Behind the Scenes – Examples from the Professionals

UFO (1970)

I can`t believe they are standing on that Dio but it is amazingly detailed and huge , it`s great looking at these , thanks for sharing with us Dal .

Hope you don't mind but on a much smaller scale here was my attempt at filmmaking a couple of years back with my Action Man and GI Joe size German ME109 Here are a couple of behind the scene shot's and I can tell you it was very nervous work especially when the fishing line snapped above my head and I just caught the plane in time







Cheers Ian

Brilliant Plane , looks like you had loads of fun . Hope you get round to showing us more of your plane and crew , is it an R.C one ?

cool shots

Nice BF-109.

That's a very cool picture from the 70's UFO Dal  .It looks like they are having a in-depth conversation on what's going down when the camera rolls.Thanks for sharing with us all 

A Waaaaaaw Ian what a beautiful piece the plane is to have in a collection. It looks just the ticket Ian   not really cool But Super Cool my friend 
Thanks for sharing your pictures with us all , what a treat 

Chip wrote:

Brilliant Plane , looks like you had loads of fun . Hope you get round to showing us more of your plane and crew , is it an R.C one ?

Thank you Chip we had a great time with the plane and yes it was originally R.C. but no longer had an engine, I found it in a Junk shop with no undercarriage or prop so I rebuilt these and actually put Action Man Jeep wheels as it's landing gear I also made the propeller nose from a wooden bannister acorn ornament I actually got my German ground crew to help me rebuild it all here are the two finished videos I made if you would like to see them Cheers Ian

https://youtu.be/U-PKKC9rzhY

https://youtu.be/8EmC4kU9wEE

JohnnyE4 wrote:

cool shots

Thanks Johnny I actually took hundreds of shots to complete my short films on these all taken from different angles to try to get the perfect shots

Kimono Troop Command wrote:

Nice BF-109.

Cheers

Scottish.Actionman. wrote:

That's a very cool picture from the 70's UFO Dal  .It looks like they are having a in-depth conversation on what's going down when the camera rolls.Thanks for sharing with us all 

A Waaaaaaw Ian what a beautiful piece the plane is to have in a collection. It looks just the ticket Ian   not really cool But Super Cool my friend 
Thanks for sharing your pictures with us all , what a treat 

Thank you Allan sadly I had to let the plane go not long after I finished the videos I made due to the size and storage nightmare, and yes it was very Super Cool but I did pass it onto another collector

Great patch up , and enjoyable videos .

Chip wrote:

Great patch up , and enjoyable videos .

Thank you Chip it seems like an age ago when I made them but really enjoyed it at the time Cheers Ian

That plane is awesome…

Rustygun wrote:

That plane is awesome…

Thanks RG yes it certainly was, I really enjoyed having it for a time

Okay, so not a great model, but a clever technique. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Stanley Kubrick created the “floating pen” by having the crew glue it to a large sheet of glass, which was then rotated around to give the impression of free-floating.



Behind the scenes on the 1966 Thunderbirds episode Attack of the Alligators!



Bond anyone?

I want a job like those guys in that 1970 UFO pic! They spend their day making dioramas and models and playing with super-cool toys, but because they're wearing neckties and dress shirts and nice shoes it's considered "work."

So if I dress more nicely while I'm playing with dolls and toys and figures, will I be taken more seriously?

Or will I just get glue on my necktie?

getting payes to play Hell Yeah!!

that almost a scene from Wrath of the Titans well almost

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)



THE FIFTH ELEMENT (1997)

What the professionals use -- an in-depth article on the supplies and tools used to construct architectural models:

https://www.archisoup.com/architectural-model-making-equipment

Superman II. (1980).

Those automobile models are impressively realistic, especially the cargo flatbed vehicle.

Must be chilly in the warehouse where they build these sets. Those guys are bundled up! The chap on the floor running the camera must have a chilly job!