Building the O'Neill cylinder space station | Gundam Space Colony

Building an O'Neill cylinder type space settlement model kit by Wave.
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00:00 Intro and unboxing
03:01 Airbrushing
12:44 Applying sickers
15:50 Painting landscape
27:30 Painting Agricultural Ring
30:52 Putting it all together
32:54 Final showcase
#SpaceSettlement #Megastructure #Gundam

[@modelchili]

Buy this model kit here: www.hlj.com/space-settlement-wavkm-11?

[@oanhtranthikim2557]

The kits look really nice 👍

[@jocax188723]

I dunno, Australia and O’Neill cylinders have, historically in fiction, not gone together well. This looks pretty good, though.

[@artattaponjanruang288]

Uh oh........*Operation British's flashback*

[@JDsHouseofHobbies]

I had my doubts when you wanted to paint the landscapes, but wow, there's shadows in there!

[@modelchili]

Yeah I was hoping for a bit of shadow action!

[@NoBettaFeta]

Wow! The 3D effect from the paint you used really brought the interior to life. The effect is far more effective than I initially expected it would be. Very cool. Gundam also featured this type of space colony quite heavily starting in 1979!

[@modelchili]

Thanks! Yeah I'm really happy with how the landscape turned out. 😀

[@Hybridchld]

2:52 shows that the concept art was done by Studio Nue. As well as making "Space Battleship Yamato" and "SDF Macross" they were involved in "Gundam 0083 Stardust Memory" a major plot point of which was dropping one of these on North America. They clearly have experience in the area.

[@modelchili]

Nice, thanks for the info. 👍

[@DesGardius-me7gf]

Gundam 0083 is my favorite in the UC timeline.

[@LocktOnArt]

Very nice!, the texture paint came out looking awesome!. This build reminds me of Interstellar

[@modelchili]

Cheers! Yeah really happy with how it came out.

[@Random_Commoner]

Very cool design, and congrats on what you did for the landscaping !

[@modelchili]

Thanks! Yeah really happy with how the landscape turned out!

[@airplanemaster1]

The O'Neill Cylinder design is also used prominently in the various Mobile Suit Gundam anime, specifically those taking place in the Universal Century timeline. I believe this video give a good view of them: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6vKqWiPn7JgeMk Anyway, another build to enjoy!

[@kirishima638]

Never forget the Bloody Valentine tragedy!

[@modelchili]

Yeah this was listed under the "Gundam" section of Hobby Link Japan!

[@AvengerII]

This kit reminds of the Sides/Colonies in Gundam. They had cylindrical colonies similar to these in both the mainline (Universal Century/UC) and alternate reality Gundam series like Gundam Wing (After Colony/AC). Note: the various Gundam timelines have their own abbreviations for their timelines -- UC, AC, Future Century/FC, After War/AW, Correct Century/CC, Cosmic Era/CE, etc. One constant besides the general Gundam/mobile suit design is the presence of space colonies, many of them being cylindrical-shaped. Some colonies, however, are based in worlds like the Moon and captured/settled asteroids. Those colonies are embedded into the astronautical body and more underground like the Moonbase Alpha colony from Space: 1999.

[@21stcenturyguy25]

This kit is a slightly upgraded O'Neill colony from the original concept - The factory modules in the ring around the top are different. Otherwise Mobile Suit GUNDAM is one of the only Sci Fi concepts to ever utilise the O'Neill style space colonies.

[@AvengerII]

@@21stcenturyguy25 Oh, so the Japanese animators DID use them! Gundam at moments does actually utilize sound engineering (lately, though, the UC Gundam installments have been almost as fantastic as the alternate reality Gundam series) and concept structures. I imagine they got this "more right" than Star Trek: The Next Generation did the Dyson Sphere. As I understand it, Trek "borrowed" the idea of the Dyson Sphere but went in a different artistic direction which really wasn't what Dyson intended! It's been a while since I've watched UC Gundam but now that I think about it I don't recall the colony designs we saw having rings at one end. I think they did have the retractable large solar panels on them.

[@ryancarrell3186]

Yeah, Gundam colonies are based on O'neill Cylinders almost 1 for 1.

[@modelchili]

Yeah this kit was produced by a Gundam maker I believe.

[@NessAmiibo]

The hand painted landscape turned out so well, awesome work!

