I converted to Tamiya paints about three years ago and love them! The last big project was the 1/350 TOS and the entire model was spray painted with a detail spray gun.I couldn't have been more pleased. :-)
Later on in its career , this ship guest starred on a few Twilight Zone episodes. " The monsters are due on Maple street" " The invaders" " Third from the Sun" and. " Death ship". and once more in " On Thursday we leave for home".
Thanks John...yeah I definitely recall seeing it in the Invaders episode. I've pretty much seen all of the Twilight Zone episodes. Will have to revisit the others you've mentioned.
The invaders had a unique twist about the size of the space craft landing in what we thought was a home in the middle of nowhere when it was actually a home for one of those native evolving humanoid alien giants from different planet in the instellar section of the galaxy
You can also make this into a model of the saucer from the 1960’s Twilight Zone episode “The Invaders”….you just have to add USAF decals. Rod Serling was able to use the “Forbidden Planet” model for this TZ episode.
I'm confused - the original polar lights release says it was 1/72, and this newer one is meant to be 1/144 (around 12" in diameter). Shouldn't that mean the original release is near 24"?
Sorry I didn't list the site here. This model was lit with three 1.8mm LEDS that are powered by a pre-wired coin sized battery with switch. You can buy the lights and the battery/switch at modeltrainsoftware,com and they're pretty cheap. If I were doing this model today I would opt for using the chip SMDs which are flat and take up very little space. I'd still use a coin sized battery as these don't need to be extremely bright. You don't need a resistor when using the coin battery and this helps to save space even further. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
Google Testors Magnesium metalizer and you’ll find a variety of websites who have it for sale. Just fyi I have had good success with Vallejo acrylics and they have a variety of metal paints that could also do the job it you want avoid enamels.
I did that, but instead of all silver I went with an off white color like that of Apollo and Gemini spacecraft of the 60's. The only silver on the ship is the upper dome and outer ring. There is a red or international red stripe down the center like the Twilight Zone show.
I didn't use a light kit with this ship. I just bought 4 chip sized SMDs from evandesigns.com. Depending on the model you have, there is a light kit available from tena controls that provides an an effect for the engine sequencer. This can only be used with the model that was released after the one used in this video. Here's a link: tenacontrols.com/product/engine-sequencer-for-c-57d-space-cruiser/
pfrenczliable This kit was the previous release and did not contain a light kit for the core vs the newest version on the market today. This was one of my earlier attempts at lighting a model so I made it simple and kept in the fully landed configuration as you see here. Thanks for watching.
Interstellar Modeler people look at the design and because it doesn't look like a Borg cube or other modern design and fail to see the beauty of the shape and smooth blended surfaces...functionality has its own beauty too...elegant in its simplicity
