Comments on: USS Jupp – Deep Space – Deep Background

By: Robert Minnes

Robert Minnes — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:34:39 +0000

…And here you can find a professional modeller’s interpretation of the Jupp were it ever meant to be a hero-model (Model built by Stephen L)…

http://msfm.seryan.com/stephen_l/ussneptune.htm

By: Mark Delgado

Mark Delgado — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:39:01 +0000

Thanks to the new categories feature, I was able to find this entry relatively easily. Cool!

So, Adam Buckner…did you ever get the time to take some pics of the Centaur and the Reliant tug kitbashes?

Thanks,

By: Boris

Boris — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:38:50 +0000

It’s funny that “Buckner” _was_ listed as a possible candidate back then, but nobody made the connection:

http://flare.solareclipse.net/ultimatebb.php/topic/6/1640/19.html#000280

By: Adam Buckner

Adam Buckner — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:25:43 +0000

Mark,

Yes, I built both the Buckner and the Jupp, as well as a third Reliant/Miranda Cargo Variant.

And yes, the “Centaur” does say USS Buckner.

http://www.privateerpictures.com/archive/cache/Centaur-Name-Detail.jpg

I dug the model out of my garage. The photo was taken from my phone, so it’s not the best in the world. I’ll find my Nikon DSLR in a week or two and take some better pics. I also need to do some repair, as this (and the other two models) were damaged in shipping to a convention many years back.

Now I *MUST* stop procrastinating and get my project finished… so I won’t post any more pics until I’m done, which will be after next week.

- Adam

By: Mark Delgado

Mark Delgado — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:36:10 +0000

Adam,

Thanks a lot for the inside information about the Frankenstein fleet. You helped solve a mystery…no one could ever figure out what the name on the “Centaur” model said. We came up with all kinds of guesses, from “Trieste” to “Suckats” (whatever that meant )

So did you build both the Jupp and the Centaur/Buckner?

By: dougdrexler

dougdrexler — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:15:55 +0000

Adam! Great-great info! You are making some days!

By: dougdrexler

dougdrexler — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:10:14 +0000

Thanks Barnstormer. I recognize the passion I see in everyone here. It makes it fulfilling to share my stuff.

By: Adam Buckner

Adam Buckner — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:06:49 +0000

The Paint and Tape were for work under UV lights (read “glow in the dark when struck with strong UV radiation). We used UV for the matte process and some of the window and engine passes. By mixing the paint and selecting the appropriate tape color, the material would glow in a chosen color range, allowing the separation of windows, engines and mattes to different layers by selecting the desired color during transfer from 35mm film to digital, or in the compositing process.

By: dougdrexler

dougdrexler — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:04:08 +0000

Hey Will, you’re welcome! Well heck! I’m an uber-geeky starship nerd myself!

By: Thorsten Wieking

Thorsten Wieking — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:36:22 +0000

Hi Adam,

thanks for your insights. So this ship got neon lights fittet? They must have been pretty small.

UV paints and tape – was that the “glow in the dark” type or the self-reflecting one (I once heard about that being used on a modell to illuminate some windows)

Thanks

Cheers
Thorsten