Some pictures I found..

The USS Palomino discovers a black hole with a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, just outside its event horizon. The brave crew sets out to solve the mystery of the Cygnus but must beware the black hole, an abyss from which no one can escape...
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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by gremlin » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:34 pm

Red Eye wrote:There's also model kit of the Cygnus made by MCP in 1979:

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But it's quite rare and pricey these days...
i have that model and vincent and maxamilion...sadly the boxs isnt in great condition :sad:



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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by gremlin » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:37 pm

lostmuppet wrote:Yeah I've got one of those, but it's not a very acurate kit I'm afraid. Especially with a whole section missing.
:huh: whats section is missing??? i didnt know a section was missing but i am not to savie with the ship...

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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by lostmuppet » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:00 pm

Yes a whole forward section is missing from the model. Often modellers would have to buy two models to make this more accurate or fabricate a whole section. There where several reasons for this section missing a) Disney refused accurate plans to be released to the model company b) keeping the costs down on production c) keeping the length down. Unfortunaty several models 'scratch built' have used the mpc model as a template only to realise after completion that a section is missing. Plus the model kit was inaccurate on many more things... probably on reflection this was udoubtably the worst kit they ever produced
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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by lostmuppet » Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:10 pm

Here's another image I found (not my work) and this shows the added accurate forward section inplace.
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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by Red Eye » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:28 am

gremlin wrote:
Red Eye wrote:There's also model kit of the Cygnus made by MCP in 1979:

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But it's quite rare and pricey these days...
i have that model and vincent and maxamilion...sadly the boxs isnt in great condition :sad:
Great! Hope we'll see a build diary of them soon... :wink:

I also has the Maximillian model, by the way.
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Post by Red Eye » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:30 am

lostmuppet wrote:Here's another image I found (not my work) and this shows the added accurate forward section inplace.
Awesome! Hope the Cygnus won't be changed too much in the remake...
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Post by Cylon-Knight » Sat Nov 19, 2011 1:46 pm

^ oh you know they will mess it all up! :(
Just look what they did to the Jupiter 2 (Lost in Space)
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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by lostmuppet » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:50 pm

Totally agree with you on that one..it'll probably be all CGI and look terrible.

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Post by GoldCylon » Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:16 pm

One up on eBay right now. Break out the fat wallet.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-CYGNUS-MOVI ... 500wt_1325

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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by Scorpitat » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:37 am

I have that kit in my model stash. It was one of my "grail" kits I always wanted and I finally found one. Even though partially started, it's in the collection. Might get round to it some day, though I plan on opening up the latticework windows and detailing it out.

It will be awhile though. I am currently building my 1/6 scale NuGalactica Cylon Centurion, and then come the 1/350 TOS Enterprise kit.

A remake of Black Hole sounds intriguing, if it could be made with a more serious plot line, and believable effects, to replace the running thru vacuum of space scenes in the original movie. I'd go see a newer version, for sure.

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Re: Some pictures I found..

Post by Red Eye » Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:23 pm

If you looking for reference, THIS would be the place since I've started to work on our very own "Black Hole" Gallery now...
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