As a child in the 1970's I wrote to both Airfix and Matchbox demanding they produce a model of a Dalek! I never got anywhere, so it was nice to finally see the box art wrote. Great content.
Not all would have made commercial sense but at the same time you make abundantly clear how many opportunities were missed. More please! About Roy Cross. I own the book about his Airfix art. Great reading. 99 years, eh?
I really enjoyed watching this! And what a brilliant idea to put Roy Cross as box art ! And drawing my favourite favourite box art of the Avro Lancaster coming into land!!
I think that some of those kits would've been a sure hit, expecially Firefox & Nautilus' ones (also if Disney's movie wasn't very good, at least for me), also the Nostromo, but perhaps was too limited as market. I remember that Airfix did some 007's kits, one was the Aston Martin, the other "Little Nellie" from You Live Only twice, but sadly weren't so easy to find.
I am with you in wishing the kit manufacturers had made kits of these subjects. Your series is FANTASTIC!! And your kit box concept art is PHENOMENAL!! As you probably know Airfix had a concept for the Disney Nautilus but was never released.
Thank You. yes I don't know much about the Airfix Nautilus that never was, only that it was seriously considered. I feel like there was an illustration in one of the Airfix Catalogues in the 1970s.
Ahh, cool. I will have to check them out. I like the idea of a 1/72nd scale injection molded kits - with transparent parts for the windows and possibly doors that are separate pieces to be positioned open or closed. And a dogfight double would be ideal! I remember first seeing some of the Serials on TV in the Summer Holidays - a new episode each day. I would have snapped this kit up :)
@@modelermark172 Possible future: Airfix secures license to produce models of the ships and characters; makes the kit shown here; makes a box each of figures for, Flash and Friends, Foes of Flash; then around the holidays offers them all combined with a play base/diorama base. It wouldn't be enough to pay their light bill, true, but they would get my money. 💵💵😍
@@Matteline Remember them in general terms more than by the specific kits. Can remember in 1970s having an Airfix Sherman which I think came in one of those sets and it was molded in white plastic, which seemed odd, but, hey, models get painted anyway. And while recently going through boxes of old model bits, found sprues for some kind of outpost/command post which sure looks Airfix with its diamond cross section sprues & italic font part numbers. Has corrugated siding panels, a guy on a motorcycle, a guy on a stretcher, some bicycles, lots of shovels and pickaxes, cable reels. Can't remember where it came from or how long I've had it. Also in there was the Airfix DUKW kit, partly built. Think the first one if it I ever got came in a bag instead of a box
Really beautiful artwork and a rare moment to see another "What if" model kit box art set of kits. I did the same, by I had grown up with the 1975 box art versions of all the Aurora sci-fi kits and also did a small series of "what if" box tops myself. Not quite your caliber, but fun to do.
This is an absolutely wonderful series of videos! It's like someone has been reading my mind......and even the occasional bit of stuff I didn't know. Thank you so much for this.
Wow.It si for people like you that I do the artwork, and have started making the videos. Thank for the kind words. I am looking to increase my output. More views, more 'likes' and more subscribers all helps.
Thank You. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I don't know if you have seen the other videos in this series - there are links in the description above. Or just feel free to look around my Matteline1967 Channel. Or visit my website matteline.com I have been contacted to do do original commissions and these are great fun, and if it something I already like, they are not that expensive.
Just watched this video for the second time. Your rendition of the Nostromo coming in to land for what the crew thought was a rescue mission on the stormy alien surface is spot on.
Thank You. I tried to capture the spirit of the sequence, while also a somewhat decent view of the ship. There is so much detail on that ship that it hard to represent and still convey size. Ironically too much detail makes it look like a model.
You've created a great collection of artwork, especially in that classic Airfix style. If those models were realized by those companies, your artwork would fit them to a "T". I didn't know they used the Queen Mary as a model for the Poseidon. That would be an interesting model with the ship capsized and set up in resin.
I just found your channel. Subbed. The first video I watched was _What If #7._ I was about halfway through that when I saw the thumbnail to THIS VID. The _NAUTILUS_ from Disney's *20K LEAGUES* is my all-time favorite movie submarine, so I switched to watching this video...👍😊 FWIW: Disney's *20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA* is my third all-time favorite movie motion picture, following *2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY* and *DR. STRANGELOVE (Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb).*
20000 Leagues is one my favourite films. It takes what is great about the book and makes it 10 times better. The design of the Nautilus is just fabulous. I live 2001 too. Art. And Dr Stangelove is probably very true to life. Not a comedy, but a documentary :)..'there's no fighting in here, this is the war room'. Thanks for watching
Another great video and some great ideas. The Flash Gordon ships would have been cool. I do have a wip of Flexy Jerkoff's ship from Flesh Gordon in 3d Blender. I may finish it and print out in 1/72 some day 😊
the 'Flesh Gordon' ships were fun. Some of the guys who on the VFX crew, worked on 'Star Wars' a few years later, including Dennis Muren, who has played a huge part in the evolution of visual effects.
I remember a firm called Atlantic make basis model of the Mobile armoured vehicle based on the unit in UFO the series. The only difference being the rear panel dropped down like a ramp
Greetings from America! Thanks for including "what if?" boxes for Aurora and MPC, in addition to Airfix. In addition to the MiG-31 Firefox, and the classic Flash Gordon ships, please consider "what if?" boxes for kits from the 1980 Flash Gordon movie. Three words: War Rocket Ajax!"
I had an Aurora, Revell and AMT/ERTL in the first video. Airfix was primarily what was on the shelves at my local model shop, so that the 'image' I wanted to see to fulfill that dream. Here is a link to 'fantastic plastic' who do lots of limited run garage kits, including the great war rocket Ajax. I like the idea of doing some artwork of ot though. lots of colour!! modelermagic.com/fantastic-plastic-new-release-1144-emperors-war-rocket-from-flash-gordon-1980/
@@Matteline Thanks. I am aware of the Fantastic Plastic site, but what I was hoping for was a standard, injection molded kit of Ajax, and other spacecraft from the movie. (That ship General Klytus had was very cool and menacing!) One idea for a future "what-if?" Flash Gordon theme kit would be Airfix, 1/12 scale figures of Flash Gordon vs. Ming the Merciless in the style of James Bond vs Odd Job. This could be the original Buster Crabbe vs Charles Middleton, or the 1980 Sam Jones vs Max Von Sydow version. Either way, I'd get the kit. I also second the motion of Scott FW that we need a classic "soft plastic" Airfix set of Flash Gordon figures to go with those ships at 13:05! Finally, I kicked myself for not commenting on that last painting of Roy Cross, in the classic Airfix boxart style in my original comment. That's quite a tribute! Thanks for making these!
