Rob's Bendix Talos Model

Woodsy,

Here is my build of the Atlantis Models’ Bendix Talos, originally a Revell kit from 1959.

The Talos was a supersonic surface-to-air missile primarily used by the U.S. Navy, designed to carry high explosives and/or nuclear warheads.

The Talos could reach speeds of up to Mach 4, and was operational from 1958 to 1979.

Another “straight out of the box” project, as I might have built it as a teen!

Rob C

USA

For it's a Jolly Good Faller

 I recently picked up these two plastic biuldings in a scrap store.

They were dearer than I'd like - £15 the two - but really quite lovely.

There's a smaller Alpenblick mountain restaurant and a large block of flats with shops at the bottom. The tiny detailing ist wunderbar! 

Both are plastic and have wiring, which I assume is for lighting. 

I tried to illuminate them myself with fairy lights but to no great success.

Do you think these are Faller biuldings for train lay outs?

Rob's Atlantis Revell X-17 Research Missile

 Woodsy,

Here is my latest blast from the past, the Atlantis Models reissue of the X-17  test missile, originally produced by Revell in the late 1950s.

The actual X-17 was manufactured by Lockheed, designed to provide information on long-range ballistic missile re-entry issues. A three stage solid propellant hypersonic missile, the X-17 was introduced in 1954 and reached speeds of over 10,000 mph.

In 1958, several X-17s were used for Project Argus, which tested nuclear weapons detonated at high altitudes.

A very cool model from the “Cold War”!

Rob C

USA

Oz Base Film Update: HP Sources

Hey Moonbasers! 

How are you faring with the Brave New World of AI?

I hate generative art with a passion, because the systems have been trained with everything on the web, including artworks -regardless of copyright.

I searched "Have you been Scraped?" and sure enough, some of my work is already included.

I've decided I will not use Generative AI imagery in my puppet film, but it is almost impossible to use any system, without some form of AI lurking in the workings,

So I'm making background models and I looked at the new systems that create a 3 Dimensional model from a single photo.

I wanted BG models of the Houses of Parliament and King Charles' Gate - could the new systems come up with a basic shape I could work on in the real world?

It turns out the answer is yes. But as with all things AI, the spectre of "Hallucinations" are ever present.

I bet you never knew that Parliament had two Big Bens, or that they had rows of trumpeting angels on the roof!

Here are some screen grabs of the 3D meshes I'm working with, Good enough for background work, but still not a reliable substitute for reality!

Looey

Oz Base

Ollie's Models

Hello Woodsy,

Recently you had on the blog the Indian Chief Figure Kit, I mentioned Ollie's as it's source.

Here is a link so you can see what Ollie's has to offer.

Terranova47

USA

Hobby Model Kits

Hobby Model Kits Hobby Model KitsJust a few examples of what you may find: Native American Big Chief USS Bainbridge Cobra II Thom...

Rob 's Atlantis H-25 Army Mule

Woodsy,

Here is my stab at the Atlantis H-25 Piasecki "Army Mule," a multi-purpose helicopter used by many branches of the U.S. military. A kit originally released by a tiny outfit called "Helicopters For Industry" way back in 1952!

Rob C

USA

Atlantis 2026 Kit Range

Hi,

Atlantis is an American kit company that specialises in re-issuing vintage kits (mainly from the 1950s and 1960s), by the likes of Aurora, Monogram, Revell, Lindberg, and Pyro. Some of these kits have not been seen in decades, so these re-issues give us the chance to build many classic kits that we might have missed out on before.

There are aircraft, ships, cars, military vehicles, full-size replica guns, and figures. There are also spacecraft, and several missile kits.

There is a useful table showing what the prefix letters to Atlantis kits mean. These indicate the original maker of the kit – A – Aurora; D – Dencomm; H – Revell Hobby kit; L – Lindberg; M – Monogram; P – Pyro; R – Renwal; no letter – Atlantis original model.

The 2026 releases start out with several car kits, then we get to the interesting items.

Lindberg once did a line of small scale harbour craft: a couple of tugs, a fire boat, and a fishing boat. These are ideally sized for N Gauge model railways.

Several ex-Revell aircraft – among them the Lockheed WV-2 Warning Star radar plane and Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne attack helicopter, which were announced last year.

The ex-Aurora 1/8th scale Gold Knight of Nice on horseback – the horse is the classic Black Fury kit.

Ex-Revell Helios Nuclear Powered Lunar Landing Craft, from 1959.

Life-size Human Skull, listed as an ex-Lindberg kit.

A couple of ex-Revell Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth kits; and several ex-Monogram Tom Daniel custom cars.

The last page is very interesting indeed – under the Dencomm Products name is a whole page of ex-Aurora kits. Firstly, eight kits from the famous – or infamous – Monster Scenes series, which are listed as 55th Anniversary Limited Editions.

Dr. Deadly; Frankenstein; Gruesome Goodies; Pain Parlor; The Victim; The Pendulum; Hanging Cage; and Vampirella.

Then the three human figures from the Aurora Prehistoric Scenes series. Again these are described as 55th Anniversary Limited Editions.

Neanderthal Man; Cro-Magnon Man; and Cro-Magnon Woman. These have not been seen since the 1970s.

https://atlantis-models.com/what-s-new-for-2026/

Paul Adams from New Zealand

Rob's WIAD Lagerhalle

Woodsy,

Here is another nostalgia trip for me, the WIAD B1060 Lagerhalle (Warehouse), a German HO scale model building kit I first built in 1970 - 55 years ago!

A quite basic kit, first issued circa 1965, and designed primarily for adding “color” to a train layout, I built the first one in the original plastic colors it was molded in, as shown on the box, but decided to gussy up my 2nd attempt as best I could. The fun part was getting all those bulkhead pieces to align properly around the concrete foundation. I don’t think I even bothered to do this this first time around!

No train layout to show them off, but I still love these German railroad structure kits. I even decided to put the WIAD* logo on the front, as this was my favorite brand of plastic RR models back in the day.

Rob C

USA

* WIAD stands for Willy Adler, the founder of the company!