Space 1999 - Moon Patrol
 

In the late seventies "SPACE 1999" influenced me as much as "Star Trek" - Okay not very realistic to travel with the moon to other solar-systems without hyper-drives, but I loved the idea: 300 totally normal people - allmost scientists - have to improvise after a huge disaster to survive. The Eagle-Transporter is still one of my fav Space-Ship Design.

This scene shows two eagles on a space-patrol into unknown interstellar space...

Hope you like it.

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Those are some nice moon textures. Everything else looks good also but that really stands out to me.

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I agree evil_genius. That moon really stands out nicely. Well done.

You wouldn't need a hyperdrive to travel to the moon though. It's only about 300 000 km's away from Earth. :)

I also loved Space 1999 when I was ... <ahem> ... a bit younger. I found a few really good Eagle models a few years ago. Been meaning to dust 'em off and play around a bit. You just gave me some incentive. ;)

UA

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Please read my post again and you will find out, that I wrote: ...travel with the moon and not travel to the moon... ( the typical 5-posts-error - reading and posting too quick... ;) )

Serious: I´m not only a SF-Fan since 29 years - I´m an astronomy-freak to so I really Know that there is no need for a Hyperdrive for travelling to the moon. I´ve also seen the first man on the moon live :D

BTW please don´t think that other people are too stupid to know basics like this... ;)

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Some how I missed this post .. for that I am delighted .. I get to see it now :)

Loved Space 1999 or the first season anyway .. second never impressed me much

love the Eagle and the sets of the show..

awesome image.

Regarding the comment from UrbanArmitage .. its an innocent comment and I don't believe he was implying stupidity

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Actually, he's got 6 posts. :lol:

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According to Diebold Voting Machines he has 2.4 million posts. :D

I watched this show as a kid too and I also thought the Eagle ships were really cool looking. I think for me the thing that made them cool is that I could easily imagine them being built by a NASA or ESA because they had a look that was believable in an era of post Apollo rockets and pre-space shuttle.

Nice image and yep, that moon is way cool.

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I have the model of the Eagle myself somewhere .. I would like to have a cockpit in it for that added dimension

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...3...2...1... :bash: ( I guess that´s your fav kind of humor - my too :D )

THX - Yes it was, only the Laserguns wasn´t realistic but what is SF without it...

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I liked the laser guns from S1999 .. even had them as toys way back then ,, :)
I would have liked it to have only one laser emitter rather than 4 ..

the comlink was great .. really workable

here is a great link for those who have never seen the show .. this shows the tech area
http://www.space1999.net/~catacombs/...matnindex.html

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When I was a kid I had a squirt-gun version of the lasergun from the show.
I can't recall much about it other than it was like brass-knuckles in shape and shot something like 6 to 9 streams of water at the same time.

I remember it was kind of cool.
But then again, I did eat a lot of paint chips as a child.
(Well, not really but I need some sort of excuse for my current behavior! :) )

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The one I had fired small discs made of a soft plastic..
there was a walkie-talkie type comm unit but nothing like the show ..this was a disappointment for me . so I made my own ..

no eating paint-chips involved :)

only McDonalds chips .. possible causing the same behaviour that your referring too :)

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I never even heard of this show until last year sometime on another forum. If it was ever on in the U.S., I was asleep or something.

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It was a excellent show .. think of 2001 a space odyssey and you will be in the right area .

the second season was taken over by producer FRED FREIBERGER ..sound familiar... I think much of the second season sucked .. the first season was
far more respectable production wise .. if you over look the vast distances
the Moon was Travelling

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Ok so I misread your post. I didn't realise that doing so would 'incite the lynch-mob' around these parts. Why exactly would the fact that I only have 7 posts here have anything to do with misreading your post? Are those that have say 100 posts less likely to misread a post? How about those with 500 posts?

Where exactly did I say that you're too stupid to know basics like this?

I made a light-hearted comment on something that I misread. You may also have missed the fact that the first line of my post was giving positive feedback.

With posts like yours I'd be surprised if they didn't contribute to the count of 5-posters on this forum that just end up becoming dormant accounts.

I'm also not just a sci-fi fan of some 30 years, as I have been an amateur astronomer for quite some time too. If my post had been malicious or ignorant perhaps I would have 'rubbed your nose in it' when I misread your post instead of making light of it. I certainly feel like you tried to 'rub my nose in it'!

BTW please don't think that because I only have 7 posts on this forum that i'm a newbie when it comes to forums, sci-fi or anything else for that matter.

UA

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Wow..wow..wow... Time-out, please...

I guess that was a bad start for us both - so please let me say: mostly nothing of what you´ve insinuate to me is right. If something in my post sounds pretty negative to you, I´m sorry about that - no reason to call the "lynch-mob" to the arms... ;)

I was totally surprised ( and also a little bit shocked ) about this reaction ´cause it was really not my intention to being disrespectful.

Also I´ve used this little man ( ;) ) in my post and the word "serious" for that part of my post that only was 100% meant serious - for not missunderstanding this post.

Unfortunately sending and receiving the same message leads sometimes to very difficult results - so again: "Sorry that my post sounds negative to you !!"

The comment about the "5-Posts-Error" was likewise meant a little winking ;) - and it was certainly not my intention to "rub your nose in something..."

And - yes - I´ve noticed the most important part of your first post: The positive feedback - and at this point I want to say: "Thanks for it !!" ( I´ve forgotten it in the post before - sorry for that bad manners )

I think it´s a good idea to forget the last posts of us both and I´m also ready to shake the hands with you.

P.S. BTW where exactly did I say, that you´re a newbie... ( Ok.. ok.. just a joke about sending and receiving... ;) )

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Ok, ok, so after re-reading my post it seems I might have been a little bit touchy too. For that I apologise. :)

I should know by now that what we think isn't always what comes across in forum posts like this.

Thanks for taking the time to clear up what your post was referring to and the spirit in which you made it. Consider it water under the bridge and I offer you my hand in friendship too. :)

BTW: You can't really call me a newbie now anyway. I have 9 posts now! LOL ;)

UA

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yes once past five posts you cannot be called a newbie .. what about newt ??

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ROFL! Newt this ..... ;) j/k

UA

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:) .. HA HA

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man I loved that show. I was aspaceship nut and the eagle was one of the few that I *wasn't* able to make out of my lego at the time... Dammit!

so I got the plastic airfix scale model instead and made that! I've still got it too - stashed away at the parents place in a box in the attic somewhere... :P

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I had the Aiffix model too :) ... ended up destroyed by the deadliest enemy of toys .. Younger Brothers :cry::cry:

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That reminds me of my 2 very nice, very highly treasured BSG kits I got when I was about 12. In my case it was friends that thought they really shouldn't be kept in a display cabinet once I had built them because they were much more fun to play with. They didn't last very long. :(

UA

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That reminds me of one of my best friends. He´ve had a nice rescue-eagle model, accurately paintet with red stripes at the sides and so on. - In his case his little sister was the one who wrecked it. I was there in that moment and have seen my friend jumping 1.20 meters high the first ( and the last ) time.
Ok - not enough for a new world-record, but hey: with 13 years and without inrun... wow... :bounce:
Fortunately I´ve only an older sister and no younger siblings... :D ( and for my sisters luck I was always a fellow brother :halo: )

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Great pic !

Is the eagle model available for download (free or not) somewhere on the web ?

Cheers

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There is a few Eagles around .. try this
http://www.btinternet.com/~tobor/meshes.htm

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I try right now ! thanks :)

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Hope it work out ..

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hope so... I need inspiration now :)

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Need some myself .. :) but I have a 2 week break in Spain .. So I will look for it there :)