Atomic City, TMA-1, 2001

[Allan31]

I completed this about a year ago, thought some of you would enjoy...

 

I found this on-line and snapped it up as I love this movie and kits from the film are scarce. This is the "Atomic City" offering.

 

I didn't like the layout of the astronaut and monolith as it came in the kit, I wanted more interaction between the two.

 

 

I started cutting and hacking and sticking back together with sticky-putty until I found something I liked.

 

 

 

 

I corrected mistakes in the kit and scratched the remaining missing bits...

 

 

 

 

 

I added additional footprints with spackle paste and made the base smaller to take less shelf space.

 

 

Surgery came out well and I started painting using movie stills for reference.

 

 

 

 

Dead flat on the Monolith looked wrong so I went to a satin sheen that matches the look of the movie much better.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I'm a little dark on the wash on the suit, we'll see how much sleep I loose and decide if I will fix it or not. I also just now realized I forgot the thin clear air-hose that connects the back-pack to the helmet, humph....

I also found the EVA pod Borman uses to retrieve Poole's body. I have the pod, Borman inside and found a "Dead Poole" figure online, all in the same 1/12th scale.

Thanks everyone for scrolling down this far !!.....

 

Edited August 20, 2020 by Allan31

[ExchefAndy]

Such an iconic piece! Wow, I'd love to have that among my collection. You've captured something that only imagination understands.

And then I think about trying to explain that scene to the kids....

Beautiful work, absolutely fantastic

Andy

[MattP]

OUTSTANDING!!! Thank you for sharing your artwork!

[Allan31]

Thanks all. I hunted up the pod and "dead Poole" to mount on it in the stash, all the same scale.