I'd love to see kits of The Liparus tanker and Stromberg's Atlantis headquarters from "The Spy Who Loved Me", the space station from "Moonraker", the Bomb Sled and Disco Volante from "Thunderball" and The Albatross airship from the Vincent Price film "Master of the World" I think I'd also need a bigger house to put them all in...😉
I could see the 'Liparus' as maybe a waterline model with at least a basic interior and the three submarines. I think the Drax Space Station would be fun - with the various Moonraker shuttles docked on.. It would probably be pretty fragile though. I love 'Atlantis'. Another Bond model that would be kinda fun is 'Bird 1' from 'You Only Live Twice'! Here is a link to my first video that actually includes 'The Albatross'.! ruclips.net/video/NX5B1TUUOA0/видео.html
I wrote to Airfix as a kid asking them to do a Dalek kit! Ended up having to make my own, which launched a bit of a prop building sideline career for me!
Thanks for watching and commenting. I know that Airfix did some Dr Who model kits in the mid 2010s or therabouts, but they were based on the new series (David Tennant era). They did a Dalek with some other stuff in a diorama I think. One of the new brass coloured ones. And I think they also did the Doctor and the Tardis interior.... a bit lame as I recall. They did Wallace & Gromit kits around this time too. I feel like Airfix are obligated to do kits of British icons - they do Spitfires and Lancaster bomber and an E Type Jaguar... and they used to do Concorde. Where is the Dalek, and Thunderbird 2.
Ah Firefox. A film that was all cold war, intrigue, spies, dark themes, and assassinations... until the plane took off and the not-so-special effects kicked in. It was a sinister looking beastie though, and would have made a great kit. Disney's Nautilus. The definitive Nautilus. That first shot of it when the papers had reported a mysterious, malevolent sea monster ramming whaling ships, and the two glowing "eyes" came charging toward the ship. Would have made a cracking kit, I always wanted one. Possibly the second most perfect and iconic sci-fi submarine ever. (Need you ask? "Anything can happen in the next half-hour!" Cue the tom-toms.)
I love this film. The plane looks pretty fake, but I really admire the decision to create a unique plane. I read that in the early days of developing the film, they were considering using a real aircraft- a Saab Viggen I think. Aside from how that would have looked - all black presumably - I wonder how they would.have doen the aerial combat stuff and the landing in the snow. Although the John Dykstra's work looks fake in most shots, it is consistently fake, and as a viewer, I accept that. If it were a real plane some of the time but inevitably a miniature in some shots, I think that might have been more jarring. The Maurice Jarre music is terrific and carries a lot of the magnificence of the plane.
Fantastic 'what if'... Fantasy model kit art , l love tye Nautilus version ... l was thinking the robots from 'Batteries not included' would be great model kits and the 'Johnny 5 Robot' .... Another good one woukd be a tribute to Issac Asimov for Sci Fi books . R Daneel Ovilav , or Giskard .... from Caves of Steel
I had no idea the the rocket ships from Flash Gordon serials came from an earlier movie. I've always wanted the Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers serial movie ships in kit form.
some of the sets too. Some of the bigger castle interiors from the Boris Karloff Frankenstein movies make a appearance too. They built a full size mock-up of the spaceship for 'Just Imagine' so I am sure that was pretty compelling to people trying to get as much on the screen as possible.
I've really enjoyed your videos of What if models. I was wondering if you remember the Tripods TV series. An Airfix rendition of that construct would be cool. There was an unofficial model done in resin and metal but it never came with guns to make the weaponised version. The series wasn't bad but I did wish they spent more on the effects instead of filming a lot of scenes that were never in the books. Anyway, great videos, very interesting. All the best.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you are liking the videos. I never really got into the Tripods. it felt like a rip-off of H.G.Wells' The War of the Worlds. And the machines themselves always felt like something they'd made on 'Blue Peter'.
I like knowing who did some of the art on these boxes because some of it looks really cool and of course it's a big point I feel, probably for us beginners, to try to recreate what is seen. Even better seeing that tribute at the end. I'm mostly into 1/144 scale aircraft but I agree that there are plenty of models that would be cool if someone could make them. Best I found for now is hunting down 3d printables of them which can do the display job alright. Also I find it fun seeing these new pictures of vehicles for these "kits" especially from franchises I haven't heard about. To pick one question I would ask if you do have more obscure vehicles lined up for this what if series?
There are three other videos on my channel 'matteline67' with other pretty niche and obscure stuff I think. In terms of the 'what if' box art, that is all my work. The old Aurora 'Monsters of the Movies' kit boxes were done by an incredible artist by the name of James Bama - and exceptional artist who specialised in scenes of the Old West. He also did all of the covers for a series of books featuring a character names 'Doc Savage'. The actual 'Airfix' boxes are all painted by Roy Cross, who in addition to the over 200 Airfix boxes he did, was also an incredible maritime painter. My impetus is kits I wish had been around when I was growing up... so expect more from the fantastic worlds of 'Gerry Anderson' TV shows. And some other offbeat sci-fi films from the 50s, 69s, and 70s. More to come.
...Yes, at the same time as the Giant Spider and the Scorpion. These are all monsters from 1950s sci-fi monster movies. 'Tarantula', 'the Black Scorpion' and The Deadly Mantis. These were originally made by 'Fundimensions' in the early 1970s and re-packaged by Airfix, a few years later. I had these three kits, great fun!
Interesting selection, (though you might want to edit the video length down.. ;) ) And I still would like to see you do the Martians from 60's "War of the Worlds", and the ships from 70's "Darkstar"... and Silent Running ;)
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback.The video length is being trimmed right now - I thought this would have taken effect before anyone saw it. Drat. 'Darkstar' would be great. with the bomb of course. And possibly the 'Valley Forge ' from 'Silent Running'. Hmmm. 🤔
"Valley Forge" is something I would, in theory, have loved to build - and it is suitable as a great deal of the detail came from kit-bashing in the first instance. In practise it would have to be at something like 1/1200 scale to fit on a desk, and even then it would be an unfortunate combination of unfeasibly large and too small for the detail to be visible!
