Studio Scale SF3D recreation

[moffeaton]

Well, the Firefly I made from Futch's gorgeous kit now belongs to the Kow Yokoyama Collection, lol! So I'm glad I took that impromptu photo shoot before we left for WF! This is a recreation of a scratch build studio model from 1982.

I went crazy and added lights:

I had a base lasercut too:

And here you can see how off I was compared to the real deal - it's MUCH more "grey" than you think. Ah well, I'll get it right on the one for me, lol!

Here's the original:

The rest can be seen here:
http://roboterkampf.com/images/mak/mymodels/firefly/

 

[mslz22]

That awesome, I may never get around to building MaK stuff but i sure like looking at it..........looks like the "blue" color for the first one matches the magazine cover really well great job...

 

[phase pistol]

Firefly?! That looks nothing at all like Mal's ship. :sleep

 

[moffeaton]

LOl - this was the FIRST Firefly!

Yeah, the color is hard to nail - take a pic of the two side by side with a flash? They look the same. It's weird. Mine is brighter... but hey, the original has also been kicking around for 25 years, so who knows how it initially looked.

 

[Treadwell]

I'm lost, too. Was this used in a TV series or movie?

(Good job, BTW!)

 

[moffeaton]

Thanks! Nope to your question, sadly:

http://www.roboterkampf.com/html/mak/sf3d.htm

 

[Treadwell]

Okay, then I gotta move this to General Modeling; the "studio" in "Studio Scale" means there was a model photographed for TV or film that is being replicated.

But again, it looks great!

 

[moffeaton]

Oh, I thought "studio scale" meant replicating something that was an original scratch build, using original parts, shot in a studio. But if it needs to have been on TV or film to qualify, that's your decision.

But i think it's a lame distinction to make. Just my opinion.

 

[Treadwell]

It's not my decision what it means, it's just what it means.

 

[sstinson]

Very very cool!!!:thumbsup

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Leave it out in harsh sunlight for a few weeks and I'm sure the blue will have faded a great deal. Nice, but have no clue what it is.

 

[Mike J.]

Jason, what's the relationship between this (the Firefly) and the Operation Omega Multiform?

http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGSTX1


-Mike

 

[moffeaton]

No one knows for sure, but Kow's Firefly was first, if that answers your question, heheh.

 

[Gary Weaver II]

I thought I remembered seeing that model kit as a kid (the non SF3d one). It was released here in the US under the Young Astronauts series.

http://www.scififantmodmadrealm.com/OperationOmega-LunarExplorer.html

-Gary

 

[moffeaton]

Cool - it made the latest issue of Model Graphix!

http://maschinenkrueger.com/forum/index.php?topic=1414.0

 

[RickDTM]

Congrats Jason! That's awesome!

 

[Walter]

A very cool piece Jason! Thank you for shareing.

-Bryan