Need parts identified please.

[E=MC2]

The main part I think is a 1/48 scale or a 1/35 scale tank?
The model is from Project UFO TV show episode, (The waterfront UFO).

 

[satazius]

The main part there is from the Katiusza. Been working on this for a couple of years. Mostly sorted, but there are a few very tricky parts left to go. There are a lot of exotic car kits in the Brick Price shop. Ugh.

 

[E=MC2]

The main part there is from the Katiusza. Been working on this for a couple of years. Mostly sorted, but there are a few very tricky parts left to go. There are a lot of exotic car kits in the Brick Price shop. Ugh.

Thanks, but I do not see it?

 

[E=MC2]

Also Satazius, I got a lot of parts for that model.
Let me know what parts you are looking for and I will help you if I can.

 

[chazzychaz]

There are a lot of parts from the hasegawa leopold and morser karl. The large circular intakes are from the airfix srn1 hover craft. now very expensive (mortgage payment)

 

[satazius]

You don't see the Katiusza part? It's in your sprue pic there.

I think I found 14 or 15 kits so far. Got it to the "98% ID'd with a handful of mysteries that are so frustrating I have started to take it personally" stage. You know, the usual.

 

[E=MC2]

You don't see the Katiusza part? It's in your sprue pic there.

I think I found 14 or 15 kits so far. Got it to the "98% ID'd with a handful of mysteries that are so frustrating I have started to take it personally" stage. You know, the usual.

I see the part but I was a little confused on what part is on the fenders?

 

[satazius]

Yeah it's a lot tougher than it first looks. That whole area is covered in parts from quite a few kits. But the fenders are easy at least. It's the Morser Karl with Munitions Panzer. Sorry the shareable scans of that kit I have are not great, but you can see the parts. One is common to the original kit, one is not. Mirrored of course on the other side.

 

[E=MC2]

Yeah it's a lot tougher than it first looks. That whole area is covered in parts from quite a few kits. But the fenders are easy at least. It's the Morser Karl with Munitions Panzer. Sorry the shareable scans of that kit I have are not great, but you can see the parts. One is common to the original kit, one is not. Mirrored of course on the other side.

Thanks, I see it now. I see there are some Tamiya 88mm on that main part to. I will take some pictures of what I have.

 

[E=MC2]

What parts do you all see in these pictures?

 

[chazzychaz]

Sides of the model are hasegawa leopold/anzio annie parts, besides this I can't id much more pics are too blurry.

 

[E=MC2]

Thanks, I do have the parts for the 2 sides. What I need is the front and back.

 

[satazius]

If you look at the other Project UFO Models, you will find a lot of these parts. But it is a tricky one for sure.

I think the "Box" in the middle of the front is just scratch built and the square part in the middle is styrene with a few added details. I wonder if that square can actually slide or move, as that is where the robot exits. They did that as a composite in the show, but wouldn't be surprised if there was a design brief that included that feature. Maybe it is removable and covers a deeper opening that was to be revealed? In the episode footage that square "door" is not centered. One reason I think it had the possibility to move/be moved.

Also of note the model continued to be revised after the "good" reference pics were taken. The "corners" on the wider end have added insets in the episode. So all we have are really lousy screen caps. Sigh.

 

[E=MC2]

Here are more pictures of the studio scale model.

 

[satazius]

The change to the corners I mentioned.

 

[satazius]

Something else occurred to me. It's possible that these two photos show THE SAME SURFACE. Brick Price mentions the model was heavy because it had lots of bondo, the result of being heavily modified due to studio change requests. The second photo has the new cut-outs in the corners, so that pic was taken later. And it's sitting flat. Which means the whole structure with the Katuisza part would need to be removable. Seems not that likely. We never see that part in the episode. I thought because it was just on top and we never view that area. And the pic on the right is the bottom featured on screen, But maybe not. Maybe it's actually before and after. Or Maybe it's the flip side but they stripped the already completed side and started over.

 

[chazzychaz]

Here are more pictures of the studio scale model.

The parts arrowed to looks a lot like a 35th scale tire. you can see the ribs on the side wall.

 

[E=MC2]

Check this out.

 

[satazius]

Yeah Charles that could well be a tire. Pretty hard to determine without seeing more reference. There are also some 1/12 F1 car bits that are close and from donors to other Project UFO subjects. The Katusza wheels are rubber. At least in all my kits, so I don't think they would take paint well. But there are plenty of other possibilities. Just none that I have confirmed as a donor for other parts.

The more I think about it, the more I think the version we see in the episode is a redo. At the very least the Katusza "island" got scrapped.

All those magazine pics are gold. There are a lot of common donors on those other two subjects.

There actually is some evidence of the fiber optics mention. There two twinkling lights visible in one shot.

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

Vaguely related FYI: The Cyclops ship mentions serving trays; that could be the old Hi Snack cup-holder plate trays from the 1960s; they are about 9 inches across.