I've got the Nostromo kit by Halcyon - it is a vinyl/styrene kit. The vinyl parts are the main hull and engines. The injected styrene parts make up the probes, the antennas, landing gears, engine nozzles and other such parts. With the probes and such, it's about 18" long.
@@Matteline - that's a good question. Unfortunately, my model and I are currently about 100km apart at this moment. However, from memory of how large the model is and comparing the height of a person to the landing gear from the movie - I'd say that 144th would be a very close guess.
@@Matteline - when I get back to my brother’s home (where I’ve got the vast majority of my built and unbuilt models) I’ll check and relay the info to you.
@@Matteline - and then I got this crazy idea. There is this thing called “Google”, why not just ask and lo and behold the answer is.......1/960! Now we both know! LOL
I believe Airfix did produce tooling for the Disney 'Nautilus' and this was subsequently acquired by Comet Miniatures and produced as a vacuum formed kit with some white metal parts and a squid base in the same material. I still have the model, the first vac-formed kit I built, and it's about 12" long. It may still be available but I think Comet later traded as Timeless Models or Hobbies. Love the 'what if?' box art concept, by the way.
I have that Comet Miniatures kit too, but it is need of some repairs. Vac-form was - and is - a real challenge. The general shape of that model was pretty good, bit it bothered me that lacked any surface detail. A characteristic of the 'real thing' is all those massive rivets all over the hull. Airfix had no trouble with putting rivets all over their planes - and it would have been a great feature on a suitably sized injection molded kit. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@Matteline I bought that kit as well, from Tony James' 'Basement'. He said that if it had rivets, it would be a Walt Disney Nautilus. His version had no rivets, so was 'a' Nautilus with clearly no connection the completely different version in the film. Possibly not a water-tight (ho-ho) argument.
I remember buying the Airfix catalogue for 1984 and if I'm correct they had picture of a model of the Nautilus that was due to be released by them but it unfortunately never materialised. Total shame I think.
@@Matteline They do, though there are several around. I think I’ve got at least one of everything Halcyon released in the Aliens genre… Probably not worth as much being half-made!!!
Another great collection of box tops. I just wish they were all real kits. I would certainly want the Firefox, Poseidon, Nautilus, Dalek, Triffid, and Flash Gordon Dogfight Double. Revell did do a 1/570th scale kit of the Queen Mary, which you could build as the Poseidon. Pretty close to the 1/600th scale that Airfix used for most of their ship models. There were also smaller, die-cast versions of the Queen Mary by Dinky and Minic Ships. I think the Airfix Nautilus was shown in the 1981 catalogue, at the time Airfix were having problems, and then went under, before being bought out. The Tripods was a series of three books, by John Christopher. They showed what life might have been like for humans, if the Martian invasion had been successful. Other subjects that might make good kits are the spaceship in the British SF movie Devil Girl From Mars. The various Dan Dare craft from the Eagle comic. A whole series of large scale alien figure kits from various SF movies and TV shows.
Thanks for the feedback.The Airfix 'Nautilus' is a mystery and as you say at that time they were in a bit of a nose dive, so it is hard to imagine what the kit might have been like. I recall the 'Star Cruiser' and that weird UFO /Space Station things were pretty underwhelming. But the Angel Interceptor was great.
@@Matteline The Airfix Angel Interceptor was from 1968, rather than the early 1980s. It was very rare to see these more 'oddball' kits in New Zealand, and I can only recall seeing it once in the 1970s, and grabbed it. A great pity they did not do more Gerry Anderson kits.
@@pauladams286 Yes, i was trying to say that the skill did exist at one point at Airfix to do a decent representation of a fictional craft.. so could do so again. Albeit over a decade later. The Angel Interceptor is still available - with new much improved decals. More stencils and gold on the Spectrum roundel (where it was previously yellow). Nice.
The Nostromo is a separate spaceship, it is described as a towing vehicle and tows 'the Refinery'. the larger ship that is left in space. I believe all of the action takes place within the Nostromo. It is not very clear though when watching the film, although it does not matter really.
@@Matteline Oh, I see! I remember the big thing, but hadn't really grasped the distinction. I was mainly concerned with the alien monster. And the cat. I love cats ;-)
@@zh84 Agreed. it is really not made clear in the film, I think I only 'know' through reading up on the film and reading interviews with Martin Bower etc.
This Nautilus is interesting... but I think I'd rather have the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" version. Also - Kudos for the Triffid idea, it was one of my favorite horror movies as a youngster and would have fit right in with the Movie Monster series Aurora was running at the time (I had all of those.). Finally, love the nod to Roy Cross!
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I admire what they did in 'League of Extraordinary Gentleman'. I like that the subamrine looked different from the Disney Nautilus. I liked how it looked regal and expensive, like fine China and elegant silverware, or these great French chateaus. A very different vibe. I have a bit of an issue with the size of it. It looked to be about the size of the spaceships in Star Trek...and not something that could have been constructed in that period. I am all in favour of fantasy, but I need a bit more of a hand hold on credibility. But that's just taste. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
@@Matteline I really loved the car, too; it looked like filigreed porcelain. I'm thinking you might also like the British Air Carrier from Sky Captain - a really retro/noir movie with lots of cool vehicles.
@@DarthBludgeon I did like #Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'. I even saw it in the cinema. It was based on a 10 minutes short which i think featured giant robots in New York. Yeh, I liked the big aircraft carrier things - and Angelina Jolie in uniform was a bonus - and the planes that could fly underwater. I have one for you, the 1936 'Things To Come'.Futuristic tanks, planes and more. I'd say it has a cool retro look, but at the time it was cutting edge!
You mentioned the full size of the Nautilus as being 212 feet. I was curious as to the source of this figure. The studio drawings show an overall length of 178 feet, although that was a scaled down size that dictated the construction of all the live-action exterior sets. (The use of reduced scale live-action exteriors is common practice in Hollywood.) The width of the interior salon set would require an overall length of around 200 feet, and in fact this was the advertised length stated in the studio's preview booklets and press releases. The lengths of the interior sets and their arrangement in the movie really complicate the calculation, however. So the 212' value is new to me.
Thanks for the feedback. It is a length I have always had in mind since initally seeing the film and reading up on it. I think it was stated in either John Brosnan's 'book 'Future Tense' (1978) or 'Movie Magic' (1974). But I would have to check. if there are actual Disney documents that state dimesnions, that is almsot certainly more relaible. I think the Verne novel states 200 feet as the length but that is not relevant really. It sounds like 178 ft is the actual length of the full size 'Disney/ Goff ' Nautilus.
