Vintage Build: Dune Ornithopter (Part 1)

In the Vintage Builds series, I fire up my time machine to create short videos showing you how I built some of my favourite models years before I started this channel. Today, it’s part one of my Dune Ornithopter build.

The 1984 film adaptation of “Dune” is widely perceived to be a failure. Say what you want about the movie, but I think its incredible production design is as jaw-dropping today as it was 35 years ago. Revell produced a series of models licensed from the film, including the this truly unique flying machine, the Ornithopter. I’m going to show you how over a two-year period between 2017 and 2019 I built the Ornithopter with a fully detailed and lighted interior, and mounted it on a custom diorama base with figures.

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This video was edited with Hitfilm Express, an amazing, easy-to-use, and most of all FREE video editing software package available from https://www.fxhome.com. No more Windows Movie Maker for me!

Credits:

"Dune" (1984), Universal Studios / DeLaurentis Entertainment Group
“Destination Dune” (1983), Universal Studios / DeLaurentis Entertainment Group

Music:
“The Awakening”, Patrick Patrikios, YouTube music library
“Aspire”, All Good Folks, Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/a..., License code: FHJVJAX6DPYJKEYO