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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => SciFi & Fantasy => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on November 10, 2013, 02:17:34 PM

Title: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 10, 2013, 02:17:34 PM

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Space1999_Year1_Title.jpg)

Given the recent discussions in other threads I thought it was about time we had a dedicated thread for your Space 1999 ideas and inspiration.

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 10, 2013, 02:32:06 PM

Useful source:  http://eagle.space1999.net/ (http://eagle.space1999.net/)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: elmayerle on November 11, 2013, 02:22:57 AM

Good reference site.  I'll wager we could come up with some plausible and interesting alternate modules for the Eagles.

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: raafif on November 11, 2013, 04:58:38 AM

as per my proposed model build ...
(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/hobgrot/E4.png)


OR am I really going to do this one ??? >:D ........


following the "Great Accident", resulting in the moon moving out of Earth's orbit & drifting off, Moon-base Alpha was left to its own devices to survive.  Over the next few years they had the usual malfunctions in their equipment & with very few spares at hand, made do with what they had.  Eagle Transporter 3 suffered a major fire in the cockpit area rendering it unrepairable & so damaging it that the crew-pod was no longer able to hold an atmosphere.  Unable to bring themselves to park Eagle-3 for parts just yet, the engineers decided to scavenge the crew-pod from the Falcon Lander that had failed to launch from the 1985 Moon-landing due to a fuel-pump failure.  Even though it still contained the bodies of the two astronauts that were condemned to a slow death & was considered as sacred as a war grave, they appreciated that Alpha's situation justified such a move.
The complete Falcon was retrieved and the astronauts buried in the landing crater - a simple monument was built over them.  The lower Falcon stage was stripped of everything usable & the upper, crew section was fully refurbished with new & 2nd-hand parts.  A jury-rig stystem of controls gave the pilots equally good control as a standard Eagle though her front-end didn't look anything like standard now .....

(http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/hobgrot/E3.png)

It may look a bit like a New York subway-car but as they say "form follows function".

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: Kerick on November 11, 2013, 07:58:24 AM

I always thought the crew section looked too streamlined for a space craft and not streamlined enough for a craft that might fly in an atmosphere. I like your version much better.

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: elmayerle on November 11, 2013, 10:05:02 AM

I keep thinking of a center module, crewed or un-crewed, with multiple planar sensor arrays arranged around it (likely just clearing the ground on the bottom) for intensive sensor sweeps.  A crewed one could do initial data processing and analysis there before sending it back to base via datalink; the other version would be directly datalinked to the base.

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: raafif on November 23, 2013, 01:39:44 PM

Space 1999 guys been watching Star Trek !
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/091/9/b/the_2013_eagle_design_by_chrisofedf-d3cxs53.jpg)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on November 24, 2013, 02:16:39 AM

Wicked! :)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: jschmus on November 25, 2013, 11:30:35 AM

From Starships of the Universe on Facebook:
(https://scontent-b-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/971320_613333468713555_2110813069_n.jpg)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on December 19, 2013, 07:25:02 PM

Inbox review of the re-released Eagle from MPC/Round 2 here at Cybermodeler (http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/mpc/kit_mpc_0791.shtml).

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 22, 2013, 05:09:31 AM

Something else:

(http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/8/4/6/8/1/1/webimg/171807473_o.jpg?nc=751)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on December 22, 2013, 05:10:35 AM

Nice Wooden model for sale:

(http://i10.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/17/52/db59_12.JPG)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 17, 2014, 04:02:47 AM

A different kind of Boneyard:  http://www.scifiairshow.com/ships-boneyard.html (http://www.scifiairshow.com/ships-boneyard.html)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on July 02, 2015, 01:39:05 AM

For a measly $8,500 USD plus shipping you too can have a 1/24 scale Eagle One (http://roguestudiopro.com/Eagles.html).

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xat1/v/t1.0-9/11401495_10152970797100885_4081620305561569417_n.jpg?oh=96802c41dc44a79fb19304cdf8043c73&oe=56240849)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on July 02, 2015, 01:43:14 AM

James Small from Small Art Works built a great looking Ultra Probe (http://www.smallartworks.ca/Gallery/Ultraprobe/Ultraprobe.html).

