What If Model Kits #11

[@zh84]

The Time Machine prop is the one I particularly want!

[@Deep-Red-0]

That Vulture Squadron plane was pure bliss, I remember with great affection those cartoons and seeing that brought back very happy memories, thank you and it looked great, I'd buy one.

[@Matteline]

Thank You. Yes, i liked it. the general who gave them their orders and you never saw.. he would just who call Dick Dastardly on the phone.

[@mpetersen6]

Sometimes our Golden Retriever looks at me with a Muttly expression.

[@tomsenior7405]

Absolutely wonderful. Such a joy to see your excellent artwork. Any chance of a book? I would buy a large Coffee Table edition. £75.00 would be a reasonable price, don't you think?

[@Matteline]

Thanks. I agree, I think a book would be great. I have thought about maybe compiling it as a sort of catalogue. Maybe with different sections or themes. I'm going to try and put together a sort of poll to see how much interest there might be. Stay tuned!

[@tomsenior7405]

@@Matteline Excellent. That sounds grand. Of course, I will definitely stay tuned. Good Luck and the very best of British to you.

[@borusa32]

Wonderful . The Q1 rocket from quatermass scares me by association, appropriately. The Baseball plane from Dastardly and Muttley was brilliant.

[@Matteline]

Thank You! I love 'The Quatermass Xperiment'... i have seen it so many time, but it never gets old. Jack Warner, Richard Wordsworth.... crackling dialogue. Superb.

[@Sarah-JaneR32]

Just love this channel and the design artwork on the what if model kits, brilliant work well done

[@Matteline]

Thank You!

[@jeffholt9437]

Additional post - love the Scooby Doo glow diver kit - excellent box art!

[@Matteline]

Thank You. It would be a groovy kit! Zoinks

[@maxsmodels]

Thanks for the shout out Matthew.

[@colinritchie1757]

Back in the early 90s our local model club helped out an American engineer working in the oil industry with a project to build a replica of the Rod Taylor Time machine. It wasn't a kit but something you could have bought complete , it was , I believe 1/6th or so in scale , mostly in Brass. It had a beautifully etched main disk with lots of etched details on the control panel. It was electrically controlled, you inserted a miniature control crystal , the displays lot up and the main disk spun in different directions assuming you wanted to go forward or backin time. It was a really work of art and as far as I know only a few were built and at least one of them was actually presented to Rob Taylor himself. But like most projects like this the costs and effort of turning a one off into a mass production item defeated the team working on it , wish I could have afforded one!

[@Matteline]

Wow. that sounds cool.

[@mrjoebangles7524]

I love these Videos, brillant idea and brillant paintings.

[@Matteline]

Thank You.

[@graey1139]

I'm glad I wasn't the only one occassionally scared by Scooby Doo.

[@billtreadwell4751]

Another fun instalment.

[@scottkellogg3502]

Hey! Just out of the shower, I had an idea for your collection of What If Kits! About 15 years ago, the Top Gear guys (Hammond, May, Clarkeson, forgive me if I assume you're familiar with them) did a bit where they built a "Space Shuttle" out of a Robin Reliant. The video is on KZbin, if you're not familiar with it (Top Gear Space Shuttle) I think their assembled "Shuttle" on the launch pad, would make a great Airfix kit! Ha! With luck, this will make you laugh as much as your videos have made us laugh.

[@Matteline]

I think I remember that one.. that used to be such a great show.

[@ajivins1]

Corgi did their amphibious cars!

[@shawnpeterson3386]

"The Time Machine" box is fantastic. Thanks!

[@Matteline]

Thank You. I am surprised Aurora didnt do it. A neat crossover beyween their figure kits and sci-fi movie tie ins..

[@Skaramine]

Fantastic box art as always, and now I know what the Jupiter 1 was, in reference to the Lost in Space Jupiter 2. It also is a springboard for another Hanna Barberra airship - Peter Potomas' gondola.

[@stevemercer952]

Another great video. Really entertaining ideas. Couple more suggestions. I'd like to see Hughie Dewey and Louis from the Sci fi movie 'Smooth running'. Also, not Sci fi at all, the San Pablo Yangtse river gunboat fom 'The Sand Pebbles'. I don't think anyone has done a kit of that and I'd love to buy one.. Thanks again for another great video!

