Moebius Models 1:1 Hal 9000-2001: A Space Odyssey

It was quite expensive but I’ve waited some time for it to come back into stock. Really easy to put together. I painted everything before assembly, the mat black part first and then masked it to do the surround.

組み立ては簡単ですが、塗装にかなりのスキルが必要です。枠のシルバー部分と前面パネルの黒い部分が一体なので、マスキングで綺麗に塗り分けないといけません。ここは別パーツにしてもらいたかったです。すごく目立つ部分だし、直線を綺麗にぬり分けるのって私のスキルだとほぼ無理っぽいです。それと、裏面カバーがないので後ろからみると寂しくなりますね。これで6000円を超える値段ですから、HAL9000の希少性を理解してる方じゃないと手が出しにくいと思います。

Modèle très réaliste, facile à assembler, résultat très réussi.Être observé par l'œil rouge de HAL est presque angoissant !

蓋を開けると海外キットらしい大味さにガッカリするひともいるかも。しかしクリアーパーツの透明度は高く、各パーツの合いも良好です。本体が大きいので少々塗りにくいですが完成すると見違えるほど存在感があります。黒パネルのマスキングは直線なのでさほど難しくはないと思うのですが…。スピーカー部分の開口は映画見ながらがんばってやりました。裏の桁が一部干渉するのでニッパーで除去しました。開口自体はプラが柔らかく簡単です。デカールも上質で透けはなく、レンズ周りの白いインレタが映えます。後ろ側はがら空きなので気になる人はスチレンボードでフタをすればいいでしょう。後ろにBluetoothスピーカーを置いてYouTubeでHAL9000の音声を流せば最高です。

I liked that this kit seems to be painstakingly accurate, and full scale as well. As near as I can tell, it is the spitting image of the original movie prop.The kit only has a few pieces:- Frame- Speaker grill (it has no holes, I needed to drill them out because I was mounting a speaker behind the grill)- Lens frame- Lens ring- Inner clear lens- Outer clear lens- Electronics assembly (battery holder, switch, and red LED)- Small decal sheetThe main chore with assembly is to take care to buy the right colors of spray paint as recommended in the excellent assembly manual, and to take your time with the painting in order to get a high quality finish. Others who have built this kit have recommended regular clear "Mod Podge" craft glue, to assemble the few parts and especially to mount the two lenses in the lens ring....regular plastic model glue can fog the clear plastic.I was impressed that the included red LED light actually looks just the the 'eye' of HAL9000 in the movie, 2001 A Space Odyssey. I did have to modify the kit slightly; the simple electronics assembly as provided with the kit has obviously been designed to have the 9V battery (not included) mounted on the back side of the speak grill. But I chose to add an inexpensive sound module, whose speaker went behind the speaker grill, and there was nowhere else to put the battery that did not conflict with the rear of the lens assembly, at least not with the short length of wire in the electronics assembly. So, I extended the battery wires so that the battery could be mounted (with double sided foam tape, included) higher up on the back side of the model, above the lens area.BTW, the sound module came from Amazon:EZSound Module - Push Button Activated - Easy to Record - 120 Seconds Recording - High Sound QualityIt was a simple matter to find some sound clips of the HAL9000 online, record them, and then load them into the sound module, so the completed kit now looks and sounds just like HAL. The photo I included in this review, of the rear side of the model, shows the sound module and my battery modification.Expect to spend another $20 in spray paint to do this kit right. It will look awful if you do a poor paint job.

I would give this model a better rating were it not for the fact that there used to be a model that came with an anodized aluminum, laser-etched decal for the nameplate. This just comes with a simple sticker, and while the inclusion of the text for the original Nikon lens is a nice touch, the font doesn't match and it's printed on a light blue background with no guides, so not only would it be painstaking to figure out exactly where to cut this text to have it flush around the ring, it wouldn't be screen accurate at all. I was considering buying a lens that closely replicates the original (Oshiro 8mm f/3.5 LD UNC AL Fisheye for anyone interested) but the quality of this model doesn't make it worth it. That being said, the inclusion of a small inner dome to go inside the larger exterior dome is a good idea and makes it look a little better, but it'll never look right without a proper lens. I don't regret buying this, but it's not ideal and I'm not sure it's worth the asking price.