joberg
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Yes, it's at the back of the table
Yes, it's at the back of the table
Well spotted! On my screen that's just a black smudge among black smudges, but saving the preview image from the Getty site and then opening that, it's clearly the 'raw' gyro unit fresh out of it's original casing. You can make out the green and blue of the collars that secure the two (different-sized) Plessey connectors on the rear end, and the exposed gizmos on top that have yet to be covered by the circuit diagram. And it looks like the prop casing lying on it's side just behind. Anyone got a few spare hundreds to buy the high-res version so we can try to read the gyro model on the ID plate?For anyone interested; there's a pic on the 2001 archive's on Flickr (under Getty Images) that shows in the second pic, right hand side, Stanley looking at a mock-up of the Discovery antenna unit model and at the back of the table, there is the AE-35 unit without its top and markings
Well bumped joberg - great video find!Just a little bumperoo on this thread: I saw an interesting Youtube vid made by MOMI and untitled: Envisionning '2001' without HAL: Douglas Trumbull and Michael Benson...
In the vid, Douglas Trumbull is showing (from his extensive collection of behind the scene pics from 2001) the real AE-35 unit that was X-Rayed and later dressed by the prop master and used in the movie. Also, as I suspected, his wire version of the same unit that he built to achieve the special effect seen in the EVA Pod Bay. Great video/info/discussion about the movie.
And I've just noticed the knobs are different - simpler knurling. And the casing lacks the raised circular detail on top and bottom surfaces. But the knobs have to be replaced anyway and the circular gizmos inside -if slightly different - are not visible on the AE-35.99p? Ah. Found it. Cheshire.
Sometimes I wonder about those 2 questions Neil. The black box is way easier than the one showing its inside. The latter one is also a PITA à propos the lettering and weird circles/signs applied to its top. I'm sure some kind of Letraset was applied to do it...but which ones?I could watch it and see how high it goes, I guess.
Though the question is - is the point to make an AE-35 that looks like the black toaster box we see in the space scene/departure scene? Or the sort of brick-coloured internal frame with all the gubbins inside it during the analysis? The latter is obviously much cooler.
Why the 'or'? Surely the ultimate aim is to make both as one: take the cover off the black box to reveal the stuff inside and poke it with a probe.I could watch it and see how high it goes, I guess.
Though the question is - is the point to make an AE-35 that looks like the black toaster box we see in the space scene/departure scene? Or the sort of brick-coloured internal frame with all the gubbins inside it during the analysis? The latter is obviously much cooler.
Whot!!Well, I'm a bloody idiot. I forgot to set a timer for the auction, and that Sperry box sold for 99p!
Well SNAP. I was going to risk the squashed one after talking with the seller, but was outbid 50p.Well, I'm a bloody idiot. I forgot to set a timer for the auction, and that Sperry box sold for 99p!