[@lancerevell5979]

A model kit of Bogart's "African Queen" would be great too, maybe in 1/32 or 1/35 scale.

[@Matteline]

@@lancerevell5979 Thanks for watching. Yes, I have considered 'The African Queen'. Yes, the robot from Silent Running were great. I believe there are some resin kits available of them. I did a box for the Valley Forge spaceship in 'What if #7'.

[@Matteline]

I have not seen 'The Sand Pebbles'. I should watch it as I like a lot of Robert Wise's other films and Steve McQueen is always watchable.

[@jeffholt9437]

But why did the damaged robot have to die?!!!!

[@mpetersen6]

In the 70s l saw some graffiti about Free Huey Newton. It was changed to Free Huey, Louie and Dewey. Now whether it was the robots or the ducks is another matter Design your own and build in cardstock.

[@johnhughes2653]

That Wingnut Wings kit would be around £150!!! The Wacky Races cars have been re-released recently, so grab them while you can.

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

It's just a shame those kits are not very accurate

[@lancerevell5979]

Well, they are intended more for kids. Play value takes priority over accuracy. 😊

[@Matteline]

@@lancerevell5979 ...Hence a 'proper kit' by 'Wingnut Wings'. Most TV and Film related or sci-fi kits were pretty awful with gimmicky features favoured over accuracy. oit always bugged me, the 1970s 'Battlestar Galactica' ships with their rubber-band powered missile firing mechanisms. Or the Imai Gerry Anderson kits with wheels and missiles all over the place. The MPC USS Cygnus is a monstrosity... 11 year old me was very disappointed. No gimmicky features, just a horrible kit.

[@jeffholt9437]

Have a look on Cults 3D - there are some WR and Catch the Pigeon stl files available for 3d printing

[@firebaldey1]

Brilliant vid as always - the vulture squadron idea is just off the charts as an idea - nostalgia overload !!

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

I will never forgive them for naming the pigeon Yankee Doodle instead of Cher Ami.

[@wbbartlett]

Wonderful stuff as always! I think I'll watch Krakatoa this afternoon. I don't recall having watched it before but I always watched the (back then not so) old movies as a kid - maybe it'll jog a memory or two.

[@Matteline]

The movie is available on blu-ray. and I think (Sshhh) on KZbin too and looks pretty good. I think it was re-named 'volcano' in some countries or on re-release,

[@garfieldsmith332]

Excellent work as always. We can always hope that those who own the licenses see this channel and start producing these kits using your artwork. Until then we can dream about these "should have been made" kits. Thanks for taking the time and effort to produce and share this.

[@kevinmaloney2391]

Your artwork always makes me dream-if I only had those kits! I'd be in line to buy all of them. FANTASTIC JOB AS ALWAYS KEEP IT UP.

[@Matteline]

Thank You

[@kennethkwilinski4899]

Your likeness of the Quatermass Rocket Q-1 is spot on. I would buy that kit if one was ever released.

[@Matteline]

Thanks. The view of the rocket at the end is pretty fuzzy. But I am impressed that they did a special shot, and didn't just use some existing V2 footage... as so many other films did.

[@jeffholt9437]

Pegasus Hobbies had a run of b movie spaceships - this would have been a better choice....

[@aubreysmith4538]

HI THERE! IT'S "HYDRONAUT GUY" CHALON. I WAS WATCHING YOUR WHAT IF? PART 11 AND IT REMINDED ME OF ANOTHER GREAT SCOOBY-DOO VILLAIN. IT'S SEASON ONE 1969 AND IT SHOULD BE EPISODE 15 "SPOOKY SPACE KOOK". THE INSANELY LAUGHING SKULL-SPACE-MAN WHO WAS AT HIS WORST WHEN HE WAS WALKING RIGHT TOWARDS YOU. HAUNTED MY DREAMS AS A KID, THAT ONE DID! THE EPISODE TAKES PLACE AT A ABANDONED MILITARY AIRFIELD. AT THE START OF THE SHOW, ONE MY FAVORITE SPACE SHIPS MAKES AN APPEARANCE: A "FLYING DUTCHMAN" HAUNTED SPACE CRUISER.... COMPLETE WITH COBWEBS AND A PULSATING GLOW. EVEN AS A CHILD, I CAN REMEMBER SAYING TO MYSELF, "They'll NEVER make a kit out of that one!"