[@modelchili]

Thank you!

[@doejon9424]

Wow! Very neat ! After a tiny bit of research.. now I want to read the 1976 book "The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space" of which this is based on ! It looks great by the way!

[@modelchili]

Thank you!

[@doejon9424]

@Roger Rogered Cool bro. I will check it out. Space life / civilization is so interesting !

[@robertgraybeard3750]

Doe Jon - check my comment posted today (you can search by date) for background info.

[@doejon9424]

@@robertgraybeard3750 Maybe just copy & paste it as a reply.. I can't find it & all the comment dates are out of sync.

[@robertgraybeard3750]

@@doejon9424 I must have done it wrong the first time. I've reposted it. It should be the newest posting.

[@razif6916]

Cooll...more Gundam builds in future sir

[@tonbopro]

decided to order one myself yeah thanx alot for the headsup👍

[@modelchili]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@johngrubb1590]

I think this is the first time I've seen this kit been done and it looks fantastic, on this kit alone I've just subscribed. I'm going to go through your back videos great stuff.👍

[@modelchili]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy my other videos! 👍

[@JustMe-gz4pu]

Ok now I want this kit.

[@TheDavidPoole]

Hey Sam. You really spiced that model up nicely. Your style is very inspiring. Makes me want to try things that would normally be outside of my comfort zone. Thanks!

[@Wild-Dad]

Oh - wow. I'm glad I caught your "short" for this video. I missed this build video. Great looking model. It'd go well with the "Wandering Earth" Navigation station.

[@hailstormrising1634]

*Me clicking like button before the adds even load in because I'm excited for a new spaceship build even though I have no idea about the particular vessel, BUT SPACESHIP!* And to think how far we'd be in space if they'll actually tried building many of these concepts. I doubt they would've worked well right away but just think were we could've been by now if they kept reaching and didn't stop the space age. Well built sir!

[@modelchili]

Thank you! I'm just happy other people enjoy this subject, I kinda new it'd be a niche one.

[@michaelbohallion1510]

Excellent job, looks great 👍

[@modelchili]

Thank you!

[@kainesun3403]

really impressive nice work

[@ecidaho]

Very cool kit and awesome build!

[@modelchili]

Thank you!

[@brandonb1681]

Looks really nice.

[@modelchili]

Thanks!

[@stevenblack7928]

Amazing subject and build, a nice welcome change next to all those Panthers, Tigers, Sherman tanks etc. Well done sir

[@modelchili]

Cheers!

[@tonygreenfield7820]

Its a shame that the Babylon 5 station model didnt use a similar design stand to the O'Neill kit. This display looks so much better than the chunky stand for B5.

[@paulkevinkoehler9490]

I love these videos, always great work... thanks Sam 😎

[@modelchili]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@paulgertsch7105]

Great job 👍

[@modelchili]

Thanks! 👍

[@seanmccarthy7591]

Thats pretty cool! Great job man...

[@modelchili]

Cheers!

[@SMunro]

I suggest an O'Neil cylinder made from The Psyche 16 Asteroid. It would be 80km in diameter and 160km long. Humans could mine the interior for minerals carving out a hollow 120 km long, and 60 km in diameter. Filled with an Ocean made from harvested ice from Saturn's rings.

[@SethAve]

Phenomenal job. My god this video just kept getting better.

[@modelchili]

Thank you!

[@McChuggah]

love your videos, man! keep it up!

[@narutobroken]

Wow the earth and lake part looks so cool

[@ensleyf.guffey6277]

Lovely, as always, particularly the landscaped interiors. I noticed you xwitched from ypur long-favorite Tamiya primer to Vallejo, and also used a different clear-coat. What made you switch? Just the ability to skip and spray can and use the airbrush instead or something else?

[@modelchili]

Thank you! And yeah, good spotting! The simple reason is that my local hobby store can't get any Tamiya Primer or Flat Clear, there's a bottleneck from Japan to the local distributor. Just a symptom of the times unfortunately.

[@matthiasvanrhijn280]

Wow!

[@BlackEpyon]

For the showcase, you need to have the light shining from the northern end of the habitat (the side of the agricultural ring), so that it reflects off of the mirror panels and illuminates the interior. As designed, they would always be facing the sun this way.

