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Uncle Martin's Spaceship

 
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trekriffic
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Joined: 19 Feb 2015
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 12:58 pm    Post subject: Uncle Martin's Spaceship Reply with quote

This was a fun build of a subject near and dear to my childhood heart- the spaceship from the 1963 TV show, My Favorite Martian. Moebius Models did a fine job on this kit, not many parts but the parts fit was excellent.
The only mods I made involved adding some padding detailing to the cockpit doors, adding a turbofan shaped thingie to the front scoop, and a single LED light behind the instrument panel powered by a 9V battery...
























Uncle Martin...









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Bud Brewster
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Remarkable!

The figure of Uncle Martin is wonderful, and the shots of the ship with the hatches open caught me by surprise. I don't think I've ever seen the way the hatches were designed to open. Very Happy
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Rocky Jones
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I really like your illuminated control panel. I think it's even a bit better than Steve Neil's recent restoration of the real prop. The way the cockpit opens always seemed odd to me, but I guess it is an alien spacecraft. It probably made sense to the Martians.
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Brent Gair
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rocky Jones wrote:
...The way the cockpit opens always seemed odd to me, but I guess it is an alien spacecraft. It probably made sense to the Martians.


In the earliest incarnation...perhaps only the pilot episode...the cockpit opening was a windowless, one-piece hatch that lifted off the ship.

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