[@Matteline]

Ha ha. A few people have commented on the nightmares that resulted from the Spaceman!

[@maxsmodels]

Another great on Matthew.

[@Matteline]

Thanks Max!

[@scottkellogg3502]

Neat! I love the Q-1 Rocketship!

[@Matteline]

I love how excited Quatermass and his colleague are when watching the film and the prism switches to the control panel a sort of rudimentary equivalent of the black box.

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Another suggestion would be Milo's car and the titular Phantom Toll Booth.

[@Matteline]

Ah yes... the Phantom Tollbooth. I can't quite remember, but I think you see the car in the live-action world and the animated world. Two kits in one box?

[@kitgoodyear9270]

Always love seeing your artwork and concept designs. Being taken back to movies and TV shows I had forgotten. Great show.. Cheers

[@Matteline]

Many Thanks. The channel does not have broad appeal, but to those people of a certain age, or with particular interests it seems to hit the spot, albeit a niche one :) It is so nice to hear when the content resonates with someone. Thanks for watching.

[@jerrybailey5797]

Gotta love that Vulture Squadron plane , they could do a series of these with you artwork Matt 👍. A Mars Attacks Flying Saucer would be a great model kit box art to do 👽

[@Matteline]

Mars Attacks! the movie or the Trading cards?

[@paulclow3398]

Another great video, please keep em coming, I'd love to see someone release a kit of the time machine, one of my favourite sci fi films

[@Matteline]

Yes, it is a bit surprising that nobody ever did a mainstream kit. I have seen some resin & white metal 'garage kits'. But they did not have a figure. This would have been right up.Aurora's alley. And a Morlock!

[@jeniferallan6693]

Fantastic stuff. Loved all the new kit ideas, especially The Time Machine and Dick Dastardly Baseball Plane. Wow. Great imagination 😊

[@Matteline]

Many Thanks. I will admit that the Dastardly and Mutley Vulture Squadron plane as a 'Wingnut Wings' kit just seemed so anachronistic, in so many ways that it just had to be done:) Thanks for watching

[@jeniferallan6693]

@@Matteline I needed to look that word up? 😃

[@checkpointcharlie1788]

Oh man, I'd be lining up for the model of the 'Batavia Queen'! As a kid I tried to convert one of my wooden sailing ships; I couldn't count how many times that ship rode out Krakatoa's fury. And the 'Time Machine', what a great kit that would be; and in typical Aurora fashion, on the base they could include the end table with the candle and the clock. And finally, yes, as a nine-year old, some episodes of Scooby-Doo actually bordered on slightly scary. The diver would be fantastic!

[@Matteline]

That sounds great. Did you make the diving bell too? Or the hot air balloon?

[@checkpointcharlie1788]

@@Matteline I tried to make the balloon - a number of times - using string and a real balloon; it was tough, never quite worked right. I guess I never thought of making the diving bell, which would have been far easier! How about the movie 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' (1959) with James Mason; now that would yield some good 'Aurora' type figures. I sure wish they had made some of those. Or John Steed and Emma Peel from 'The Avengers', that too would have been a great 'Aurora' figure set. Your 'what if' model boxes and illustrations are unbelievably cool, amazingly well done, and fantastic choices to wish had been released!

[@shawnpeterson3386]

The Mothership from CE3K is at the Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia.

[@Matteline]

Yes i saw it there in 2012. It was in a glass case next to rhe space shuttle. It was all one color - very dark grey - and all matt looked like something thta had been in a fire..

[@Thee6the18oth61onth]

Love your channel always looking forward to seeing your art work , I’m an a commercial artist myself though in private my personal work is very different from the commercial stuff. I like that you’re going into cartoons . My favourite show is Johnny Quest so inspiring. What is your favourite cartoon?

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

Krakatoa is east of Java if you take the long way around.

[@Matteline]

Ha Ha. Well it is a very, very long movie.

[@garfieldsmith332]

Krakatoa ended up being east, west, north, south, and all over Java. Pieces here, pieces there, bits of archipelago everywhere.