I love that ship too. Check out the first video here. ruclips.net/video/NX5B1TUUOA0/видео.html Plenty of and other videos on the channel - I am sure you will see other stuff you like. And if you do please 'like', 'subscibe' and 'share'.
They are painted in Photoshop, using a stylus on tablet. So, all made on a computer. Computer assisted. 'No paint was harmed in the making of these images'.
I think a 1/35 perfect grade SPV by Bandai or Tamiya would be a cool model, done like the gundam kits so all the casing can come off and show the innards like in the old anual books.
Thanks for watching... yeh. Have you seen pictures of the first version of the Nostromo miniature. It was a sort of rusty yellow and looked very much like Chris Foss spaceship.artwork of the time. I think there are garage / limited run kits of a number of these ships nowadays.
1/76 for that martian spaceship would put it with OO model railway scale, 4mm=1foot, not HO since HO is 1/87 scale, 3.5mm=1foot for "Half O" that being half of 1/43 scale, a.k.a. "7mm scale", which makes 1.25 inch gauge O gauge track more close to the 4ft 8.5in of standard gauge railway track. Using 1/48 for O scale models makes the 1.25in gauge model track 5ft gauge in scale.
Thanks for the feedback. I have read that HO was basically a branding thing from Hornby to make their stuff seem extra special - the H referring to Hornby. But that HO was in fact the same as OO. Maybe HO and OO rolling stock and locomotives can run on the same track?
@@Matteline Actually HO and OO are intended from the start to use 16mm gauge track. Way back when HO scale started to become a thing it was seen to be necessary to enlarge the models of the actually physically smaller British trains in order to have room for the electric motors of the time inside the model locomotives. Correct track gauge for OO scale, 1/76 scale, is 18.83mm. In being the originator of railways Britain, UK, got cursed/blessed with some of the tightest clearances, 'loading gauge', for standard gauge trains. As of the end of 20th century trains here in the US were typically about 1 foot wider and 3 feet taller than trains in UK. So that's why OO scale models running on HO gauge track. And there's a whole nother thing, terminology, scale and gauge are different measurements but usually get thrown around interchangeably. Gauge is distance between the rails, period. Scale is the proportional size of the models, period. But ... when talking models of standard gauge trains scale/gauge get used interchangeably. Now, let's say you want to model a 15 inch gauge estate or park railway in 1/22.5 scale to go with your LGB large scale garden railway trains - Eureka! HO gauge track works perfectly for that!
"it's all fake" is a bit confusing of a statement (to me, at least). Can you clarify what the intent here was? Kit ideas: The Thing saucer from Carpenter's version of WHO GOES THERE. Previously I mentioned the Stardust ship from SATELLITE IN THE SKY, and the Mars ship from CONQUEST OF SPACE.
'It's all fake' maning that they the Mig 31 depicted in the film is not a real aeroplane it is mock-up used for scenes of it on th ground (the hanger and teh iceflwo) and is a miniature of one sort or anotehr when in the air. The context is that often movies will use exisiting planes, for example 'Top Gun' (1986) used real US Northrup F5 fighters painted black and called them Mig 28s. I am pointing out that F'irefox' went all in and designed and created a totally unique aircraft. An ambitious and commendable endeavour with a satisfying result overall... even if some of the aerial shote are not wholly convincing. I hope this calrifies the statement.
@@Matteline Thanks. I thought maybe you were referring to the visual effects (my line of business for the last 45-ish years), which I recall as being pretty good overall. One of my best friends worked on the film---i visited him at Apogee during the making---so I think I'll ask him for more background, as I've forgotten a lot of the stories/what went on during production....the ol' "it's been a while" memory -fade" thing.
HOW ABOUT the strange horseshoe-shaped alien ship from PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES? The Centarian (sp?) alien ship from QUEEN OF BLOOD (from footage that originated in the Soviet SF-Fantasy MECHTE NAVSTRECHU (1963)?
As a child in the 1970's I wrote to both Airfix and Matchbox demanding they produce a model of a Dalek! I never got anywhere, so it was nice to finally see the box art wrote. Great content.
I love this series, and the Quarermass ship was a stroke of genius! Keep them coming.
Not all would have made commercial sense but at the same time you make abundantly clear how many opportunities were missed. More please! About Roy Cross. I own the book about his Airfix art. Great reading. 99 years, eh?
There two at least books on Mr Cross's Airfix work. Both super inspirational.
Another great one Mat. Jot me down for the Triffid kit.
Mat, I didn't know you did the Roy Cross artwork at the end. I used it on a video to wish him a happy 99th. Great job.
Ah ha - you have watched these vids!! 👍👍👍
I really enjoyed watching this! And what a brilliant idea to put Roy Cross as box art ! And drawing my favourite favourite box art of the Avro Lancaster coming into land!!
Thanks for commenting. The Lancaster box art is one of the ll time great! I'm glad you noticed it.
I think that some of those kits would've been a sure hit, expecially Firefox & Nautilus' ones (also if Disney's movie wasn't very good, at least for me), also the Nostromo, but perhaps was too limited as market. I remember that Airfix did some 007's kits, one was the Aston Martin, the other "Little Nellie" from You Live Only twice, but sadly weren't so easy to find.
I am with you in wishing the kit manufacturers had made kits of these subjects. Your series is FANTASTIC!! And your kit box concept art is PHENOMENAL!! As you probably know Airfix had a concept for the Disney Nautilus but was never released.
Thank You. yes I don't know much about the Airfix Nautilus that never was, only that it was seriously considered. I feel like there was an illustration in one of the Airfix Catalogues in the 1970s.
There are some great resin kits from Flash Gordon by Fantastic Plastic in 1/72, 1/48 scale and 1/144 scale. Very retro!
Ahh, cool. I will have to check them out. I like the idea of a 1/72nd scale injection molded kits - with transparent parts for the windows and possibly doors that are separate pieces to be positioned open or closed. And a dogfight double would be ideal! I remember first seeing some of the Serials on TV in the Summer Holidays - a new episode each day. I would have snapped this kit up :)
Those 1/72 Flash and Ming ships, count me in! 😁🚀 And then we need some classic soft plastic Airfix figure sets for them.
Absolutely! As an aside, I hope Airfix marketing people are taking notice. We may just get them yet . . . .
