- How
to Cast Small Metal and Rubber Parts Book - You'll discover
which metal is better for certain jobs and why, how to choose
molding sands, how to design and produce molds, and how to
repair castings. Plus information is included on core making,
casting problems and their causes, finishing castings and
correcting defects ... even chapters on grinding, polishing,
and buffing. Plus the completely updated and revised information
on casting rubber parts will bring up up-to-date on all the
recent developments in polyurethane rubber.
- Spaceship
Handbook - Spaceship Handbook's subject is the historical
development of the Spaceship during the 20th Century. Arranged
in three Sections, "The Theoreticians," "The
Entertainers," and "The
Real Stuff," it presents an amazing collection
of 75 designs and their stories - from Tsiolkovsky and
Oberth's engineering papers, through the golden age of movie
science fiction, up to the present day's Lockheed "VentureStar"
and Rotary Rocket "Roton."
- Cult
TV Mans Ultimate Guide to Modeling Science Fiction Models
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CultTVman's Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Science Fiction
Movies features 152 pages of material covering all your classic
science fiction subjects: Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds,
2001, A Space Odyssey
and more! Among the model building information and techniques
are painting your ships; diorama creation; metallic paint
finishes; lighting; resin building; casting parts; resin figure
building; styrene kit construction; creative model displays;
aftermarket parts. Articles about the Discovery and Enterprise
studio models.
- Voyage
to the Bottom of the Sea - Voyage chronicled the adventures
of the world's first privately owned nuclear submarine, the
SSRN Seaview. Designed by Admiral Harriman Nelson, she was
a tool of oceanographic research for the Nelson Institute
of Marine Research. Though the show is known for its few "monster"
episodes, many plots were veiled commentaries of what was
happening in the news. Such plotlines as nuclear doomsday,
pollution of natural resources, foreign threat, and theft
of American technology are all still relevant today.
- Irwin
Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History
of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, The Time
Tunnel and Land of the Giants - Before establishing himself
as the "master of disaster" with the 1970s film
hits The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno, Irwin
Allen created four of television's most exciting and enduring
science-fiction series: Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost
in Space, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. Filmed within
yards of each other on the busy and successful studio lots
of 20th Century' Fox, these 1960s series were full of Allen's
favorite tricks and techniques. Sometimes adapted from earlier
sources, sometimes devised by Allen and his award-winning
special effects teams, those characteristic Allen touches
have influenced other productions from the original Star Trek
to shows of the present day. Every science-fiction show owes
something to Allen, and yet none has equaled his series for
pace, excitement, or originality. This book documents and
examines in detail the premise and origin of each of the four
shows and offers an objective evaluation of every episode.
In this close-up look at these television landmarks, the author
proves that when Irwin Allen's television episodes were good,
they were great and when they were bad, they were still terrific
fun.
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