[@DrWhom]

RIP Roger Corman

[@andrewchandler980]

Always engaging, thank you for another fun video.

[@Matteline]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Glad you liked it.

[@kevinmaloney2391]

As watching part 11 again I thought of some more kits. How about the spacecraft from George Pal's The Conquest of Space and the diving bell from Krakatoa also any of the guest space craft from Space 1999.

[@Matteline]

I actually have a work in progress of 'The Wheel' from Conquest of Space. I haven't touched it in a while though. I think a kit of the Moon ship/Mars ship could be good too. And possibly a larger scale astronaut sled. I think there's a sort of shuttle craft too. This film is a fascinating snapshot of potential space travel.

[@Heavy-Metal-Spike]

Interesting & entertaining as always. Ever thought about doing a few kits from "Red Dwarf"? - all versions of the main ship + various others? Your artwork alone would be spectacular, let-alone your "background/history" descriptions - although I admit that would be a LOT of work!

[@Matteline]

I am afraid I never really got into 'Red Dwarf'. I am aware of the Starbug and the enormous Red Dwarf ship itself. Were there other ships that would qualify for 'model kit status'?

[@Heavy-Metal-Spike]

@@Matteline There were plenty of ships scattered throughout - the model-makers on the show were very talented (as were the designers). But if you are not a fan, it would be unfair to expect you to spend valuable time researching & painting. This is supposed to be fun for you as well as us so no worries 🙂

[@moonbear1st]

prof j.allen hynek-of project bluebook was in the scenes at the end when the mothership came down and he steps forward pipe in hand. which i thought was a nice touch. (close encounters)..

[@Matteline]

Cool

[@modelermark172]

I always look forward to your "What If Fantasy Model Kit Box Art" posts! I find myself wanting most, if not all, of what you come up with. As usual, one tends to stand out, and in this case it's "The Jupiter" dirigible at 8:08 from the old Irwin Allen movie, "Five Weeks in a Balloon," depicted as a classic, Aurora kit. That said, your re-do at 9:04 would be a much better idea; though Aurora would have probably produced both kits, and released them as a set, or separately. In any case, the 1/64th scale version could include instructions for making a balloon envelope if desired from papier mâché, using a large dime store balloon as the form; which could then be popped, once the outer shell had dried. (Back in the day, this was a common technique for making a astronaut or diver's helmet for a Halloween costume.) As a sidebar, according to Wikipedia, this movie was made in 1962. Two years later, Irwin Allen would make "Lost in Space." This makes me wonder if that was why the Robinson's spaceship was named, "Jupiter 2" . . . ? Also noteworthy is your "Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines" models. Those would have made excellent, fun kits; though I think this would have been more along the lines of MPC rather than Wing Nuts. For now, I have plans to either sculpt a Muttley figure from epoxy putty, (or find some youngster to 3D Print one for me,) to fit the Atlantis reissue of "The Red Baron's Fokker" that was a companion to the "Snoopy in his Sopwith Camel" kit. Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to see a WW1 "Dogfight" with Snoopy vs. Muttley! Finally, I would like to suggest a fantasy, original MPC line that would have been a variation on their "Pirates of the Caribbean" skeleton figure kits shown at 6:15: A similar series with a Western / Cowboy theme. I remember my friends and I in Junior High thinking this would have been a very cool series that could have been called, "Western Ghost Town," with Cowboys, Indians, Miners, etc. (Of course, "Zap/action" would have been a must!) Thanks for sharing your imagination! 20th Like.

[@Matteline]

Thanks for all the comments! Great ideas. I'd like to see that 'Around the World in 80 Days' kit to see hownit looks. According to the box it has an actual balloon. I can imagine the 'Juipter' having a similar set up. Maybe a bit hokey, but hey, it was the 1960s. I know the Jupiter 2 was originally called the Gemini 12.. I don't know the history of wither name. You might be onto something :) The cowboy ghost town sounds look a cool.idea..I'd like to see that as. TV show. Did you do anything with it?

[@JohnWilliamNowak]

I believe the Jupiter 2 was named for the Jupiter, a Von Braun rocket that took some of the first animals on suborbital space flights. The next rocket family he worked on was, of course, Saturn.

