It's a good job that I ordered a fresh bottle of Alclad white primer - this kit of the Eagle Transporter is going to take a lot of paint.This is the base of the passenger pod. The rocket engine bells and feet look great with the kitbashed parts … Continue Reading ››

The Eagle Transporter is progressing well with most major sub-assemblies complete, so I decided to paint up some of the details pieces.These parts go on the command module beak section and I sprayed them with Tamiya gunmetal followed by Alclad polished aluminium. Although I don't think the … Continue Reading ››

Continuing with the assembly of the Eagle Transporter, I glued the two halves of the command module "beak" together and then sprayed Alclad grey primer to help me see where to sand.The two halves matched well, but there was still a line along the join that needed … Continue Reading ››

The front cockpit "beak" of the Eagle Transporter has some nice detailing on the back wall, which will never really be seen when the kit is complete.However, the design of the beak is such that the back wall could be made detachable. I decided to put a … Continue Reading ››

When I was growing up in the 70s in England, Space 1999 was one of my favourite TV shows. I had the Dinky Toys Eagle toy (actually I think I had both the transporter, and the one with the nuclear fuel waste disposal section) and loved it. There have been many kits made over the … Continue Reading ››