ATOMIC CITY

Atomic City Moving

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:06:20 GMT

Everyone knows the financial problems I've been having over the last year-- the income barely meeting the expenditures. I've been cutting back everywhere I can, but it has become quite evident the only way I can make a substantial difference is to bite the bullet and move the operation back into my garage. Doing so is going to save a total of about $700 per month.

We'll be finished with the move before the end of this month (May). Operationally, we'll only be out of...

WANTED - Pro Builder to Build My Moonliner or Moonliner for Sale

feeds@yuku.com (Monorailboy) — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:07:41 GMT

Hi Gang,

I am looking for a Pro Model Builder to build my Moonliner kit or find one completed for sale. If you are interested in building my kit, please contact me at my email address rulaner@starstream.net and provide cost. I am also interested in buying a Moonliner already assembled. Thank You.

WTB: Moonliner Kit and Base

feeds@yuku.com (Monorailboy) — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:59 GMT

Hi Gang,

Well I have been trying to get one of these models for over a year now with no avail. If anyone has the kit or at least the base they would like to sell, please let me know.

Thank you,

Rob

ORDERING THE CM KIT

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:15:51 GMT

PLEASE NOTE: At this time development of this kit is not finished, so it is not available to order. The expected release date is June 2008. Please follow the development of this kit in the other topics contained in this forum and in the General Update forum.

Once the kit is ready for release, photos of the finished model will be added to this topic.

The Command Module Kit contains all the features below:

14.5 inch Command Module
Complete Pod Bay
3 Pods...

Doug Trumbull does 2001: May21

feeds@yuku.com (AmodelMan) — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:36:01 GMT

Tix just went on sale! $5 each!
http://www.oscars.org/events/index.html
If anyone is coming to the area, I have an extra mattress, couch and floor space if needed.

(All highlighting by me...)
The Academy's celebration of the 40th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey continues with a special "behind the scenes" evening hosted by Douglas Trumbull and Tom Hanks. "2001 in 2008: A...

WT*%#! 800.00 ????

feeds@yuku.com (Fluke) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:50:56 GMT

Hi gang. Yes an Aurora MOON BUS not cheap and its kinda rare...etc etc yadda yadda.....but 800.00!!?? Wouldn't the guy have a better chance with no starting amount and maybe a minimum? I can see maybe 300.00 but I got mine several years ago...

1/144 Aries

feeds@yuku.com (merkavaIV) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:45:41 GMT

If this is old news, my apologies. If not, then this kit may get you ready for the 15" Aries.

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1205

New Email Address

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:28:59 GMT

It seems AOL has been unreliable lately. I know I have sent emails out that were never received and I know there are emails coming in I have not received. I am not going to get rid of my AOL account just yet, but I am going to start using a new email address in my general correspondence. I will check AOL every day for new email, but from now on I'll be using AtomicCity@gmail.com. I've had this account for quite a while, but because of the AOL archive, it just made sense to keep all...

EVA Pod Update - April 2008

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:45:27 GMT

I know this isn't much (for now!), but it really will become something--

These are epoxy and fiberglass castings that have been cured in the molds so that absolutely no distortion has occurred. The edges need to be trimmed and these then get cut into the parts that will finally become the production masters. These castings are too thin as they are, so thickness will be added. None of this will take very...

GI Joe size 2001 Spacesuits

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:20:09 GMT

Over the past few months, I have been acting as an advisor to an established company; providing information on the details of the 2001 spacesuit. I have been asked to poll those who visit my site with regard to this project. Their intention is to make a better product than Twinch Squad and actually deliver the product! They are still waiting on bids from manufacturers, mainly to determine if all the details will be injection-molded plastic or metal. They are talking with Dullea and Lockwood...

70mm @ Sam Goldwyn theater

feeds@yuku.com (AmodelMan) — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:01:49 GMT

For those in the greater L.A. area on April 25th, 730 pm

Trumbull and Dullea on hand for discussion. $5 tix!!! Just bought mine a minute ago.

http://www.oscars.org/events/2001aspaceodyssey/index.html

Notes on the Crossbars for the Small Dishes

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:39:23 GMT

Notes on the Different Modules Used in this Kit

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:26:03 GMT

The only part of putting this kit together that is not straightforward has to do with the detail plates and the faces of the various modules they get applied to. I'd like to begin with an explanation of what you may, or may not, have in your kit.

The module groups that make up the spine of the Discovery are made of only 5 different designs, plus the module that the Antenna Array sits on. All the designs...

Must be at about the 5 year mark?

feeds@yuku.com (SpacemanSpiff) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:20:19 GMT

Scott,

I see that there is July 2003 mold making entries... which suggests that the actual pattern work started some time before that.

Is it possible that it has already been five years since Aries was begun?

Could you share with us your feelings about the five year anniversary of the project?

Did you think it was going to be this hard? Are there things you would have done another way?

SMS

Sir Arthur C Clarke RIP

feeds@yuku.com (UKWookie) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:37:39 GMT

I've just seen on the news that Sir Arthur Clarke has died at the age of 90.

Without his vision, Atomic City would be a very different place - if it existed at all.

Goodbye, Arthur - we'll miss you!

Tony

Little D - March Update

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:47:55 GMT

Something interesting has happened in the Pod Bay...

In my efforts to get the interior lighting figured out, I made some assumptions that led me to go with a technique similar to lighting a scene for a movie. The assumption was due to a failed attempt to use the lighting panels in the ceiling as the source of Pod Bay illumination. So, I was left to hide the lights in places that could not be seen through a...

Paint Mask Template and Stripe Placement Info

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:03:40 GMT

Download and print this paint mask to use as a guide for painting the red on the nose of the Moonliner. This is only a guide and will have to be adjusted to your particular model. Because of casting and mold shrinkage over the life of a set of molds, no two models will have the exact same measurements. They are off by only a miniscule proportion, but enough to make coming up with a template that fits all castings impossible.

HAL 9000 Faceplate

feeds@yuku.com (mikejackson) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:03:33 GMT

Hi, I'm Mike Jackson, the guy who many moons ago created one of the first HAL screensavers, though Joe Mackenzie's HAL Project version I have to say has surpassed mine in functionality and workmanship.

What I'm posting for is though I have long had "HAL" all over my monitors in my various...

The Dead Poole Figure

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:38:35 GMT

Yeah, that's a bad play on words-- so shoot me.

This figure is a repose of the Discovery Astronaut and still needs some serious work to fix/restore/resulpt before I can put it into rubber. It looks great here, though! And just so you all know, we're going to go back to casting the helmet in halves. Getting the inside part of the mold out of the casting is really difficult and results in helmets being...

15" Aries

feeds@yuku.com (CaptCBoard) — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:23:27 GMT

This is a partial casting of the lower hull, only what was needed to check some problems with the baseplate castings. The baseplate is made of 4 identical castings and it is what the engines and landing gear are anchored to. There is a problem with how the engines mount and clearance of a perforated flange that goes around each engine. With the engines located on the existing centers, the flange either contacts...