[@modelermark172]

@@Matteline Ever since Round 2 reissued the MPC "Pirates of the Caribbean" kits under the Lindberg brand, (molded in glow-in-the-dark plastic, no less,) I've considered the idea. But it would require extensive modification to turn the Pirate skeletons into Cowboy / Indian skeletons. Throw in that the flintlocks and cutlasses would need to be turned into Colts and Winchesters - as well as the Western bases needing to be completely scratch built - and it would be a VERY daunting project. Actually, there were Skeleton Cowboys (albeit in 1/16th scale) that came as accessories with the big Pyro "Laramie Stage Ghost" custom show car kit around 1970; a few years before MPC came out with their 1/12th scale Skeleton Pirates based on the Disneyland ride. Still, the idea of an MPC Western Skeleton kit series is intriguing; especially if some of the scenes also included skeleton horses. But the idea that immediately comes to mind is three skeleton cowboys sitting around a table in a saloon setting, playing cards, with whisky bottles and glasses. The "Zap/action" feature could show all of them prepared to shoot each other under the table. Of course, one cowboy / gambler would need his hand (made with decals) to show "Aces and Eights" . . . .

[@scottkellogg3502]

Hello, I'm afraid I don't remember which one of your "What If" videos covered the alien saucer from "The Thing" but I learned something interesting today: The matte paintings of the saucer were done by Albert Whitlock: The same painter (and British one as well) who did the matte paintings for the original Star Trek series. Just a little detail you might find interesting. Have a great day!

[@Matteline]

Thanks for watching. I actually have not done the spaceship from 'John Carpenter's The Thing', although that is a cool contemporary (for the 1980s) design of a classic flying saucer. I havent done the ship from the original 'The Thing/The Thing from Another World' as you only see the tip of the saucer and that would be a lot of guess work. I am not sure if they even designed the whole thing. I am familiar with Albert Whitlock's work - from 'Star Trek' and some of the early Disney live-action movies and onto the incredible vfx work in the 1970s and 80s - 'The Hindenburg' and 'Colossus - The Forbin Project' are among my personal favourites. A true master of his craft. There are small clips of the Hindenburg in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5vJm4yGj7R5a9U

[@trevormillar1576]

How about doing Galasphere 347 from "Space Patrol "?

[@Matteline]

Take a look at #15 in the series :)

[@mpetersen6]

A series of kits depicting all four General Products hulls from Niven's Known Space. All to the same scale. 1/200th would make the #4 hull 5 feet in diameter. Mad Magazine spoofed Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with Voyage to See Whats on the Bootom

[@checkpointcharlie1788]

I well remember that Mad Magazine spoof: Voyage to See What's at the Bottom. Since 'Voyage' was my favorite show as a kid back then, I actually cut that whole spoof out of the magazine, and I still have it!

[@mpetersen6]

@@checkpointcharlie1788 The spoofs of movies or TV shows were the highlight of every issue. And for the GP hulls. A #1 would be 1/16th”/1.5mm.

[@Matteline]

Sorry... I am not familiar with the Known Space novels. I am just not a big reader....

[@stevemercer952]

The river gunboat was built for the movie and held the record at that time as the most costly film prop ever produced!

[@Matteline]

..is this comment in relation to 'The Sand Pebbles'?

[@stevemercer952]

Yes. There's a KZbin video on it.

[@youbecha64]

You missed that Yvette Mimieux was in both The Black Hole, and The Time Machine :D

[@Matteline]

Yes I know.... Good catch! Oops,. I think I was so pleased with myself for getting a sort of narrative continuity to get to Krakatoa East of Java that I didn't think about the Kate Macrae / Weena connection. I figured The Time Machine needed no introduction.

[@trevormillar1576]

How about doing the " Blue Thunder" helicopter and Colonel Cocoran's Hughes 500 as an Airfix "Dogfight Double"?

[@Matteline]

I thought of that as a Doggight Double. But I think Monogram... or maybe AMT/ERTL did a fairly decent kit of the Blue Thunder around the time.of.the film's release. As a rule.of thumb I am not doing box art for subjects that actually had a model kit. Maybe a good topic for another video.. the best moviie / film tv kits that were actually made!

[@RogbodgeVideo]

I suggested that in a short fantasy dogfight video months ago!

