As for cockpit access, the new Space: 1999 Tech Manual released last year from the official Gerry Anderson store does confirm there's hatches on the top. There's also a detailed cockpit illustration that can probably be considered canon now. Gerry's son runs the store and has been commissioning a whole bunch of new content.

I really like the design of this ship - such a smart show for its time.

Space 1999 freaked me out as a kid, so realistic and believable to an imaginative kid.

Space 1999 had the best sci-fi ship design! I love it

So cool that guy got to work with Brian Johnson. I always loved Brian's work. Lot's of respect for him and his work. I call him The Master.

You're freaking me out leaving that open bottle of glue sitting there next to all your parts. I'm just dreading the inevitable. I'm hoping to get the Eagle and maybe also the Hawk kits soon, once I've fnished a few more old kits from my stash. Nice to see how you're doing this one.

Nice building so far. Thanks for sharing.

Great solution as to what to put behind the windows.Thanks for pointing out the Apollo luner module parts used on the hull for detailing the ship.I always liked that the Eagle and the Hawk used those real life four outlet small maneuvering thrusters in the design as to me it added a degree of reality to the designs in the series. As always a real enjoyable video.

Like always: a master at work! Love your builds Lou… never,never been des appointed! Take care!

Coupla things, I always tune in for your incredible skill as I watch and learn. The 'other' thing, well...I remember when "Space: 1999" first came out, and how disappointed I was then, even as a wee teenager at the time. 1975, geeze...barely finishing High School (OK, dating my era). "Mission: Impossible" was being re-done since Martin Landau and Barbara Bain chose this other vehicle. Well....OK. Maybe there are fans? I tried, really I tried. The major Pilot Episode premise? Blew it, though....Guess I should edit my thoughts about the "premise"? As I recall, the Earth's Moon is suddenly knocked out of orbit...no reason. AND of course, NO concern is paid to the devastation that such an event would have on Earth. (3RD edit, sorry). The orbital mechanics of the Earth/Moon relationship are well known. We are basically a "two-body" system. To "suddenly" remove a mass as great as our Moon from this dynamic? Well...devastation.

A nice, bite-size chunk. As for the interior-- surely there is a pair of astronauts lying around. A couple of lengths of sprue on the back wall and hey, presto-- Anderson-worthy interior. A picture of any of the interiors would work too. With a little smoke window finish and no lighting. Heck, crumpled tin foil in humanoid form would work. Looking forward to next week!

i like the eagles but i love the hawks . i only wish we could have seen more of in the series .

I love the Hawk and have one released by Sixteen12 Collectables along with some of their Eagles. There's 3 different paintjob variants. The original model built by Martin Bower was painted just like an Eagle with window black accents. But the studio worried viewers might mix up the ships so added the orange accents and painted the black window areas white. A lot of people like the orange but didn't like the white so we've seen a lot of fan built models painted that third way. To be honest, the black accents make sense. They are there to cut down glare for the pilot!

Oh yeah, he's very clean, y'know....

Can't wait to get the 1/48 Hawk. Also there are metal engine bells coming out for this kit. If I add a cockpit I'll probably base it on the eagle.

In response to your “do it right” statement I once worked for a guy as a subcontractor. this guy would install furnaces without the right fuel kit for them so invariably they would fail in a month or so and then I and my partner would have to come in and fix his mess. we would always say “we do it nice because we do it twice.”

I would paint the the window yellow on the inside. Just to show a light on in there.

In some of the photos of the studio models, it looks as if the windows are somewhat diffused with an amber tint. That is what I plan to do with mine - either sand or spray a flat coat on the backside of the clear windows, followed by a layer of clear smoke, then a layer of clear amber (75/25 mix of Tamiya Clear Yellow and Clear Orange). Haven't decided yet if I am going to put a dim light source behind.

The biggest problem with the instructions is that the cockpit assembly ignores painting. The paint needs to be applied around the portals before building the main body.

Not a fan of this ship, but thank you for sharing. I just hope you release some Aztek Dummy stencils for the 1/350 Grissom. Happy Modeling

IIRC there is only one light - a single white one under the beak for the 'laser' In addition to the ubiquitous lunar module I can see several Apollo Saturn V parts and the missile launchers on the wings look they are from a Harrier Jump Jet.

welll we allllll kmow so fare so good keeeep on post will tune in

I wonder how those windows would come out using tamiya smoke...

Nice hair cut!

Thankyou for a smashing video Lou, you mentioned the 5 minute epoxy Im in the process of making a 3d model of the Eagle and then printing it in sections and as you mentioned the ability of easily removing overspill it would seem that this one is for me, could you please let me have the details of the item you used. Regards

Lou, is that a fairly new bottle of Tenax 7R? I love that stuff but can't find it anywhere...

Point of order Mr. Speaker - you used the season 2 theme music in your intro but IIRC the Hawk only appeared in the season 1 episode "War Games" 😁 Kit looks really nice but it seems bizarre that with such big clear windows that there is no interior detail whatsoever. Not entirely sure what your vinyl solution gains over painting the styrene matt Black or even just painting the inside of the windows. Brian J also worked on 2001 and Alien. Looking forward to next week - at this rate and without lighting you will have this finished by then 👍🙂

My kit had black decals for the windows.

The " skids " on the wings are actually lasers. According to illustrations, the landing gear come from under the cockpit and out of the side boosters It's supposed to be 1/48 scale but if it't's in scale with the Eagle then it's probably more like 1/50 or 1/55, like the Moonbus.

Is anyone going to light this model? Also, are there metal engine bells as an aftermarket?

Once you finish the big Hawk you will be in the position of creating forced perspective photographs!

I actually got away with using Gorilla Glue brand CA to glue my windows. No fogging whatsoever.

Here before 200 views.

Is that Gigantor in the background?

You need a break, bro. You complain too much. Look back at your vids. You are more and more dissatisfied with every kit. Started with Dragon Saturn V. Hobby turned job...