Good luck Mr Phelps.

 

[joberg]

Your definitely on the right track Joberg! Very good guess as to the depth of the model. i have no info on how deep it was, but Lange and Ordways' notes say it was about 34" wide X 12" tall on the INSIDE. Nothing on depth. The outside was probably just plywood frame and supports. The model inside the 8-foot wide Space Station appears to be square. Ordway said "it only had to be big enough for Kubricks' 65mm Super Panavision camera to stick its nose through the middle".
I'm sorry to say i have never seen a photo of this miniature under construction.

Thanks for the info Adam I wonder what was the wing span of the 42" Orion model? I fail to understand "The model inside the 8-foot wide Space Station appears to be square" As for the depth; I believe the model was not completely finished...so no definite depth measurement.

 

[joberg]

Try reaching out to Brian Johnson effects and modelling wizard as he made the models with the team on 2001. He is on Facebook.

H will no doubt be able to help with size and just might have good reference photographs. Worth a try.

Good luck Mr Phelps.

I don't have Facebook...but here are the new pics showing the first side-panels. Lots still to do

 

[ajamodels]

Thanks for the info Adam I wonder what was the wing span of the 42" Orion model? I fail to understand "The model inside the 8-foot wide Space Station appears to be square" As for the depth; I believe the model was not completely finished...so no definite depth measurement.

The 42.5" Orion model is 21.75" wide (wing-tip to wing-tip).
Sorry buddy....'square' is a little confusing! I meant to say :- If it is 34" wide across the span of the opening, then i think it is 34" deep.
Clearer?
And finally, your work is looking REALLY good!

 

[Carlb]

Excellent work.

 

[stevielewis]

Your work is top notch.

 

[joberg]

The 42.5" Orion model is 21.75" wide (wing-tip to wing-tip).
Sorry buddy....'square' is a little confusing! I meant to say :- If it is 34" wide across the span of the opening, then i think it is 34" deep.
Clearer?
And finally, your work is looking REALLY good!

Yes; got it...so the model should've fit into that big set

 

[Pyramidrep]

Joberg,
Just catching up on your new endeavour. It’s Really great. You’re one certainly one of the very rare modellers who had tackled a wide range of the movie’s subjects. “ Hats off to you , Sir”.

 

[joberg]

Joberg,
Just catching up on your new endeavour. It’s Really great. You’re one certainly one of the very rare modellers who had tackled a wide range of the movie’s subjects. “ Hats off to you , Sir”.

Coming from you makes it a great booster Thank you!

 

[Searun]

Thanks guys. I've done what I could with the amount of "details" seen in the screen cap.
Here's the complete floor with the black panels in place + the pit & crew (1:72 scale). I've opted for a blue light to minimize the fact that the figures are going to be static. The shot emphasizes the arrival of the shuttle Orion in the landing bay; not the pit & crew
The light trenches are open for the moment; these will be covered with a translucent plastic + lighting.

Btw: my phone does a strange thing with its lens; it makes the trapezoidal entrance look like a rectangle I can assure you that it's, indeed, a trapeze

Joeberg,
Are the pit crew on the hanger deck trench in the movie similar to an aircraft carrier deck catapult command center called “The Bubble?” Awesome design feature and place to view takeoff and landing.

 

[joberg]

Joeberg,
Are the pit crew on the hanger deck trench in the movie similar to an aircraft carrier deck catapult command center called “The Bubble?” Awesome design feature and place to view takeoff and landing.

Kind of Searun; more like a command post of some kind. As you know and looking at the original; 4 of those are featured in the bay.

 

[joberg]

...and another wall done. I don't have the command post yet; still searching for 1/72 figures (my neighbor has some...I think).

 

[Carlb]

Very nice, and you work quickly!

 

[joberg]

Very nice, and you work quickly!

Thanks Carl...as you can see, the walls are not as detailed as the floor (that was a doozy)

 

[stevielewis]

Fabulous work as always joberg!

 

[joberg]

Well, the third wall is done; it means that the left-hand side is complete but for the command post (trying to get those 1:72 scale figures).
And some pics with the Orion parked inside
As you can see; I still don't have a roof nor internal lighting trenches...Final pic will have a very different feel/lighting to it.