Visual Effects Model Making - Airport '79, The Concord
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Ken Larson preformed some nice work on this less than classic motion picture. 1979. Kenneth began working on this feature while completing the feature Buck Rogers. The day after he finished this film, he began working on the series Buck Rogers. Ken simultaineously worked on Battlestar Galactica. This is one of many projects for which Visual Effects were supplied by Universal Hartland. |
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| The star was the Concord. Mike Joyce built most of this, but Ken Larson did make small parts, particularly the probs and fins. Pete ordered one thing, that these small parts be unbreakable and they were. |
 Ken Larson didn't build this model of the Drone Launcher, but it could be said that it was his first Set Design job. Unfortunately, Ken doesn't have a copy of the drafting. |
 The Model hop built 7 light weight Drones for launching. |
 Target F-4 under construction. |
 Target F-4. Ken Larson was given the mold and two armatures and finished the two F-4 models except for some paint. |
 F-4 Terrorist fighter. |
 F-4 Terrorist fighter on stage. |
| A lot of the footage was the real Concord. Universal Hartland mostly did the shots that the real aircraft couldn't do. The same aero-photographer showed up late to photograph the F-15s and shot beautiful sunset shots that were supposed to be late morning. So all or most of the F-15 footage was Hartland models. |
