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INTRODUCTION
2
CONSTRUCTION, Antennas, Sphere
3
Interrogations, Moulding, Casting
4
COLD SWEAT, Spine parts
5
Supports, Modules, Castings
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Vacuumforming, Photoetching
7
Engine block, Short delay
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Crew, Sphere, Pod
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ASSEMBLING, Helping hand, Bay
10
Cockpit, Electrical syst, Base, DECORATION, ASSEMBLING
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CONCLUSION, SOURCES, MATERIALS

IN CONCLUSION
5,57 feet in length including the base, 977 working hours in 2 and half years (939 days exactly), without counting dozens of hours spent to study the documents, to take dimensions on the photographs and to translate them into blueprints.

These long months of construction, even if they were not part of pleasure, have enabled me to improve some techniques already used on a small scale before, and to test some news not simple for the beginners. Many parts were missed with the first test, then improved progressively to reach the final result.

Honestly, I think that if I had known what awaited me I would never have launch this project...

Denis Troussard, the 21 of March 2001

SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS
The movie!
2001: filming the future, Piers Bizony, Aurum Press Limited, 1994
The french version: 2001, le futur selon Kubrick, Cahiers du Cinéma, 2000
The making of Kubrick's 2001, Jerome Agel, New American Library, 1970
Kubrick, Michel Ciment, Calmann-Levy, reissue of 1987
Science-fiction, Forrest J. Ackerman, Evergreen, 1998
Cinefex # 20, 1985
Ecran # 60, 1977
Starlog photo guidebook : Fantastic worlds, 1978
Mad Movies # 33, 1984
Mad Movies # 34, 1985
L'Ecran Fantastique # 52 et 55, 1985
Starfix # 25 et 26, 1985
Maquettes Modèles Actualité # 38, 1996
Sci-Fi & Fantasy # 49, 2000
Some movie photographs
A lot of websites, with a particular distinction for the following pages:
www.starshipmodeler.com/2001/2001ref.htm
www.palantir.net/2001
www.vfxhq.com/spotlight98/9804c.html

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES (in France)
Forex, 4 mm thickness (Sintra in USA)
MDF, 16 mm thickness, in the do-it-yourself shops
Plasticine, in the graphic art shops
Styrene (plastic models supports)
Cardboard, various thickness
Styrene sheets, 0,5, 0,75 and 1 mm thickness, in the model shops
Fimo paste, in the graphic art shops (Super Sculpey in USA)
Cellulose acetate
Self-adhesive aluminum, in the do-it-yourself shops
PVC and plastic tubes, various diameter, in the do-it-yourself shops
Brass sheet, 0,2 mm thickness, in the french distributor Weber Métaux
Boxwood jack, in the supermarkets
Cyanocrylat glue, 5 g can of the french Carrefour make, cheapest and better than Superglue
Uhu fibro contact glue, in the do-it-yourself shops
Double-sized tape, in the supermarkets
Finishing cellulose putty of the Solocar product range, in the frenh do-it-yourself shop Castorama, very fine and sanding after 5 mn!
Black wood plank, 22 mm thickness, in the do-it-yourself shops
Carbon fibre tubes, 4, 6 and 8 mm diameter, in the kite department of the sport shops
Plastic tubes, 10 mm diameter, in the do-it-yourself shops
Metal tubes, 10, 12 and 14 mm diameter, in the do-it-yourself shops
Plumbing t-squares, in the do-it-yourself shops
Silicon, 1 kg can, either RTV 573 in the french graphic art shop Rougier & Plé, or Sicovoss NL-1 from Soloplast in the do-it-yourself shops
Polyurethan odourless resin G20, 1 kg can, in the french graphic art shop Rougier & Plé
Special paper and Black-Out spray to reinforce the contrast, in the french electronics shop Selectronic
Photosensitive varnish KF, in the french electronics shop Conrad
Developer KF, in the french electronics shop Conrad
Perchloride, in the french electronics shop Conrad
Miniature neon, power supply and choke, in the french electronics shop Conrad
Spray paint Altona or Herpé, in the supermarkets
Humbrol paint, in the model shops

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