Thanks Capn, I remember that build a good idea to check back on it when the time comes.
1961: Ohhh, that’s cool! Hope you’ll post her over on the space forum when you get her done.
Bakster: That’s some nice work on the rocket! I assume that’s not the one the captain said was 6ft/2.1m tall though? [:P]
Greg: He’s Reggie, from a silly series of horror movies in the '80s and '90s called ‘Phantasm’. Probably the only movie hero played by a middle-aged, balding, former ice-cream salesman.
Not that he resembles me at all… I’ve never sold ice cream… *
*All joking aside I’m a bit thinner. But I love the screwball attitude he brings to the part.
PS: That’s weird, did YouTube disable linking?!? In any case you can find it on YouTube under ‘Reggie’s Phantasm Chainsaw Fight’ by PPDouglas.
I’ll be darned. I’ve been wondering about your Avatar for years, now I know.
I remember hearing of Phantasm. I’ve never been able to handle horror flicks, which would be why I am familiar with the title but never saw it/them. The flying monkees in Wizard of Oz scared the living daylights out of me as a little kid, I’ve often wondered if that is why.
The YouTube link worked ok for me. I seem to remember it is a little wo[:D]nky if you are the one who posted it, or something like that.
Anyway, thanks Reggie, er, …Cli… Gamera, whomever you are.
Cliff is fine Greg!
You probably wouldn’t like these. I’m okay with scary but guts and gore I don’t like. These have blood and guts but it’s not too much.
Funny, I’ve been thinking about changing my avatar again, I’m getting tired of looking at Reggie.
How did I not recognize your Phantasm avatar? Phantasm is one of my favorite cult movies ever! I have it on DVD and still watch it every so often.
At the time it seemed like in all the horror movies every time the protagonist tried to tell someone about the crazy stuff they’d seen, people would say things like “well you’ve been under a lot of stress” or “all you need is a good night’s sleep” or something.
In phantasm, the kid tells his brother, and he’s immediately like “Let me get my shotgun. We’re going to kill that freak”. It was awesome. 
Actually, the build was 7’ (2.13m) and not 6’ (1.8m)
http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/8/t/179186.aspx
An outstanding build, too.
Take that you space monkeys!
Lol, heya Mark!
They’re just fun movies. I like that they’re not big budget Hollywood films but have a ‘let’s get some people together and make a movie’ vibe to them.
Sorry, I was thinking 7ft / 2.13m but wrote down 6ft / 2.1 by mistake. WHOOPS!!! [:$]
“I like that they’re not big budget Hollywood films but have a ‘let’s get some people together and make a movie’ vibe to them”
Agreed.
Seems like all major films have the same plot with different CGI tacked on. Really tired of watching someone hang on over an abyss by their fingertips for some silly reason.
On a related note, I do have respect for the art of CGI, but IMHO it’s been so overused lately that it numbs the senses. I would much rather watch a “2001” than an “Endgame” for that reason. When a substantial amount of work is required to do the visualization, perhaps it influences the movie maker to use plot rather than visual sugar.
Thanks Capn. But yeah. The build you mentioned was off the scale fantastic. I wonder if he ever finished it.
I agree 100%. In my opinion CGI has been a blessing and a curse, leaning to mostly curse.
Here is a small update.
Tonight I decided to add more bling before I hit it with primer. Primer maybe tomorrow.
THE END
Updated: Another view. As usual off kilter but you get the gist.
That looks good to me Bakster!
I like how she’s coming along.
[Y] The little plastic comatose people will appreiate the handles when they wake up.
That first pic made me think of a cutaway view of the cabin cruiser I always wanted.
That is a hoot, Greg. That cracks me up.
Thanks, Cliff. Btw, I painted the interior today. More on all that in the near future.
Thanks again.
Paint is applied. It was a mix of Vallejo Aged White with a few dribbles of tan earth, or some such thing.
I was very concerned about spraying this because of how tight things are. Particularly, the chambers. If you get in too close you mess up the frame with too much paint. That happened with the primer. Fortunately, I could sand it out. But you have to get in tight or you don’t get coverage inside of them.
So for the color coat, I switched brushes to my Badger 200 single action. With a fixed paint flow I had much more control. That was a good call because I was able to avoid the issue I had with the primer. The downside is brush issues. I always have spray issues with the 200. You really need to thin the paint thin or dry tip becomes a problem. In the end, it got the job done.
Short term I have a few specks to sand out, touch up, and then probably selectively apply some dulcote to protect the paint. After that, maybe install the glass to the doors.
I kept the pieces on the window sill to speed up drying.
That looks good to me. Looking forward to seeing the people down in the hypotherma capsules and the details added.