SPACE:1999 LAUNCH PAD & RESCUE EAGLE

DARKVIEW

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Thought I’d make a launch pad platform for the 22” size Eagle replica kits out there... Handy for shoots then l will put the main A1 section in a A1 frame for a wall.



I Made it from A1 Daler Orange boards from art shops. Did loads of reference studies (which is quite limited) to come up with a fairly accurate cross platform. The originals were often changed/retouched in their various sizes, Fun to do, I just added photoshop for the lights as reference,

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Just did some draft-board working out and then designed the markings in lndesign/printed the cut-out stickers out & stencil shaded areas.
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Above: It’s just the Orange cross platform for now, I really don’t have the space for a full dock launch pad for now.
Sketching and drawing out below.
 

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Looks great! Don't forget to include an abandoned moon buggy near the orange cross. (Don't know why, but it seemed the hip thing to do driving your buggy out to a launch pad and then walking back to Alpha.)

Carter: "Didn't you leave with a moon buggy?"

Unnamed actor-of-the-week: "Uh, not sure dude, wow, um, maybe...but did you see my groovy moonwalk on the way back?"
 
Very nice. I just started printing an 24 inch eagle for a disabled friend of mine. That pad would look great, but take up WAY too much room ;)

thomas;)
 
Looks great! Don't forget to include an abandoned moon buggy near the orange cross. (Don't know why, but it seemed the hip thing to do driving your buggy out to a launch pad and then walking back to Alpha.)

Carter: "Didn't you leave with a moon buggy?"

Unnamed actor-of-the-week: "Uh, not sure dude, wow, um, maybe...but did you see my groovy moonwalk on the way back?"
Darn it yes, a moon buggy may be in order
 
Sorry for necro-commenting here, but I just found this :)

Thought I’d make a launch pad platform for the 22” size Eagle replica kits out there... Handy for shoots then l will put the main A1 section in a A1 frame for a wall.



I Made it from A1 Daler Orange boards from art shops. Did loads of reference studies (which is quite limited) to come up with a fairly accurate cross platform. The originals were often changed/retouched in their various sizes, Fun to do, I just added photoshop for the lights as reference,
DARKVIEW Any change of at least getting measurements and anything else that would be helpful to create my own? I'm currently working on the MPC 22" Eagle, and I'd love to at least have this to display it on.

Thanks!

Dave
 
While you are waiting for a reply on dimesions you could practice your own estimation skills. We all have to start with the best reference we can find and then go from there. In this thread there is a great direct top-side view of an Eagle sitting in the middle of the pad. If your model has a known length of 22" you could measure the length of the Eagle in the image, the length would be "equal to" 22 inches in proportion. You can then measure the length of the pad and do the math to calculate the pad length in relationship to the 22". You can repeat that for all the details you want to know. The good thing about this image is that the Eagle and the Pad are close together so you can largely ignore any distorsion from "prespective". If you need to "make" a lot of measuements from the image you can also make a simple "proportional ruler". You know the "length" of 22" so if you put in 22 division, each will be 1", Divide that length as many times as you want to get half inch, quarter inch, eighth inch, etc. Personally I convert things to centimeters-millimeters, as I find it easier to work with and make fewer errors when I need to add and subtract lengths.

I thought I needed to add, the "proportional ruler" would only be good for the one image you did the original calculations on. However, if you have another image and you can find identical "features" in both images you can use the "measured" length in the first to find the {proportional length in the second, and make a second ruler that can be used on the second image.

Another approach when you have multiple images and the appropriate software, is that you can resize each the images so that the same feature in each image is the same length. Then your proportional ruler will work equally well on all the resized images. The software will probably allow you to directly measure the size of construction lines on the images. However not everyone has the software, time, and money for that approach. Making simple paper ruler(s) is low tech but very workable.
 
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While you are waiting for a reply on dimesions you could practice your own estimation skills. We all have to start with the best reference we can find and then go from there. In this thread there is a great direct top-side view of an Eagle sitting in the middle of the pad. If your model has a known length of 22" you could measure the length of the Eagle in the image, the length would be "equal to" 22 inches in proportion. You can then measure the length of the pad and do the math to calculate the pad length in relationship to the 22". You can repeat that for all the details you want to know. The good thing about this image is that the Eagle and the Pad are close together so you can largely ignore any distorsion from "prespective". If you need to "make" a lot of measuements from the image you can also make a simple "proportional ruler". You know the "length" of 22" so if you put in 22 division, each will be 1", Divide that length as many times as you want to get half inch, quarter inch, eighth inch, etc. Personally I convert things to centimeters-millimeters, as I find it easier to work with and make fewer errors when I need to add and subtract lengths.

I thought I needed to add, the "proportional ruler" would only be good for the one image you did the original calculations on. However, if you have another image and you can find identical "features" in both images you can use the "measured" length in the first to find the {proportional length in the second, and make a second ruler that can be used on the second image.

Another approach when you have multiple images and the appropriate software, is that you can resize each the images so that the same feature in each image is the same length. Then your proportional ruler will work equally well on all the resized images. The software will probably allow you to directly measure the size of construction lines on the images. However not everyone has the software, time, and money for that approach. Making simple paper ruler(s) is low tech but very workable.
So I come up with a convenient 1 cm = 1 inch, making the landing pad 36" x 36" with the lights every 3". Hopefully DARKVIEW will confirm, but that's what I'm going with.
 
I like your estimate. Especially as that would allow you to make the pad itself out of 6x6" or 12x12" tiles. Something like a gray vinyl floor tile could make a nice concrete/packed lunar soil/macadam surface.
 

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