Lost in Space Robot (Movie) |
By Allison Cottreau
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This is the AMT/Ertl release of the robot from the Lost in Space Movie, built straight from the box. You don't see to many finished examples of this kit around the web, which is kind of a shame because it's not a bad kit. It's a fairly substantial size (mine measures approximately 10" tall and nearly 8" across in it's "standing" position), it's well molded with a good fit and ample detail. It's odd that AMT included as much detail as they did, since in some spots you'll never see those details ever again once you've completed the kit. Under the main body is the biggest example of this. The sub-frame is covered in all sorts of little gears and mechanical looking odds and ends, but once you glue the outer shell on you can only see a fraction of it. Assembly was pretty straight forward with only a few snags, the main one being the lower arm assemblies. The arms themselves had to be assembled inside the lower shoulder sockets. |
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This made things a bit tricky since the shoulders were already painted and I didn't want to damage the paint job while working on the arms, and masking around the sockets would be challenging. After that dilema the next tricky part was gluing the lower arm assemblies to the main lower body, once I had one end where I wanted it, another end would pop up slightly. But a little coaxing and putty took care of that. I painted the kit with Tamiya Acrylic for the most part. The main blue was a mixture of blue and flat black, about 3 to 1 if I remember right. This produced the semi-gloss deep blue I was looking for. I also experimented with testors non-buff steel metalizer paint for some of the exposed metal surfaces, but was not quite blown away by the results. For the upper arms I used Bare Metal Foil since in the movie they are a hard chrome. I followed the kit instructions for the rest of the paint scheme finding no major inconsistencies. Overall this was an enjoyable project and I was very pleased with the results. The only blemishes on the finished model were caused by my own mistakes and in-experience. It's a pretty accurate representation of the subject to with of course some room for improvement for people who want to super detail it. Bottom Line: I'd recomend it to anyone interested in it. More Pictures: Image: Rear view. Image: Head-on view. Image: Side view. |
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