@@modelermark172 Possible future: Airfix secures license to produce models of the ships and characters; makes the kit shown here; makes a box each of figures for, Flash and Friends, Foes of Flash; then around the holidays offers them all combined with a play base/diorama base. It wouldn't be enough to pay their light bill, true, but they would get my money. 💵💵😍
@@scottfw7169 Sounds good to me! Do you recall the kits Airfix of Stalingrad and other 'famous battles'.
@@Matteline Remember them in general terms more than by the specific kits. Can remember in 1970s having an Airfix Sherman which I think came in one of those sets and it was molded in white plastic, which seemed odd, but, hey, models get painted anyway. And while recently going through boxes of old model bits, found sprues for some kind of outpost/command post which sure looks Airfix with its diamond cross section sprues & italic font part numbers. Has corrugated siding panels, a guy on a motorcycle, a guy on a stretcher, some bicycles, lots of shovels and pickaxes, cable reels. Can't remember where it came from or how long I've had it. Also in there was the Airfix DUKW kit, partly built. Think the first one if it I ever got came in a bag instead of a box
@@scottfw7169 All great stuff :)
Really beautiful artwork and a rare moment to see another "What if" model kit box art set of kits. I did the same, by I had grown up with the 1975 box art versions of all the Aurora sci-fi kits and also did a small series of "what if" box tops myself. Not quite your caliber, but fun to do.
Sounds good. What are some of the kits that you wished had been made?
Another great and interesting video, thanks for sharing. I would have loved to have a kit of the Firefox back in the day. Loved that movie.
-David
Thanks for the feedback. The shots of the plane flying at super high speed with that sensational Maurice Jarre music. Perfection!
Totally Fantastic...
This is an absolutely wonderful series of videos! It's like someone has been reading my mind......and even the occasional bit of stuff I didn't know. Thank you so much for this.
Wow.It si for people like you that I do the artwork, and have started making the videos. Thank for the kind words. I am looking to increase my output. More views, more 'likes' and more subscribers all helps.
I look forward to each of these and NEVER disappointed. Thanks for your efforts and posting them for all of to enjoy.
Thank You. I'm glad you are enjoying them!
Wonderful,wonderful,wonderful.
Thank You. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I don't know if you have seen the other videos in this series - there are links in the description above. Or just feel free to look around my Matteline1967 Channel. Or visit my website matteline.com
I have been contacted to do do original commissions and these are great fun, and if it something I already like, they are not that expensive.
Brilliant! Such a shame we can't get these! Oh well - back to 3d modeling and firing up the resin printer if I really want one.
I must get into 3d printing. I think it will open up a whole new world of possibilities!
Absolutely love this. And so many bits of trivia I didn't know!
Just watched this video for the second time. Your rendition of the Nostromo coming in to land for what the crew thought was a rescue mission on the stormy alien surface is spot on.
Thank You. I tried to capture the spirit of the sequence, while also a somewhat decent view of the ship. There is so much detail on that ship that it hard to represent and still convey size. Ironically too much detail makes it look like a model.
You've created a great collection of artwork, especially in that classic Airfix style. If those models were realized by those companies, your artwork would fit them to a "T".
I didn't know they used the Queen Mary as a model for the Poseidon. That would be an interesting model with the ship capsized and set up in resin.
Thanks for the feedback. I think the Poseidon miniature is actually on display at the maritime museum next to the Queen Mary.
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The first video I watched was _What If #7._ I was about halfway through that when I saw the thumbnail to THIS VID. The _NAUTILUS_ from Disney's *20K LEAGUES* is my all-time favorite movie submarine, so I switched to watching this video...👍😊
FWIW: Disney's *20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA* is my third all-time favorite movie motion picture, following *2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY* and *DR. STRANGELOVE (Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb).*
20000 Leagues is one my favourite films. It takes what is great about the book and makes it 10 times better. The design of the Nautilus is just fabulous.
I live 2001 too. Art. And Dr Stangelove is probably very true to life. Not a comedy, but a documentary :)..'there's no fighting in here, this is the war room'.
Thanks for watching
*_"Mein Fuhrer! I can WALK!"_* 😉
Another great video and some great ideas. The Flash Gordon ships would have been cool. I do have a wip of Flexy Jerkoff's ship from Flesh Gordon in 3d Blender. I may finish it and print out in 1/72 some day 😊
the 'Flesh Gordon' ships were fun. Some of the guys who on the VFX crew, worked on 'Star Wars' a few years later, including Dennis Muren, who has played a huge part in the evolution of visual effects.
I remember a firm called Atlantic make basis model of the Mobile armoured vehicle based on the unit in UFO the series.
The only difference being the rear panel dropped down like a ramp
Greetings from America! Thanks for including "what if?" boxes for Aurora and MPC, in addition to Airfix. In addition to the MiG-31 Firefox, and the classic Flash Gordon ships, please consider "what if?" boxes for kits from the 1980 Flash Gordon movie. Three words: War Rocket Ajax!"
I had an Aurora, Revell and AMT/ERTL in the first video. Airfix was primarily what was on the shelves at my local model shop, so that the 'image' I wanted to see to fulfill that dream. Here is a link to 'fantastic plastic' who do lots of limited run garage kits, including the great war rocket Ajax. I like the idea of doing some artwork of ot though. lots of colour!! modelermagic.com/fantastic-plastic-new-release-1144-emperors-war-rocket-from-flash-gordon-1980/
@@Matteline Thanks. I am aware of the Fantastic Plastic site, but what I was hoping for was a standard, injection molded kit of Ajax, and other spacecraft from the movie. (That ship General Klytus had was very cool and menacing!) One idea for a future "what-if?" Flash Gordon theme kit would be Airfix, 1/12 scale figures of Flash Gordon vs. Ming the Merciless in the style of James Bond vs Odd Job. This could be the original Buster Crabbe vs Charles Middleton, or the 1980 Sam Jones vs Max Von Sydow version. Either way, I'd get the kit.
I also second the motion of Scott FW that we need a classic "soft plastic" Airfix set of Flash Gordon figures to go with those ships at 13:05!
Finally, I kicked myself for not commenting on that last painting of Roy Cross, in the classic Airfix boxart style in my original comment. That's quite a tribute!
Thanks for making these!
I'd love to see kits of The Liparus tanker and Stromberg's Atlantis headquarters from "The Spy Who Loved Me", the space station from "Moonraker", the Bomb Sled and Disco Volante from "Thunderball" and The Albatross airship from the Vincent Price film "Master of the World"
I think I'd also need a bigger house to put them all in...😉
I could see the 'Liparus' as maybe a waterline model with at least a basic interior and the three submarines. I think the Drax Space Station would be fun - with the various Moonraker shuttles docked on.. It would probably be pretty fragile though.
