Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:20 am
Strange stuff, that SciFi genre, is it...?! 
New pictures...
New pictures...
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The Bumble Bee
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Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:02 am
Space Invaders! >> Made from 1/700 Harrier wings (Trumpeter) - the armada is ready to strike the Bumble Bee.
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:26 am
Lucas, quite strange indeed to someone whose brain is wired like mine! I'm a pretty literal guy.Still, this is quality work.
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:26 am
Hehehe... 
Bumble Bee continues:
Bumble Bee continues:
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 5:58 am
That's looking wicked - like a proper 1970/80s Sci-Fi film prop.
As an aside, I still think it was a shame when Sci-Fi went away from using models to computer generated effect - The models had a realistic quality that you just don't get with CGI...
As an aside, I still think it was a shame when Sci-Fi went away from using models to computer generated effect - The models had a realistic quality that you just don't get with CGI...
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:14 am
But there are some exceptions from the rule - "Moon" is probably the best example for it. No CGI at all and a good story too. If you dont know that movie already - watch it!
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:16 pm
Ah you got me there - and yes it is a good film!tigrazor wrote:But there are some exceptions from the rule - "Moon" is probably the best example for it. No CGI at all and a good story too. If you dont know that movie already - watch it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNsuUEdRqV8
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:14 pm
In the new STAR WARS episodes a lot of studio models will be used. Up to a scale of 1:1.
Times have changed, CGI is cheaper now than high quality models. But a big Disney production can afford that, luckily.
Times have changed, CGI is cheaper now than high quality models. But a big Disney production can afford that, luckily.
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 3:43 am
Really? Wow that's good - so not fully gone then...mostrich wrote:In the new STAR WARS episodes a lot of studio models will be used. Up to a scale of 1:1.
Times have changed, CGI is cheaper now than high quality models. But a big Disney production can afford that, luckily.
Re: The Bumble Bee
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:18 pm
Ill wath the new part just for completeness - and I dont really expect a good story. Maybe theyll dance the intro instead of showing the legendary intro. 
The other Lucas, i.e. George made a complaint to the studios, because they just ignored his ideas. But thats another story.
Meanwhile, the project continues... Somewhere I had a Revell F-89 Scorpion kit. A perfect kit for a kitbash: Well detailed and high standard - not bad for a kit thats some years on the market now.
These are the parts I used:
-Air intakes:
>> now at the rear end
-Nose:
>> on the belly
-smaller landing flaps:
>> just below the air deck, at the rear end of it
-larger landing flaps:
>> those are just perfect for new decks located at the sides of the main air deck!
-Engine front
>> same here, but different - upgraded with some plastic profile and lead wire. Better solution than the Harrier parts, it would take too long maybe.
And some 1/144 Revell Tomcat exhausts on the belly.
The other Lucas, i.e. George made a complaint to the studios, because they just ignored his ideas. But thats another story. Meanwhile, the project continues...
Somewhere I had a Revell F-89 Scorpion kit. A perfect kit for a kitbash: Well detailed and high standard - not bad for a kit thats some years on the market now. These are the parts I used:
-Air intakes:
>> now at the rear end
-Nose:
>> on the belly
-smaller landing flaps:
>> just below the air deck, at the rear end of it
-larger landing flaps:
>> those are just perfect for new decks located at the sides of the main air deck!
-Engine front
>> same here, but different - upgraded with some plastic profile and lead wire. Better solution than the Harrier parts, it would take too long maybe.
And some 1/144 Revell Tomcat exhausts on the belly.
