A 4-panel grid showing the model mover arriving (top left); the condition of the model mover upon arrival (top right); a sketch of what the model mover looked like originally (bottom left); the rewiring and replumbing process of the main mast (bottom right).

A Visitor from the Past – the Hartland 3-Axis Model Mover

/ Accessories, Restoration

Some 40+ years ago, I had the privilege of being one of the engineers and cameramen at the Universal Studios Hartland visual effects facility. One of the many things I designed and built there was a 3-axis motion control model mover. My friend Peter Anderson rescued part of one of these model movers and kept […]

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