The Escape Pod Project

[Jedi Dade]

Dude - I need to get on your Christmas List!!!

Jedi Dade

 

[Moviefreak]

Hey Guys, I just so happen to have a few original KFC buckets I can pull some measurements from in order to contribute. I scored them from a lady in PA who was a "career" KFC employee from the 60s thru the 80s. She has since been a hard core KFC collector with literally a house full of related stuff. The buckets are marked 1969 and the style of recycle symbol matches the time period. She remembered they did not change the bucket style until the late 70s/early 80s, which should put these as a match for our time period. I'm off to work now, but will post again this evening when I get a chance to do some measurements.

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Nice score. I’ve been looking for a vintage 70’s bucket for ages. Not for prop use, but for storing crayons of all things, lol. It was a childhood thing at my grandparents and I always wanted to recreate that again.

 

[Treadwell]

I think it was Lorne Peterson who said they used paint buckets, though.

 

[DaveG]

No, I've talked to Jonathan Erland about it and he said they used some greasy fried chicken buckets that had been left over from dinner.

 

[joberg]

No, I've talked to Jonathan Erland about it and he said they used some greasy fried chicken buckets that had been left over from dinner.

Re-used at its best

 

[Matte Painter]

Did anyone get the exact dimensions of the interior surface though?

 

[Boxcar Bret]

I just stumbled across this thread. Great job! I have the Masterpiece Models Escape Pod kit and my plan was to mount it on a modified gobo head for display. Seeing yours is great proof of concept.

 

[Boxcar Bret]

For the model mount I used a tube with a 5/8" inner diameter. This allows the use of a 5/8" rod as the display stand. This was also a size we commonly used "back in the day" for model mounts as it allowed the use of standard stage grip equipment, which is based around a 5/8" diameter pin or pipe, to hold models for construction, painting and filming. I have a variety of grip equipment that proves helpful now as a model stand.

I have an Escape Pod in my build queue and had thought of displaying it on a c-stand. I never thought of using a plate with a baby pin. That makes for a much more manageable display.