I love 'Atlantis'. Another Bond model that would be kinda fun is 'Bird 1' from 'You Only Live Twice'! Here is a link to my first video that actually includes 'The Albatross'.!
ruclips.net/video/NX5B1TUUOA0/видео.html
I wrote to Airfix as a kid asking them to do a Dalek kit!
Ended up having to make my own, which launched a bit of a prop building sideline career for me!
Thanks for watching and commenting. I know that Airfix did some Dr Who model kits in the mid 2010s or therabouts, but they were based on the new series (David Tennant era). They did a Dalek with some other stuff in a diorama I think. One of the new brass coloured ones. And I think they also did the Doctor and the Tardis interior.... a bit lame as I recall. They did Wallace & Gromit kits around this time too. I feel like Airfix are obligated to do kits of British icons - they do Spitfires and Lancaster bomber and an E Type Jaguar... and they used to do Concorde. Where is the Dalek, and Thunderbird 2.
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Who would love a book of these box arts….
Ah Firefox. A film that was all cold war, intrigue, spies, dark themes, and assassinations... until the plane took off and the not-so-special effects kicked in. It was a sinister looking beastie though, and would have made a great kit.
Disney's Nautilus. The definitive Nautilus. That first shot of it when the papers had reported a mysterious, malevolent sea monster ramming whaling ships, and the two glowing "eyes" came charging toward the ship. Would have made a cracking kit, I always wanted one. Possibly the second most perfect and iconic sci-fi submarine ever.
(Need you ask? "Anything can happen in the next half-hour!" Cue the tom-toms.)
I love this film. The plane looks pretty fake, but I really admire the decision to create a unique plane. I read that in the early days of developing the film, they were considering using a real aircraft- a Saab Viggen I think. Aside from how that would have looked - all black presumably - I wonder how they would.have doen the aerial combat stuff and the landing in the snow. Although the John Dykstra's work looks fake in most shots, it is consistently fake, and as a viewer, I accept that. If it were a real plane some of the time but inevitably a miniature in some shots, I think that might have been more jarring. The Maurice Jarre music is terrific and carries a lot of the magnificence of the plane.
Fantastic 'what if'... Fantasy model kit art , l love tye Nautilus version ... l was thinking the robots from 'Batteries not included' would be great model kits and the 'Johnny 5 Robot' ....
Another good one woukd be a tribute to Issac Asimov for Sci Fi books . R Daneel Ovilav , or Giskard .... from Caves of Steel
I had no idea the the rocket ships from Flash Gordon serials came from an earlier movie. I've always wanted the Flash Gordon and Buck Rodgers serial movie ships in kit form.
some of the sets too. Some of the bigger castle interiors from the Boris Karloff Frankenstein movies make a appearance too. They built a full size mock-up of the spaceship for 'Just Imagine' so I am sure that was pretty compelling to people trying to get as much on the screen as possible.
I've really enjoyed your videos of What if models. I was wondering if you remember the Tripods TV series. An Airfix rendition of that construct would be cool. There was an unofficial model done in resin and metal but it never came with guns to make the weaponised version. The series wasn't bad but I did wish they spent more on the effects instead of filming a lot of scenes that were never in the books. Anyway, great videos, very interesting. All the best.
Thanks for the feedback. I'm glad you are liking the videos. I never really got into the Tripods. it felt like a rip-off of H.G.Wells' The War of the Worlds. And the machines themselves always felt like something they'd made on 'Blue Peter'.
I like knowing who did some of the art on these boxes because some of it looks really cool and of course it's a big point I feel, probably for us beginners, to try to recreate what is seen. Even better seeing that tribute at the end. I'm mostly into 1/144 scale aircraft but I agree that there are plenty of models that would be cool if someone could make them. Best I found for now is hunting down 3d printables of them which can do the display job alright. Also I find it fun seeing these new pictures of vehicles for these "kits" especially from franchises I haven't heard about. To pick one question I would ask if you do have more obscure vehicles lined up for this what if series?
There are three other videos on my channel 'matteline67' with other pretty niche and obscure stuff I think. In terms of the 'what if' box art, that is all my work. The old Aurora 'Monsters of the Movies' kit boxes were done by an incredible artist by the name of James Bama - and exceptional artist who specialised in scenes of the Old West. He also did all of the covers for a series of books featuring a character names 'Doc Savage'. The actual 'Airfix' boxes are all painted by Roy Cross, who in addition to the over 200 Airfix boxes he did, was also an incredible maritime painter.
My impetus is kits I wish had been around when I was growing up... so expect more from the fantastic worlds of 'Gerry Anderson' TV shows. And some other offbeat sci-fi films from the 50s, 69s, and 70s. More to come.
Firefox was DEFINITELY a model I wanted. Same with the Nautilus.
Two of my favourite designs.
I think a LOT of us really REALLY want a Firefox. I wish someone would make a good kit of it.
Excellent. Thank you. How about the plant from the Little Shop of Horrors?
Presumably the 1980s remake? Or the original.. possibly with a Jack Nicholson figure ?
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would have loved all of these...remember when Airfix gave us the the GIANT PREYING MANTIS?
...Yes, at the same time as the Giant Spider and the Scorpion. These are all monsters from 1950s sci-fi monster movies. 'Tarantula', 'the Black Scorpion' and The Deadly Mantis. These were originally made by 'Fundimensions' in the early 1970s and re-packaged by Airfix, a few years later. I had these three kits, great fun!
Interesting selection, (though you might want to edit the video length down.. ;) ) And I still would like to see you do the Martians from 60's "War of the Worlds", and the ships from 70's "Darkstar"... and Silent Running ;)
Thanks for watching and thanks for the feedback.The video length is being trimmed right now - I thought this would have taken effect before anyone saw it. Drat. 'Darkstar' would be great. with the bomb of course. And possibly the 'Valley Forge ' from 'Silent Running'. Hmmm. 🤔
Pegasus Models produce the Martian and the Martian War Machines from both the original and Tom Cruise films
@@jeffholt9437 ...and Pegasus also do a decent 1/350th 'Space Ark' form 'When Worlds Collide'.
