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NOMAD!
Posted by mach71 on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:36 PM

I've been working on the 8 inch NOMAD kit from Larson designs.

A very nice kit.

I thought the bottom section was to tall, so I sanded it down a bit.

I got some paint on him today

Tamiya INJ grey and aluminum.

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:33 PM

Way cool! Did you know parts of Nomad were used on the M-4 robot and also on the Romulan cloaking device from TOS?

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:42 PM

Looks just as sinister now as it will in a couple hundred years!

 

 

 

 

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 4:59 PM

midnightprowler
Did you know parts of Nomad were used on the M-5 robot and also on the Romulan cloaking device

Wait, wasn't M5 the big computer on Memory Alpha? And the first time I saw the Romulan Clocking Device, I thought it WAS Nomad.

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Posted by mach71 on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:21 PM

Yah, they reused a lot on TOS. I think Norman's control console was also the Lord Garth's shield control panel.

Daystrom's M-5 was re purposed into Gary 7's computer.

I still have to figure out how to paint the recessed "voice" lights and paint NOMAD's head silver,

and add the top spike.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:27 PM

It's like "The Enemy Within", I never could figure out why the Cpt didn't send down a Shuttle. Then I found out it was the first season and Roddenberry either didn't think of one or it wasn't in the budget.

Steve

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Posted by midnightprowler on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 5:33 PM

My bad, it was M-4. M-5 was Daystoms computer from The Ultimate Computer.

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Posted by Watchmann on Thursday, January 22, 2015 7:26 PM

Looks like a nice kit.  Hope you don't have any "Er-rors" while building. ;D

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Posted by Cadet Chuck on Thursday, January 22, 2015 8:24 PM

Does anyone know where I can get a kit of "The Monolith", from "2001- A Space Odyssey?"    

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, January 23, 2015 9:31 AM

Watchmann

Looks like a nice kit.  Hope you don't have any "Er-rors" while building. ;D

Yeah, be careful it doesn't memory wipe you like Uhura! 

Very cool model!

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Posted by modelcrazy on Friday, January 23, 2015 10:40 AM

Cadet Chuck
Does anyone know where I can get a kit of "The Monolith", from "2001- A Space Odyssey?"

I dono, that might be a little out of my skill set.

Steve

Steve

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Posted by seasick on Sunday, January 25, 2015 10:54 PM

I think it could be scratch built fairly easily.

Chasing the ultimate build.

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Posted by Gamera on Monday, January 26, 2015 12:35 PM

Yeah Chuck, for the monolith I'd think you'd want a block of smooth plastic precisely what was it - 1 by 3 by 9 in dimensions?  And then just paint it gloss black and shine to a super slick surface.

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Posted by mach71 on Monday, January 26, 2015 3:08 PM

I have the Monolith action figure. Think geek was selling them a few years ago. 1:4:9 ratio.

It has zero points of articulation!

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Posted by modelcrazy on Monday, January 26, 2015 3:11 PM

OMG your kidding? Someone really produced the Monolith???? What for?  Surprise

Haa, and read what it says, "Action Figure".  What does it do, hum?

It looks like a cell phone case. 

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Posted by mach71 on Monday, January 26, 2015 5:42 PM

I pose it with my Moonbus.

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Posted by Gerry on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:18 PM

I'm lovin it

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Posted by CapnMac82 on Saturday, January 31, 2015 7:47 PM

Kubrick actually had two cast in the two-ton version.  The first was in clear acrylic and did not photograph well, so the black one was then cast.

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Posted by mach71 on Monday, February 2, 2015 3:30 PM

Back on topic, I've done a little more work on NOMAD.

The voice lights were done with Tamiya clear red/yellow with a micro brush. Nomad is painted Chrome/grey/aluminum.

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Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 10:38 AM

Lol love the Moonbus and Monolith!

And Nomad is looking pretty darn awesome too! He/it does have a very '60s high-tech look to him you've done a great job replicating.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:45 AM

Mach,

You've done a fantastic job on Nomad. It looks just like it did on the series. Now you just need to put into a transporter diorama. That would be cool.

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

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Posted by mach71 on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 8:13 PM

I still have some work to do. For some reason I don't any clear green paint for the bottom voice holes.

Great Idea modelcrazy! I'll look into that.

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Posted by mach71 on Sunday, March 1, 2015 8:43 PM

I finally got my clear green paint. The lower green lights were always lit and had some flashing green lights in them.

I tried to replicate that by varying the amount of green I painted on to the holes. The photo does not capture it very well.

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Posted by Beans on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 4:40 PM

Bravo!

I want one.

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Posted by Gamera on Friday, March 6, 2015 9:49 AM

Been awhile since I've seen that episode but looks spot on as far as I can remember!

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