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PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think you are right John, there is a lot of symmetry on it, I can just barely see the back side in the reference I have. I may see If I can contact someone who was in the film, I do have "Montones" contact info, I wonder if he would have some shots or memorabilia?
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Any one here happen to have a decent image of the rear of the shuttle? I am referring to the side opposite of the one that has the downward looking radar dish. Any help would be appreciated!


Look at page 2 / first post in this thread...

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holy cow Fred, I did not even notice that picture before at the top of the page .. Is that the original shuttle or the restored version?... that is perfect!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Original shuttle
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's the original model that was later restored by Martin Bower !



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PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is a great picture. I am running it through a photoshop program (the gimp) and comparing it to some grabs off of the film. I am just making sure the proportion is not squished or anything. The cross section is critical here...
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SKIN JOB 66 wrote:
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FenGiddel86, glad to see you liked the comparison.. Would really want to see a scale comparison sketch of the 2 ships side to side one of these days !

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Fred


Good grief! you guys are killing me! If I ever finish my Nostromo I guess I know what my next sketchup model will be!

Another awesome ship.

Does anyone know what the "official" dimensions were for this ship?

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SKIN JOB 66 wrote:
FenGiddel86 wrote:

I always imagined that the thing descended to the cargo off-load area seen in the film where the bays we see on the shuttle's flanks would be laterally unloaded/loaded. With a ship this big, cranes and forklifts would take an eternity.


It makes sense what you say here !

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My theory is that the shuttle could "unload itself" like a Skycrane, see what I mean ? Since the shuttle was designed like an actual Skycrane helicopter (a huge cargo area under a craft supplied with heavy engine(s) and four "cardinal landing gears"), it would be logical for it to have a similar way to upload / unload itself...

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BTW, I took the photos of the Skycrane here : http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle3/ch-54a_68-18437/


Loved the SkyCrane, and this Shuttle. Looking at the photos though I doubt it could separate. The Crane and Outland's shuttle have inspired several models of my own including these...



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love it to bits Cool ...'specialy the last design.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto !!!

Brilliant work, Steve !!!

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

More photos of the shuttle, taken from various publications and featuring Pearson & Bowen at work !

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 7:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bower Fred, Bower Wink TFS btw...always nice to see the old pics.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just found these via this site: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/286589/top_75_spaceships_in_movies_and_tv.html#indexmain



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My God, it's full of stars Shocked TFS with us Clutch: nice find!!
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice find ? You mean AWESOME find !!!

Shocked

Many thanks Jerry for sharing these over-detailed pics !!! (I think I saw an AT-AT foot part on one of the radar dishes...)

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2017 8:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The guys at www.fantastic-plastic.com are currently working on a model kit of the Con-AM 27 shuttle that promises to be awesome !

For those interested you can contact them via email or their Facebook and ask to be put on their interest list... (price should be around 150$)







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TFS with us Fred It's looking good...albeit a little small for my taste Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 9:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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TFS with us Fred It's looking good...albeit a little small for my taste Wink
You know me: Bigatures are my thing


I definitely understand your point JB but from what I saw the scale of this one will be very close to the Halcyon Nostromo released years ago... Could be interesting to put them side to side for comparison once built !
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Since my last post the kit was finally released... the bad news is that a friend of mine, who's a very talented and experienced model maker, told me to stay away from it, as he's already had some bad experiences with MMI (Millennium Models International) in the past. The recurring problems with these kits are, from what he told me, the bad castings full of bubbles and the fact that many pieces don't fit well when you start to assemble them...

Anyhow I love the original Box Art by Brad Fraunfe so I'll put it here :




Not bad, hu ?

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TFS with us Fred...Yeah, MMI are known to have "hold-on-to-your-socks" models that you'll have to mod to death so as for the pieces to fit properly Confused
Oh, well, for the experienced model-maker Wink
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