Carlb
Sr Member
Hello all, I'm new here, and am starting my first ever ScI- Fi model project.
In the past, I've scratch built 1/87 scale earth based structures. I've used wood, card, plaster, styrene and clay. In my builds in other modeling forums,
I show most of my steps in detail with plenty of pix. I intend to do the same here.
This will be a scratch build log of the Clavius lunar moon base, depicted in the 1968 film: 2001 A Space Odyssey. I've always been a fan,
and saw it in the local movie theater that year.
I have no intention of recreating the films' model exactly in any way- just my first try at this genre, and hope to receive constructive criticism,
from this group of experienced and talented modelers. In the future, I hope to branch out into spaceships, etc.
The lunar base in the film was located at the large and flat Clavius crater, & was to house 1100 people, scientists, engineers, geologists etc
and their families. The premise was to mine lunar rock, crush & refine it, and from that produce the necessary elements to sustain life.
Due to copyrights , I cannot show photos of the actual miniatures used in the production.
I own a copy of "2001: the Lost Science" by Adam Johnson, a wonderful book about the production of the film,
with many behind the scene photos and plans, which was extremely helpful.
Here's the original "2001 Space Odyssey" design. Thanks to modeler Warren Zoell, who kindly sent me the
original studio drawing of the film model, which incidentally was over 4 ft. in diameter.
Warren built this version in 2004, and mounted it to a picture frame. I like what he did here, and with his permission,
am going to borrow some of his ideas.
To begin, I enlarged the drawing, where the largest circle would be approximately 20" in diameter. Too large for 8.5 X 11" printer paper, so individual sections were taped together. My version will also be on a "picture frame" base, and I've decided to make the final size 24" x 18".
I split the structure into 11 different sub-sections, in order to build & detail each separately, and then bring them back together. Three levels of the structure were broken down as well, I used colored pencils (here, green is the base level) to guide me in what needed built, and where.
I drew 20 different size circles on large paper, corresponding to the diameters of each section in the original drawing.
This will act as a temporary base & reference guide check, to keep sections aligned as built.
I'll be using .02", .05" and .06" thick styrene sheet and strips from the bags..
The first level pieces are laid out over a large styrene sheet, to begin cutting the individual sections out.
Till next time....
In the past, I've scratch built 1/87 scale earth based structures. I've used wood, card, plaster, styrene and clay. In my builds in other modeling forums,
I show most of my steps in detail with plenty of pix. I intend to do the same here.
This will be a scratch build log of the Clavius lunar moon base, depicted in the 1968 film: 2001 A Space Odyssey. I've always been a fan,
and saw it in the local movie theater that year.
I have no intention of recreating the films' model exactly in any way- just my first try at this genre, and hope to receive constructive criticism,
from this group of experienced and talented modelers. In the future, I hope to branch out into spaceships, etc.
The lunar base in the film was located at the large and flat Clavius crater, & was to house 1100 people, scientists, engineers, geologists etc
and their families. The premise was to mine lunar rock, crush & refine it, and from that produce the necessary elements to sustain life.
Due to copyrights , I cannot show photos of the actual miniatures used in the production.
I own a copy of "2001: the Lost Science" by Adam Johnson, a wonderful book about the production of the film,
with many behind the scene photos and plans, which was extremely helpful.
Here's the original "2001 Space Odyssey" design. Thanks to modeler Warren Zoell, who kindly sent me the
original studio drawing of the film model, which incidentally was over 4 ft. in diameter.
Warren built this version in 2004, and mounted it to a picture frame. I like what he did here, and with his permission,
am going to borrow some of his ideas.
To begin, I enlarged the drawing, where the largest circle would be approximately 20" in diameter. Too large for 8.5 X 11" printer paper, so individual sections were taped together. My version will also be on a "picture frame" base, and I've decided to make the final size 24" x 18".
I split the structure into 11 different sub-sections, in order to build & detail each separately, and then bring them back together. Three levels of the structure were broken down as well, I used colored pencils (here, green is the base level) to guide me in what needed built, and where.
I drew 20 different size circles on large paper, corresponding to the diameters of each section in the original drawing.
This will act as a temporary base & reference guide check, to keep sections aligned as built.
I'll be using .02", .05" and .06" thick styrene sheet and strips from the bags..
The first level pieces are laid out over a large styrene sheet, to begin cutting the individual sections out.
Till next time....
