Space 1999 Eagle Transporter (Warp 1/72)

[Jaitea]

At the very end of this years Big Spring Contest when everyone got a bonus extra week to work/refine their entry, I couldn't take advantage of that.

It was pretty busy in work & didn't have enough time in my working day to get through what needed to be done so I had to bring the work's computer home.....bummer.

On the other side of that, I did pretty well in the voting of the contest (thanks very much everyone) & I got paid a good bit of overtime for that period......extra money=excuse to buy another kit.

I had been looking to buy a Warp model of the Eagle Transporter from Space 1999 for a few years, but the kit was a bit expensive (well for me) at £80.

This was the craft that I fell in love with when I was a kid....before Star Wars came along, before The Millennium Falcon, back in 1975 my Sci-fi was Space 1999, Dr Who, Six Million Dollar Man & Planet of the Apes.


The kit is resin & white metal,.....the resin is very well cast, not a problem with that.....but the metal parts require a lot of attention.


As soon as the kit arrived I started cleaning up the framework on the top of the body.....I didn't take any photos of it untouched, but it wasnt hard to find images online:


This part wasn't too bad to clean up

This one shows the cages which are a good bit more difficult, one cleaned & original:



This is just me experimenting with this kit,....gonna leave it for a while & finish my other projects

Thanks for looking

Grendels....you should open your Eagle kit, it will look great when finished

John

 

[Grendels]

LOL!!! I have a lot going on right now. Working on a Brakiri cruiser from Babylon 5, an AMC gremlin, and I have four newbies I am helping learn how to build models.

Once the Brakiri is done, I am hitting up the Falcon. Pulled it out of the box today to take a look. I was much further along with it than I thought. I want it done by Christmas.

That Eagle kit, is very tempting, loved the show as a kid...

Will be watching!!

 

[Quaralane]

That Warp Eagle was one I was always looking at, but could never afford/justify.
I'm looking forward to watching this one come together

 

[Jimi]

nice to see someone building a kit from that classic show

 

[Jaitea]

Well it's almost a year down the line, but I've done a bit more to this kit

I removed some of the white metal main grid & replaced it with copper tubing


& added finer tubing inside







Thanks for looking
John

 

[Quaralane]

Looking good so far.
Those details are part of why I wanted this

 

[Thundergod]

This kit's got a good rep over at the Eagle Transporter Forum , it'll be interesting to see what you do with it !

 

[Grendels]

This kit's got a good rep over at the Eagle Transporter Forum , it'll be interesting to see what you do with it !

And I can see why given those photos.....

Nice!

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks guys,.....its funny when you leave a kit for a while how you look at it differently

I removed what I thought was all of the flash on the white metal last year & was pretty happy with it,.....then I packed the kit away,.....I was burnt out with the kit,....so I went on to other things

After picking up the Round 2 re-issue of the MPC/Airfix Eagle Transporter (which I had back in the 70's or 80's,....and what I remember being a larger quite accurate kit), I couldn't believe how genuinely poor this kit was,.....and when I brought out the Warp kit out of my stash pile to compare the two (which are both 1/72),...I was stunned by the beauty of the Warp kit

A small amount of the metal flash needed further fixing,.....but apart from that, the Warp impressed me,....hopefully I'll be able to take dimensions from the Warp kit to try & correct issues with the MPC Eagle

J

 

[Jaitea]

Some more work done:







Still lots of imperfections to fix before engines

Thanks for looking
J

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely looking like an Eagle here

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks very much for the comments Q

Not a lot more done, jus a wee bit of spraying:





Thanks for looking
J

 

[Grendels]

A very nice looking kit. Well done!

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks G,

These next photos probably don't look that different that the last post :.....but I have tidied up the painting a bit





Still havent got round to do the engines yet,.....but will do soon (off work for a fortnight)

Thanks for looking
John

 

[jake]

Hey John your Eagle is looking sweet! That was my favorite show as a youngster and your doing a mighty fine job there my friend!

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely liking your work on this Eagle.

 

[Grendels]

Very nice!