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3rd LM Spindrift?!? You poor masochistic man...Seaview said:I think I'll take a break from my 3rd LM Spindrift as soon as my Proteus Interior kit shows up and work on that one instead.
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The LM Proteus features two large upper and lower vacu-form hull halves. Unfortunately, the section of the upper hull which comprises the window frame/ upper deck/snorkel housing is included as a seperate resin piece which must be seamlessly wed to the larger vacu-form hull piece. I don't know why Lunar opted for this approach, but it required a tremendous amount of puttying and sanding.Dave Hussey said:Very nice indeed Carson!!
...you mentioned on another thread that this kit is a vac-formed hull with a resin interior. Or did you scratch-build much of the interior? In any case, how did you find the kit in terms of difficulty to build?
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I played around with custom-made decals, but couldn't get them as clean and crisp as I wanted. I ended up creating the hull markings in Adobe Illustrator, then sending the digi-file to a local print outfit that makes "chrom-a-tec" transfers. In other words: they're rub-on. A bit more pricey than decals, but in this instance they were well worth the expense.Nektu said:Carson,
Really beautiful...hats off!
How did you wind up doing the decals?
fluke said:Here is what I did with my 1/35 Lunar SPINDRIFT
Thanks for the compliment, however... have you ever seen the studio miniature up close? If not, you might be surprised. Not to seem like an egotistical jerk, but the craftsmanship is really pretty shoddy -- and I'm not talking about Greg Jein's "restoration" (which, so fas as I can tell, involved a paint job and the refurbishing of a few surface details). I'm talking about the overall construction of the model itself. Like most studio miniatures of the period, the Proteus was built to look good on film... period. I only mention it to illustrate how far the overall quality of studio miniatures has come since the 50's and early 60's -- thanks in large part to Gerry Anderson, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, and the talented craftsmen working for them. Anderson's TV shows, "2001," and "Star Wars" introduced a new level of realism to the art of the movie miniature.Trek Ace said:Aside from the studio model, that's definitely the best Proteus I've ever seen!