It would certainly be a project that could lend itself to a arduino or raspberry pi.

More full sized and more them one os Like Solaris 11.3 and Linux ubuntu or red hat or a nice Ds 5054 os.

@@DansModelBench Last one was for a nice small Mainframe that's only 2 story tall

You did! That was a fun project. :)

Thats a fair comment.

Cheers!

Yes its 35th scale which is great for dioramas I suppose as there are plenty of military figures and kits, but it does make for a very big model when its done.

Thank you. It was a big project, but quite good fun. :)

I didn't list the glue product because I can't recall it's name. The article I recall saying that professional modelers had been using it to fill in small port windows on planes, trains, & boats for decades with amazing success. No more glue smearing tiny plastic windows provided in each kit. The bottle looked to be 2 oz, solid white plastic, tall, with navy or royal blue bold script ( letters ) . Amazon was selling it. I'm not yet an Amazon user. I'll get there someday.

Thanks. I've finished the kit now and have to get to the edting, The figures came out ok, but I still do wish they had some more flexability in the poses and a detailed helmet. Overall I am happy with it though.

@@DansModelBench good deal. Been researching these alpha astronauts. More material availble online now... ebay. The Helmets are basically 70s to 80s drag helmets with a full chin. And have rising visor added by the special effects crew. Such details are actually even better, cutting, fabricating, molding, etc to get them looking more TV realistic. Where there is a will, there's room for varying success. Cheers.

Ah! That's really interesting to know! So the buggy included in the Disposal Area set wasn't 1/48? I have a feeling this kit might have a longer life than Round 2 and they acquired it from somewhere. Its in a nice car scale, but doesn't match the scale of any of their Eagle kits, which does seem quite strange. Thanks for the update, I had completely forgotten about the Disposal kit. Dan

Thanks mate. Appreciate that. :)

Hey Vortex. Big fan of the Eagle myself and I have the 22inch Eagle in the stash waiting for its chance to be built. The MPC 22" Eagle is 1:48 but the moon buggy is 1:25 unfortunately. I've actually finished building the moon buggy and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and its not a bad kit. Biggest disappointment is the astronauts not being posable and the one piece helmets. Just have to shoot the final reveal and get the editing done, so that video is coming sometime soon.

Khaki Drab XF-51 is probably the best match from the Tamiya range. Dan

@@DansModelBench Ok good to know, thanks!

G'day mate. Just to make sure we are talking the same product, the one I used is Alclad ALC-600 Aqua Gloss Clear, which is an acrylic clear. I avoided a lacquer clear as I wasn't sure what they would do to the decals on the lense. I've had trouble with this models brands decals in the past as they can be fragile, so didnt want to use anything hot. Here is a store that has the Aqua Gloss product, so you know what the packaging looks like: www.bnamodelworld.com.au/alclad-alc-600-aqua-gloss-4oz-120ml If you cant get that where you are, AK-Interactive make something similar that they call Intermediate Gauzy Agent Shine Enhancer. Yeah I'm not making that up. :) ak-interactive.com/product/intermediate-gauzy-agent-shine-enhancer/ Another possibility is VMS Varnish HD in gloss finish. Make sure you order gloss as they also have a satin and matte. www.vms-supplies.com/vms-varnish-hd Hope that helps and thanks for the kinds words. Regards, Dan

G'day Paul. I used that product, but not the spray can version. I used an airbrush, so I started with SF288 and thinned it with Mr Color Levelling thinner. With a kit this scale, I cant see why the spray can wouldn't give you a similar result, if thats more convenient for you.

I didn't know that! Very interesting!

Yes. I would describe it as low odour.

@@DansModelBench thank you.

Great question. I think there were a number of props used in the film and I'm not sure they were all the same or at least lit the same. The one I was using as my guide was from a still of the HAL 9000 in the main workstation they had. I went with a darker metal colour, that best matched what I could see in the movie still. Of course that colour is influenced by the film processing, lighting etc. It could well be with the bright studio lights and the colour processing of the film, that what we saw on film was a darker grey and not the original prop colour. I've lost count of how many props look totally different in real life in everyday lighting or on video tape (remember that) compared to flim and studio lighting and post processing. Just about anything Star Trek comes to mind from the original movies or the later tv series like TNG, Voyager etc Some of the Star Trek ships look absolutely toy like with their very bright saturated colours, as they have clearly been painted that way to allow for the post processing that was done with them on film or video. Interestingly most kits go with studio accurate colours, which to my eyes, looks very little like what we actually saw on screen in most cases, with a lot of those colours either disappearing or being considerably more mute. Anyway, I made a creative decision to go with what it looks like to my eyes in that scene and not neccessarly how it might look if you were standing next to the prop in normal lighting. I basically do that with anything sci-fi related. There was the added bonus that the darker grey also showed the detail on the grill better. :)

Great response. You made the right choice!

Glad you enjoyed it. :)

Glad you found it useful. :)

lol. Well that was kinda the conclusion. Like you I can see use cases too and will use the knife now I have it for things like cutting out canopy masks, but my main knife for kits will be the Tamiya.

Agreed on that.

Love the movie. I've got it on DVD and pull it out to watch on occasion. :)

Very true Brett. A remarkable aircraft.

Cheers. :)

Hi Catlady. I think that would certainly have helped, but at the time I didn't know of that product. I have another one of these kits in my stash and when I do get to it, I will certainly give that a try. Thanks for posting that suggestion - much appreciated. Dan

@@DansModelBench I’m doing this kit right meow and trying a different approach; Priming White, airbrushing red, taping off stripes, airbrushing black, after final touchups, 2K clear coating, and a final sand and polish if necessary. Wish me luck!

There is growing evidence across the net that the Japanese made Tamiya airbrushes are made by BB Rich. I'll leave you to do your own research and if you find something out, I'd welcome your feedback here.

@@DansModelBench 🤣

G'day Vic. Started on it today and it should be a good build. I've gone down a bit of a rabbit hole on the plane though, as I plan to do the RAAF version in Italy and I think some of the details of the Airfix kit are wrong. So there went the plans for an out of the box build! Thanks for the Christmas wishes and I can only extend my own to you. Always appreciate hearing from you and perhaps next year we can look at doing a group build on KZbin? Just a thought. :) Cheers Dan

I do have a spray booth and normally I would be using it. For this video, since I was spraying only small quantities of paint for the demo, I left it switched off and filmed on my desk where I build. More recent videos you may spy a towel underneath the cutting mat. That is to catch any excess spray from demos like these. Also off camera from what you can see in the more recent videos is a spray booth operating and an exhaust fan for the room. Dan

G'day Wendy. I thought it came out quite nice. Well at least it looks nice to me, as I have it on my entertainment unit. :)

Its a very strange omission for sure.

Time for a revisit!

G'day Jeff. Yes I am. The buggy is part way built now. Work is taking up a lot of my time at the moment.

Ah, good to know.

Hey Jeff. Thanks for writing. I won't share with you how many paints I have in my stash, but I will tell you I wrote a database to keep track of them. You get the idea. ;)

Cheers Andy. Glad you enjoyed the build. :)

Really sorry to hear that Daniel. I had hoped they had fixed it or changed suppliers of their decals by now.

@@DansModelBench I’m going to try and replicate them on decal paper via an ink jet printer. Never done that before so no clue what to expect

Gracias y sí y estoy de acuerdo. Fue mi primera construcción de un kit de moldeo al vacío, así que la próxima vez eliminaré las marcas.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll add a paint list as you suggest in future videos. Dan

Ah! That is good to know. Thanks. :)