"Valley Forge" is something I would, in theory, have loved to build - and it is suitable as a great deal of the detail came from kit-bashing in the first instance. In practise it would have to be at something like 1/1200 scale to fit on a desk, and even then it would be an unfortunate combination of unfeasibly large and too small for the detail to be visible!
@@zh84 I totally agree.
I've got the Nostromo kit by Halcyon - it is a vinyl/styrene kit. The vinyl parts are the main hull and engines. The injected styrene parts make up the probes, the antennas, landing gears, engine nozzles and other such parts. With the probes and such, it's about 18" long.
Wow. Thanks for the information. Does it indicate a scale?
@@Matteline - that's a good question. Unfortunately, my model and I are currently about 100km apart at this moment. However, from memory of how large the model is and comparing the height of a person to the landing gear from the movie - I'd say that 144th would be a very close guess.
@@Wild-Dad I read that it was supposed to be 805 feet long. that's how I got approx 16" at 600th, but i don;t know if that included the probes.
@@Matteline - when I get back to my brother’s home (where I’ve got the vast majority of my built and unbuilt models) I’ll check and relay the info to you.
@@Matteline - and then I got this crazy idea. There is this thing called “Google”, why not just ask and lo and behold the answer is.......1/960! Now we both know! LOL
I believe Airfix did produce tooling for the Disney 'Nautilus' and this was subsequently acquired by Comet Miniatures and produced as a vacuum formed kit with some white metal parts and a squid base in the same material. I still have the model, the first vac-formed kit I built, and it's about 12" long. It may still be available but I think Comet later traded as Timeless Models or Hobbies. Love the 'what if?' box art concept, by the way.
I have that Comet Miniatures kit too, but it is need of some repairs. Vac-form was - and is - a real challenge. The general shape of that model was pretty good, bit it bothered me that lacked any surface detail. A characteristic of the 'real thing' is all those massive rivets all over the hull. Airfix had no trouble with putting rivets all over their planes - and it would have been a great feature on a suitably sized injection molded kit. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Apparently, the kit makes an appearance in an Airfix catalogue.....
@@jeffholt9437 I don't believe they ever finished it. I recall seeing an picture in an old Airfix Catalogue but it looked like temporary artwork.
Yes, I’ve got one of the Comet Nautiluses, again half-made, in my stash.
@@Matteline I bought that kit as well, from Tony James' 'Basement'. He said that if it had rivets, it would be a Walt Disney Nautilus. His version had no rivets, so was 'a' Nautilus with clearly no connection the completely different version in the film. Possibly not a water-tight (ho-ho) argument.
I remember buying the Airfix catalogue for 1984 and if I'm correct they had picture of a model of the Nautilus that was due to be released by them but it unfortunately never materialised. Total shame I think.
I still have a Nostromo kit in my stash. It must be around 16” and is quite a chunk of blow-moulded vinyl!
I think some of those kits - like the old Halcyon kit - go for several hundred$ on ebay.
@@Matteline They do, though there are several around. I think I’ve got at least one of everything Halcyon released in the Aliens genre… Probably not worth as much being half-made!!!
Another great collection of box tops. I just wish they were all real kits. I would certainly want the Firefox, Poseidon, Nautilus, Dalek, Triffid, and Flash Gordon Dogfight Double.
Revell did do a 1/570th scale kit of the Queen Mary, which you could build as the Poseidon. Pretty close to the 1/600th scale that Airfix used for most of their ship models. There were also smaller, die-cast versions of the Queen Mary by Dinky and Minic Ships.
I think the Airfix Nautilus was shown in the 1981 catalogue, at the time Airfix were having problems, and then went under, before being bought out.
The Tripods was a series of three books, by John Christopher. They showed what life might have been like for humans, if the Martian invasion had been successful.
Other subjects that might make good kits are the spaceship in the British SF movie Devil Girl From Mars. The various Dan Dare craft from the Eagle comic. A whole series of large scale alien figure kits from various SF movies and TV shows.
Thanks for the feedback.The Airfix 'Nautilus' is a mystery and as you say at that time they were in a bit of a nose dive, so it is hard to imagine what the kit might have been like. I recall the 'Star Cruiser' and that weird UFO /Space Station things were pretty underwhelming. But the Angel Interceptor was great.
@@Matteline The Airfix Angel Interceptor was from 1968, rather than the early 1980s. It was very rare to see these more 'oddball' kits in New Zealand, and I can only recall seeing it once in the 1970s, and grabbed it. A great pity they did not do more Gerry Anderson kits.
@@pauladams286 Yes, i was trying to say that the skill did exist at one point at Airfix to do a decent representation of a fictional craft.. so could do so again. Albeit over a decade later. The Angel Interceptor is still available - with new much improved decals. More stencils and gold on the Spectrum roundel (where it was previously yellow). Nice.
i would have loved to be able to get the Firefox and Nostromo in kitform from Airfix
I love all these. With the "Nostromo", isn't the thing you modelled technically the lander part and not the entire spaceship?
The Nostromo is a separate spaceship, it is described as a towing vehicle and tows 'the Refinery'. the larger ship that is left in space. I believe all of the action takes place within the Nostromo. It is not very clear though when watching the film, although it does not matter really.
@@Matteline Oh, I see! I remember the big thing, but hadn't really grasped the distinction. I was mainly concerned with the alien monster. And the cat. I love cats ;-)
@@zh84 Agreed. it is really not made clear in the film, I think I only 'know' through reading up on the film and reading interviews with Martin Bower etc.
This Nautilus is interesting... but I think I'd rather have the "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" version. Also - Kudos for the Triffid idea, it was one of my favorite horror movies as a youngster and would have fit right in with the Movie Monster series Aurora was running at the time (I had all of those.). Finally, love the nod to Roy Cross!
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I admire what they did in 'League of Extraordinary Gentleman'. I like that the subamrine looked different from the Disney Nautilus. I liked how it looked regal and expensive, like fine China and elegant silverware, or these great French chateaus. A very different vibe. I have a bit of an issue with the size of it. It looked to be about the size of the spaceships in Star Trek...and not something that could have been constructed in that period. I am all in favour of fantasy, but I need a bit more of a hand hold on credibility. But that's just taste. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
@@Matteline I really loved the car, too; it looked like filigreed porcelain. I'm thinking you might also like the British Air Carrier from Sky Captain - a really retro/noir movie with lots of cool vehicles.