[@Wild-Dad]

This is a kit I've never seen in any store or even refrended over here in Canada.

[@victoriasmith8229]

Really liked this one. ☺️ It seemed to be a simple kit to build, but it finished up looking very satisfying. The textured terrain was a very good idea.. I don't think the stickers would have done it justice. But having said that, I think the reflecting mirrors look fantastic. It would be nice to have a motor on the stand, so that the station could slowly rotate.. But I guess it would have to be geared right down so that it would rotate at the correct speed? Overall a very fine choice. Good job. 👍😁

[@modelchili]

Thanks Vaughan! 😁

[@alexwilson9886]

Awesome!

[@modelchili]

Thanks!

[@nelsonchen7823]

from 2:40, those hole patterns at the end of the cylinder seem to be positioning/station keeping thrusters (i don't read japanese, but i can read a bit of kanji)

[@modelchili]

Oh nice, yeah that makes sense. I probably missed out on lots of little details not being able to read the design sketches.

[@minihappyart]

oh I used to make mini planes from similar kits when I was little! Well done!!!

[@modelchili]

Cool, thanks!

[@Wild-Dad]

I think I still would have glued the parts togeather. I dont trust all those press fit connectors. In any event, that one good looking model - certainly a conversation piece. I agree, the scale sort of defies any kind of weathering - one wouldn't see it however, one could try paneling with very faint variations of that white grey. It would be a real problem for time to perform the required masking and such.

[@DimetriusDarwin]

Beautiful... 😍

[@modelchili]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@n.r.slusankyaexecutor-ii6904]

Beautiful

[@modelchili]

Thanks!

[@n.r.slusankyaexecutor-ii6904]

You’re welcome

[@ascensionindustries9631]

Would be kool to get one of these and cut square rods to make tiny cities, but that would take forever.

[@DebzEagle]

Cool 😎 👍

[@mrhay2u]

A couple of smd leds to simulate daylight in the station would be awesome

[@modelchili]

Yep, I'll leave it for someone more skilled than I!

[@FeralRabbit]

Piping on the outside would most likely be subway systems or cargo transport or movement of water & air

[@modelchili]

Yeah, that's a good point. I actually considered putting little roads and lanes on the landscape but figured they'd probably use a turbolift or subway system under the surface.

[@Demiurge13]

actually it was made famous by Gundam. they had these well before b5 and they were exact point for point

[@jaanikaapa6925]

Now we need the Citadel station.

[@modelchili]

Yes, a very similar design!

[@thinhnguyenduy4099]

gundam fans, in their heads be like: Char is gonna drop some colony to earth

[@TheRX78ONE]

Nah, he wouldn't do that. But the Zabi family on the other hand....yeah drop those fuckers on the feddies!

[@foxhound773]

This model reminds me of the Citadel from the Mass Effect games.

[@modelchili]

Yep, the Citadel is definitely an O'Neill cylinder!

[@deegee6863]

I love this model, but hate the price.... very expensive for a small box of plastic

[@malieberg1]

What is that space station from? I always wanted to get these types of kits but could never find them.

[@modelchili]

This is based on a concept from the 1970s, a few sci-fi franchises have taken inspiration from it.

[@Dinodocus]

L2 の Side 3 は密閉型コロニーなので　L4 の Side 6 がモデルかな? ちなみに　L3　の Side 7 Green noah 1　は 建設途上だった...

[@noahd-c3993]

Is there a reason you used a gloss and a flat coat on the exterior pieces? Or did I misinterpret something?

[@brookestephen]

anybody realize the gravity on the *RING* is like >4G?

[@johnboy384]

Looks like a "side" from Gundam universe.

[@stevengrant3219]

Would have thought the solar panels would face away from the station.

[@modelchili]

They're mirrors to illuminate the interior. 😎

[@darfjono]

wish they were real

[@hellothere4153]

Rings halo 2.0

[@zerovalon6243]

Halo and the citadel from Mass effect.👍

[@robertjensen1438]

Just a comment for the algorithm

[@modelchili]

3.14159265359

[@terrelljestin376]

who knows gundam space colony From

[@luciusholdogeta3076]

W O N D E R F U L... A M A Z I N G... S O N I C E...... Thank you very much 👍👍👍👍🌻🌻🌻🌻

[@fuehrer_tb5597]

Cool.. now drop it on Australia