[@RogbodgeVideo]

​@@MattelineGood idea! As for fantasy kits, how about the two ship designs from Jews in Space, from the end of History of the World Part 1 by Mel Brooks, or is that too recent for you?

[@keithlocke2205]

Excellent episode sir, but one issue. Really, the deep sea diver when you could do the phantom space man? That damn laugh still makes my skin crawl 50 years later!!!

[@Matteline]

Ahh, I had to look up he phantom space man and I remember him now, Yeh he was creepy! For me, the diver was the best choice doe to the luminous quality of his suit. Also the classic pose seen in the title sequence felt similar to the 'square' Aurora Wolfman box art. I was introduced o the Aurora boxes in the square boxes. I thought about the Amusemant Park robot - too sci-fi as a standalone image - and the green ghoulish guy from the first episode - too much like Frankenstein - so the diver just seemed like the right image to connect with the real Aurora monsters and also be instantly recognisble from the show.

[@keithlocke2205]

@@Matteline: Understandable. And far from a bad choice. Simply not my first choice for that. The square boxes were also my era for the monster kits, though I was never a huge fan. Always liked my airplanes and tanks better. My favorite, (And the only one I still keep thinking about building) is "The Forgotten prisoner of castle Mare' " Built that one twice as I recall! I also vaguely recall using the base from the Mummy as a diorama for a bunch of my Airfix vinyl 1/32 scale Desert rats! Regardless, keep up the good work.

[@ajivins1]

The Time Machine turned-up in an episode of The Big Bang Theory too!

[@Matteline]

I think an episode of the 1970s 'Womder Woman' too... but I'm not sure..

[@andrewcoley6029]

Brilliant stuff.' Stop the Pigeon' Wingnut Wings inspired! Check out a film from the 1980/90's? called 'Gunbus' - it my also inspire you.

[@neilhughes9310]

Peter Jackson (Wingnut & LOTR) might actually have produced that kit.

[@GuyReed-mh6sv]

How about the Haunted Tank?

[@Matteline]

...thanks for tge feedvack... i am not familiar with that subject.

[@wonsworld61]

I WANT THAT WINGNUTS WINGS KIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Matteline]

How fun would that have been?

[@jeffholt9437]

I've told you before - NO SWIRLY SILVER PLASTIC!!! 😊

[@Matteline]

..imaginary swirly plastic?

[@jeffholt9437]

@@Matteline Just No!!!

[@trevormillar1576]

For the record, Krakatoa is actually WEST of Java.

[@Matteline]

Yes... I debated whether to mention that or not,... Krakatoa Easr of Java does sound much better than West of Java.. I believe in some areas the film was.simply titled 'Volcano!'

[@trevormillar1576]

What about the SS Britannic from the film "Juggernaut"?

[@Matteline]

You are speaking my language. Blue. Cut the blue wire!

[@trevormillar1576]

Cut the Red, lads! R! E! D! Red! Snip, snip, snip, snip, snip Fallon is the champion! (Claps).

[@klaatu7492]

I bought a model kit of The Time Machine about 15 years ago from Reshape Models (same scale as his little prototype) ..... It's still in the box..... Resin, plastic, and some metal parts.... Not built a model for more than 30 years, need to be careful with that one 🤔

[@Matteline]

I've seen a few versions of that kit built up. I think it's pretty straightforward, but there is some fiddly painting on the disk and control panel. I don't know if it comes with decals.

[@PaulMyers-q1m]

Mother ship from close encounters was made as a dierama kit was resan an meatal ship w devell Tower was advanced kit forget name of compiney

[@Matteline]

Interesting, How does it look? I think any kit of the Mothership is pretty well doomed as it is all about the lighting. It has such a distinct look from (I think) being shot in separate passes. The ship itself and several passes for the lighting, which was done in heavily fogged up studio. And all composited together. when you see the model itself with none of the lights switched on it looks almost complete different, a dark gray jagged mass. I guess some of the lights could be painted on.

[@BronzeGiant]

I can't STAND Scooby Doo......

[@zh84]

Nor could I. 🙂

[@Matteline]

Ruh Roh

[@jeffholt9437]

Velma is hot - you've only got to see the number of 3d prints currently available.....😊

[@mark4d148]

Scrappy Doo was even worse.