Flight of the Navigator Trimaxion Drone Ship
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PredatrHuntr
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Very cool - can't wait to see more!
Matte Painter
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Well finally finished the Dronship model. I realise some exist already. I personally couldn't find any models around that satisfied my interest in accuracy but then I'm not saying this is super accurate either.
Droneship_v1.zip
Notes:
- No steps or doorway in this file. I need to figure out for myself how I'm going to prop those up and try and make the supports as invisible as possible. Thinking either a few rods or perhaps some transparent acrylic cut to shape.
- You'll have to set the scale in your printing app. I believe the original studio physical model was 15" long.
Droneship_v1.zip
Notes:
- No steps or doorway in this file. I need to figure out for myself how I'm going to prop those up and try and make the supports as invisible as possible. Thinking either a few rods or perhaps some transparent acrylic cut to shape.
- You'll have to set the scale in your printing app. I believe the original studio physical model was 15" long.
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Matte Painter
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Max underway
PredatrHuntr
Master Member
Very cool! Has anyone printed one off yet?
Matte Painter
Active Member
Not that I know of. I'm personally waiting to finish the interior and Max and maybe down the line a David sculpt for printing to make a nice diorama.
enterprise0216
Sr Member
Just ran into this thread like many here a fan of Flight of the Navigator. “Compliance!”
Matte Painter
Active Member
The usual two steps forward, one step back when you've got nothing more than photography to work from. Made all the harder due to the chrome finish figuring out the shapes. Managed to get some decent front and profile shots at least. So much for a weekender though...
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Too many Twinkies, Oink Oink. Love it
So... I built Max and was on the crew that went to Norway for the filming of the space ship interior. Yes, Norway! But that's another story.
There was basically only one head with a bunch of spare parts. Most of the shots had a frosted "eye" sphere with fiber optics and I think a few incandescent bulbs to light it up. For a few shots we used a "coherent fiber-optic bundle" which was a bundle of 25,000 optical fibers that could be used to rear project images onto a spherical rear-projection screen inside the head. This would allow, in theory, for the flexible bundle to be run down the jointed arm from the ceiling so the Max puppet could be moved around the set while images were projected inside the eye. In practice it turned out to be more trouble than it was worth to shoot and was used very little.
I might have some photos from the build/shoot somewhere. No promises, but I'll dig around.
Your model is looking great!
There was basically only one head with a bunch of spare parts. Most of the shots had a frosted "eye" sphere with fiber optics and I think a few incandescent bulbs to light it up. For a few shots we used a "coherent fiber-optic bundle" which was a bundle of 25,000 optical fibers that could be used to rear project images onto a spherical rear-projection screen inside the head. This would allow, in theory, for the flexible bundle to be run down the jointed arm from the ceiling so the Max puppet could be moved around the set while images were projected inside the eye. In practice it turned out to be more trouble than it was worth to shoot and was used very little.
I might have some photos from the build/shoot somewhere. No promises, but I'll dig around.
Your model is looking great!
Matte Painter
Active Member
Any behind the scenes or design images would be amazing Dave! I just received the new Blu-ray and plan to see what they have on there but so far I've not found much at all otherwise.
So the good news is I found the photos (I use to be organized back in those days!). The bad news is they are slides and I'll need to get them scanned. I think I have a slide scanner around here somewhere, if not there's one at work I can use. Please be patient, it may have to wait until after the holidays.
Matte Painter
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PredatrHuntr
Master Member
Tildane, do you have a photo of the finished one just so I can see the size you printed it at?
FrankMartin
New Member
Hi this is my model of navigator.What do you think?
however your works are fantastic. Congratulations
however your works are fantastic. Congratulations
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BTTFSpencer
Sr Member
I would love a scale model of this. I've wanted one for years, ever since my dad showed me the film.
Fxguy1
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Thanks, PM'd.
Matte Painter or DaveG, did you ever get the slides scanned? Would love to have a copy of those! Loved this movie and now so do my kids!
