Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2026 1:46 am
Cool subject Dave... er... Carlos...
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Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2026 7:16 am
LOL...
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 2:20 pm
Let me know if you need any reference, Carlos!
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2026 8:29 pm
Thanks Bruce. I have some but could always use more
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 1:32 pm
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 2:01 pm
Thanks Bruce! You don’t happen to have photos of the backpack unit worn on the Discovery? It is different than the ones worn on the moon.
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:12 pm
I don’t have any photos of the backpack but I could check the high rez stills because that was definitely featured.
I wanted to add this bit of information because most of my suit research on 2001 centers on the Moonbus. The differences between the Clavius Base/Lunar suits and the Discovery One suits are attributed to different missions and environments. Silver and blue moon suits with different O2 and interface modules were designed to be used by moonbase personnel and adapted to lunar conditions while Discovery’s suits were adapted from these designs to function in space.
I wanted to add this bit of information because most of my suit research on 2001 centers on the Moonbus. The differences between the Clavius Base/Lunar suits and the Discovery One suits are attributed to different missions and environments. Silver and blue moon suits with different O2 and interface modules were designed to be used by moonbase personnel and adapted to lunar conditions while Discovery’s suits were adapted from these designs to function in space.
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2026 8:46 pm
Today I finally started painting my figure. First it was primers… gray on most of the figure and white on the helmet area
Then a few hours later I painted the space suit using Vallejo silver…
Looks like I’ll need to do some touch up work in it, although to the Mk.1 eyeball, those strokes and thin areas are not visible. Funny how merciless that digital photography can be… I had to think back a bit, but I haven’t painted a figure larger than 1/32 scale since I was a kid painting Aurora movie monster figures with Testors square bottles about 50 some odd years ago…
Then a few hours later I painted the space suit using Vallejo silver…
Looks like I’ll need to do some touch up work in it, although to the Mk.1 eyeball, those strokes and thin areas are not visible. Funny how merciless that digital photography can be… I had to think back a bit, but I haven’t painted a figure larger than 1/32 scale since I was a kid painting Aurora movie monster figures with Testors square bottles about 50 some odd years ago…
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2026 9:30 pm
Looking good, Carlos! 
Heh… Aurora Movie Monster kits. Fond memories of them. My brother in law did do most reissued monster kits during the winter months after deer hunting season is done for the year. He also done a few vintage Super Hero kits too.
Heh… Aurora Movie Monster kits. Fond memories of them. My brother in law did do most reissued monster kits during the winter months after deer hunting season is done for the year. He also done a few vintage Super Hero kits too.
Re: 2001 Astronaut
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2026 5:14 am
This is very neat...I am enjoying watching this one Carlos!