@@DarthBludgeon I did like #Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'. I even saw it in the cinema. It was based on a 10 minutes short which i think featured giant robots in New York. Yeh, I liked the big aircraft carrier things - and Angelina Jolie in uniform was a bonus - and the planes that could fly underwater. I have one for you, the 1936 'Things To Come'.Futuristic tanks, planes and more. I'd say it has a cool retro look, but at the time it was cutting edge!
You mentioned the full size of the Nautilus as being 212 feet. I was curious as to the source of this figure. The studio drawings show an overall length of 178 feet, although that was a scaled down size that dictated the construction of all the live-action exterior sets. (The use of reduced scale live-action exteriors is common practice in Hollywood.) The width of the interior salon set would require an overall length of around 200 feet, and in fact this was the advertised length stated in the studio's preview booklets and press releases. The lengths of the interior sets and their arrangement in the movie really complicate the calculation, however. So the 212' value is new to me.
Thanks for the feedback. It is a length I have always had in mind since initally seeing the film and reading up on it. I think it was stated in either John Brosnan's 'book 'Future Tense' (1978) or 'Movie Magic' (1974). But I would have to check. if there are actual Disney documents that state dimesnions, that is almsot certainly more relaible. I think the Verne novel states 200 feet as the length but that is not relevant really. It sounds like 178 ft is the actual length of the full size 'Disney/ Goff ' Nautilus.
What about the darlek spaceship from the film " invasion earth" that featured Peter Cushing and Bernard Cribbins
I love that ship too. Check out the first video here.
ruclips.net/video/NX5B1TUUOA0/видео.html
Plenty of and other videos on the channel - I am sure you will see other stuff you like. And if you do please 'like', 'subscibe' and 'share'.
Sort of related : Mad Magazine's parody of the day was titled 'The Poop-side Down Adventure'.
Are these painting done with oil, acrylic, or are they completely computer generated?
They are painted in Photoshop, using a stylus on tablet. So, all made on a computer. Computer assisted. 'No paint was harmed in the making of these images'.
..I should add that I have gotten some really good results when making Prints.
I think a 1/35 perfect grade SPV by Bandai or Tamiya would be a cool model, done like the gundam kits so all the casing can come off and show the innards like in the old anual books.
Wow! Now that would be something :)
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Alien nastrome was made as plastic injected made by a British componey brings top doller out of productson I saw in a hobby shop few years ago
Thanks for watching... yeh. Have you seen pictures of the first version of the Nostromo miniature. It was a sort of rusty yellow and looked very much like Chris Foss spaceship.artwork of the time. I think there are garage / limited run kits of a number of these ships nowadays.
1/76 for that martian spaceship would put it with OO model railway scale, 4mm=1foot, not HO since HO is 1/87 scale, 3.5mm=1foot for "Half O" that being half of 1/43 scale, a.k.a. "7mm scale", which makes 1.25 inch gauge O gauge track more close to the 4ft 8.5in of standard gauge railway track. Using 1/48 for O scale models makes the 1.25in gauge model track 5ft gauge in scale.
Thanks for the feedback. I have read that HO was basically a branding thing from Hornby to make their stuff seem extra special - the H referring to Hornby. But that HO was in fact the same as OO. Maybe HO and OO rolling stock and locomotives can run on the same track?
@@Matteline Actually HO and OO are intended from the start to use 16mm gauge track. Way back when HO scale started to become a thing it was seen to be necessary to enlarge the models of the actually physically smaller British trains in order to have room for the electric motors of the time inside the model locomotives. Correct track gauge for OO scale, 1/76 scale, is 18.83mm. In being the originator of railways Britain, UK, got cursed/blessed with some of the tightest clearances, 'loading gauge', for standard gauge trains. As of the end of 20th century trains here in the US were typically about 1 foot wider and 3 feet taller than trains in UK. So that's why OO scale models running on HO gauge track.
And there's a whole nother thing, terminology, scale and gauge are different measurements but usually get thrown around interchangeably. Gauge is distance between the rails, period. Scale is the proportional size of the models, period. But ... when talking models of standard gauge trains scale/gauge get used interchangeably. Now, let's say you want to model a 15 inch gauge estate or park railway in 1/22.5 scale to go with your LGB large scale garden railway trains - Eureka! HO gauge track works perfectly for that!
@@scottfw7169 Thanks for the information. Great stuff.
There was also an arcade game based on Firefox.
Is that the game that you sat in and it played some.ips.from.the movie? Also the 'genesis tape' from Star Trek II as a background?
@@awol1703 I remember that there was a scene from the movie at the beginning of the game that shows Eastwood stealing the plane.
"it's all fake" is a bit confusing of a statement (to me, at least). Can you clarify what the intent here was?
Kit ideas: The Thing saucer from Carpenter's version of WHO GOES THERE.
Previously I mentioned the Stardust ship from SATELLITE IN THE SKY, and the Mars ship from CONQUEST OF SPACE.
'It's all fake' maning that they the Mig 31 depicted in the film is not a real aeroplane it is mock-up used for scenes of it on th ground (the hanger and teh iceflwo) and is a miniature of one sort or anotehr when in the air. The context is that often movies will use exisiting planes, for example 'Top Gun' (1986) used real US Northrup F5 fighters painted black and called them Mig 28s. I am pointing out that F'irefox' went all in and designed and created a totally unique aircraft. An ambitious and commendable endeavour with a satisfying result overall... even if some of the aerial shote are not wholly convincing. I hope this calrifies the statement.
@@Matteline Thanks. I thought maybe you were referring to the visual effects (my line of business for the last 45-ish years), which I recall as being pretty good overall. One of my best friends worked on the film---i visited him at Apogee during the making---so I think I'll ask him for more background, as I've forgotten a lot of the stories/what went on during production....the ol' "it's been a while" memory -fade" thing.
@@Matteline And thanks for the great artwork. I didn't realize until the very end that YOU did the artwork! Cool. ;-)
HOW ABOUT the strange horseshoe-shaped alien ship from PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES? The Centarian (sp?) alien ship from QUEEN OF BLOOD (from footage that originated in the Soviet SF-Fantasy MECHTE NAVSTRECHU (1963)?
iirc the Captain of the The Poseidon was Leslie Nielsen.
Yes. And the Captain in 'Forbidden Planet' of course.
your real time video runs for about 16mins however a black screen continues for 1hr 3 mins. just thought you should know bud...
Thanks for pointing that out! Yeh, I had spotted and fixed that first thing this morning, and RUclips is slowly updating the correct 16 minute video.
Brill vid m8
Thank You :)
Amazing as usual.