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'Houston, it's full of stars.' - April 2013

Posted by Tim Kidwell
on Thursday, March 14, 2013

Jeff Josefsberg, Midland, Georgia

Jeff calls this scene, “Houston, it’s full of stars.” He says, “This is pure fantasy, of course. Apollo astronauts encounter the monolith from ‘2001: A Space Odyssey.’ I used various grades of crushed gray rock from a local construction site, attaching it with scenic cement. The figures are Dragon 1/24 scale; I adjusted the arm locations. Helmet faceplates are painted gold and coated with clear gloss. I got the monolith on Amazon. The instruments come from a long-out-of-production educational item from the early Apollo days. I cleaned them up, repainted, and accurized them a bit. All the painting is with Testors enamels. I wanted to try something other than the typical kits. One of my favorite topics is the space program, and I am a big science fiction fan. Purists will probably pick the details to death, but I had lots of fun combining these things in a space fantasy.”

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warbird205
Added 12 years ago

Excellent work, great photo as well!

mwmodelworks
Added 12 years ago

Terrific combo of real space and sci-fi. Clarke and Kubrick would love it.

Skimeister
Added 12 years ago

Jeff  To hell with the detail dweebs. I think it is just plain kick-ass! Nice work on an idea that's original!

Seattle Modeler
Added 12 years ago

Fantastic!! Fantastic!!!---your model subject combines a few of my favorite. To me, 2001 is still the best of the best of sci-fi movies. The only thing to pick to death is repeating the comment- absolutely fantastic!!!!!

DUSTER
Added 12 years ago
DUSTER said:

Very clever combo. A bit of humor is a good thing, and your craftsmanship  makes it all the more enjoyable.

cadillac
Added 12 years ago
cadillac said:

Cooooooooooooooooooooool.

BLURR
Added 12 years ago
BLURR said:

Very Cool! - Hey Editors....How 'bout more like this in the Mag instead of another M1Awhatsit or P-51abcde, Focke-Wulf or wow, another grey F-18?  

Cheyenne56a
Added 12 years ago

Great dio!!  I like your choice of subject and how you put it all together.  A1 job!

mrlongmire
Added 12 years ago

Great idea! Good lighting for the photo.

Maynard G. Beatnik
Added 12 years ago

Very clever. Thanks for that!

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