The Eagle Transporter was the hero ship seen in the 1970s British television series Space: 1999, and remains a strong iconic vessel for the Sci-Fi genre till today. The Eagles served as the primary spacecraft of Moonbase Alpha, which has a fleet of them, and are often used to explore alien planets, defend the Moonbase from attack, and to transport supplies and other items to and from the Moon.
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Space 1999 is a British science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. The series was the last production by the partnership of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and was the most expensive series produced for British television up to that time. The Eagle is a space shuttle craft used between the Earth and the Moon, for crew and materials (including nuclear waste). It is capable of operations in space, over the lunar surface, and in planet atmospheres. Mass and Dimensions. Space Brain establishes that the Eagle Transporter and passenger pod has a combined mass of 328 tons.
The Eagle was designed by Brian Johnson who had worked with Gerry Anderson on Thunderbirds in the mid-60s, which influenced the spaceship designs of Star Wars and other science fiction films in the later years. Completely modular, the craft are divided into three basic sections: the command module, the passenger module/service pod, and the superstructure (containing the landing gear, access corridor/galley, aft compartment, fuel tanks and main propulsion system). The command module also has an escape hatch as revealed in the episode 'Devil's Planet', although it is unknown whether this is an original design feature or an adaptation that was designed by Moonbase Alpha. The command module of the Eagle can detach from the main body as seen in the episode 'Dragon's Domain' enabling it to dock with another compatible craft or for use as an emergency escape capsule. All Eagles are equipped with artificial gravity. The model of the Eagle used in filming was built in four scales: by the end of the series, there were three 44-inch (110 cm) Eagle models, two 22-inch (56 cm) Eagles, one 11-inch (28 cm) Eagle, and a 5-inch (13 cm) Eagle.
The superstructure framework was composed of copper tubing on the larger-scale models and the command module was vacuum-formed plastic. Compressed Freon streams were used to portray the vertical jets used in lift-off and landing sequences and, in Year Two, the exhaust from the main rockets. The special effects team worked in Bray Studios, a separate studio away from where the live action filming took placeModel Kits. Since 1979 when Airfix first released the Eagle Transporter kit until the re-issue today by Round 2 MPC, all the parts have virtually remained the same with the only difference being the kind of plastic used, and a more comperhensive decal sheet with the latest re-issue. Only the packaging style underwent massive changes thus until today, a lot of work is required to get this kit to look like it's studio model. This entails a lot of drilling, cutting and part replacements. But who is complaining?
I for one am really glad Round 2 decided to re-issue her. This was basically my very first Sci-fi kit, build by my father and uncle (they even put the moonbase decal upside down) and survived up to three years. Photo etch set that includes:. End caps for the transport pod with accurate raised and recessed details. Doors now line up with those on the framework support modules.
Replacement airlock doors with the correct size and shape. Rocket engine diffusers. Raised panel blast deflectors for the RCS (reaction control thruster) packs. Window frames for the Command Module. Landing gear updates with cages, pad hardware and “scissors” in both landed and in-flight positions. Scratchbuilding experience required to update the landing gear.
Provisions included to allow builder to make their own working gear. Instructions are not included for making working landing gear. These details are left to the builder, who should have advanced scratch building experience, especially with creating moving linkages.
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The Eagle was designed by Brian Johnson who had worked with Gerry Anderson on Thunderbirds in the mid-60s, which influenced the spaceship designs of Star Wars and other science fiction films in the later years. Completely modular, the craft are divided into three basic sections: the command module, the passenger module/service pod, and the superstructure (containing the landing gear, access corridor/galley, aft compartment, fuel tanks and main propulsion system). The command module also has an escape hatch as revealed in the episode 'Devil's Planet', although it is unknown whether this is an original design feature or an adaptation that was designed by Moonbase Alpha. The command module of the Eagle can detach from the main body as seen in the episode 'Dragon's Domain' enabling it to dock with another compatible craft or for use as an emergency escape capsule. All Eagles are equipped with artificial gravity. The model of the Eagle used in filming was built in four scales: by the end of the series, there were three 44-inch (110 cm) Eagle models, two 22-inch (56 cm) Eagles, one 11-inch (28 cm) Eagle, and a 5-inch (13 cm) Eagle.
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The superstructure framework was composed of copper tubing on the larger-scale models and the command module was vacuum-formed plastic. Compressed Freon streams were used to portray the vertical jets used in lift-off and landing sequences and, in Year Two, the exhaust from the main rockets. The special effects team worked in Bray Studios, a separate studio away from where the live action filming took placeModel Kits. Since 1979 when Airfix first released the Eagle Transporter kit until the re-issue today by Round 2 MPC, all the parts have virtually remained the same with the only difference being the kind of plastic used, and a more comperhensive decal sheet with the latest re-issue. Only the packaging style underwent massive changes thus until today, a lot of work is required to get this kit to look like it's studio model. This entails a lot of drilling, cutting and part replacements.
But who is complaining? I for one am really glad Round 2 decided to re-issue her. This was basically my very first Sci-fi kit, build by my father and uncle (they even put the moonbase decal upside down) and survived up to three years. Photo etch set that includes:.
End caps for the transport pod with accurate raised and recessed details. Doors now line up with those on the framework support modules. Replacement airlock doors with the correct size and shape.
Rocket engine diffusers. Raised panel blast deflectors for the RCS (reaction control thruster) packs. Window frames for the Command Module. Landing gear updates with cages, pad hardware and “scissors” in both landed and in-flight positions. Scratchbuilding experience required to update the landing gear. Provisions included to allow builder to make their own working gear. Instructions are not included for making working landing gear.
These details are left to the builder, who should have advanced scratch building experience, especially with creating moving linkages.
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