(http://www.smallartworks.ca/Gallery/Ultraprobe/Ultra3.JPG)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: jcf on March 04, 2018, 04:40:22 AM

Some of the work of Nick Macarty.
He has loads more on his Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/Space1999byNickMacarty/

All designs by Nick Macarty

Eagle Bomber
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-dbrcSKK/0/ad6c1177/L/EAGLE_BOMBER_01-L.jpg)

(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-HrD2Rxn/0/ab6f2db8/L/EAGLE_BOMBER_02-L.jpg)

Eagle Fighter (Medium)
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-DJcDVGV/0/ea090e1c/L/EAGLE_FIGHTER_01-L.jpg)

(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-ZL87trk/0/e5bae6ad/L/EAGLE_FIGHTER_02-L.jpg)

Eagle Fighter (Heavy, removable weapons pod with trainable lasers)
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-vBqsdbM/0/65703be9/L/EAGLE_HEAVY_FIGHTER_01-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: jcf on March 04, 2018, 04:41:11 AM

Eagle Heavy Lift
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-LJsQg3L/0/2f73ef27/L/EAGLE_HEAVY_LIFT_01-L.jpg)

Eagle Mothership/Carrier
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-j49GVqw/0/6da85ade/L/EAGLE_MOTHERSHIP_01-L.jpg)

Eagle Flatbed Cargo (and Heavy Fighter)
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-H374XhG/0/8bd2d20a/L/EAGLE_CARGO_BOMB_01-L.jpg)

Eagle 3-Point (Utility, SAR, etc., various pods)
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-V5RMqv7/0/5daf705e/L/EAGLE_RESCUE_01-L.jpg)

Eagle Twin-Tail
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-kbkpmvx/0/d7224552/L/EAGLE_TWIN-BOOM_01-L.jpg)

(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-G7StvSs/0/1a106be3/L/EAGLE_TWIN-BOOM_02-L.jpg)

(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-XrLHbjx/0/e2af91a2/L/EAGLE_TWIN-BOOM_KIT_01-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: jcf on March 04, 2018, 04:41:46 AM

Eagle Rover
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-SXw8SJ8/0/7d377af2/L/EAGLE_ROVER_01-L.jpg)

(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-CDd6ZRw/0/302c48bf/L/EAGLE_ROVER_02-L.jpg)

Eagle with emergency flotation
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-RvMZ4hB/0/2eb97eb9/L/EAGLE_FLOAT_01-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 05, 2018, 01:08:18 AM

Some cool ideas there.

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: Alvis 3.1 on March 06, 2018, 02:26:00 PM

24 Hour Le Moons Endurance Racer.

Quote from: jcf on March 04, 2018, 04:41:46 AM

Eagle Rover
(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-SXw8SJ8/0/7d377af2/L/EAGLE_ROVER_01-L.jpg)

(http://photos.smugmug.com/NICKMACARTY/i-CDd6ZRw/0/302c48bf/L/EAGLE_ROVER_02-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: raafif on May 12, 2025, 08:46:35 AM

Domestic class back to Earth.

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: apophenia on May 12, 2025, 10:47:05 AM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on July 17, 2014, 04:02:47 AM

A different kind of Boneyard: [url]http://www.scifiairshow.com/ships-boneyard.html[/url] ([url]http://www.scifiairshow.com/ships-boneyard.html[/url])

The original is now file 404 but the page is still available on the Internet Archive:
-- https://web.archive.org/web/20150207201035/https://www.scifiairshow.com/ships-boneyard.html (https://web.archive.org/web/20150207201035/https://www.scifiairshow.com/ships-boneyard.html)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: raafif on May 13, 2025, 07:21:10 AM

Works for me ... https://www.scifiairshow.com/ (https://www.scifiairshow.com/)

and a new exhibit ...
https://www.scifiairshow.com/copy-of-t-i-e-fighter-cockpit (https://www.scifiairshow.com/copy-of-t-i-e-fighter-cockpit)

Title: Re: Space 1999 Ideas and Inspiration
Post by: apophenia on May 13, 2025, 07:40:17 AM

Quote from: raafif on May 13, 2025, 07:21:10 AM

Works for me ... https://www.scifiairshow.com/ (https://www.scifiairshow.com/) ...

Yeah. It was specifically the 'ships-boneyard' url that got a 404 return.

Quote from: raafif on May 13, 2025, 07:21:10 AM

... and a new exhibit ...
https://www.scifiairshow.com/copy-of-t-i-e-fighter-cockpit (https://www.scifiairshow.com/copy-of-t-i-e-fighter-cockpit)

Too cool that they are showing the Studebaker Avanti as a shuttle craft inspiration  :smiley: