SS Betty (Alien Resurrection)
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IEDBOUNTYHUNTER
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Ive seen it. Hes got the first prototype mixed with the final version.
IEDBOUNTYHUNTER
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The SS betty will be for sale as soon as its finished
Glad to see you back on this Al
But you can't sell it until we've gotten the Betty and my Prometheus side by side remember
Gag
But you can't sell it until we've gotten the Betty and my Prometheus side by side remember
Gag
3d-builder
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That would be sweet .....what up gag?
IEDBOUNTYHUNTER
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We will definetly try to make that happen
'JMaster"
Ello guv-na, whats been going on my friend, long time?
How cool would that be,
Gentlemen, we have a goal
Wonderfest 2016
Thoughts?
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Hopson
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This is very cool I worked on this film as a model maker. I may have some photos that might help you. I will look through what I have. I did not do much on the Betty Though it sat right next to my desk when it was being built. I did work on a special close up model of the ship for the docking scene also woked on the dock.. I was on set with it for the first part of the miniature shoot as well. We put the miniature cockpit in the model on set. The orignal plan had been to do all those shots as green screen, but when it got to set they changed their mind and had us do a practical miniature that could be seen through the windows.I will see what iIcan find that might not be on line but now days everyting is on line.
IEDBOUNTYHUNTER
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Cool. Yeah post what ever you can. Would love to see if theres anything i havent seen
Hopson
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All my portifiilo pages have been at the office for weeks waiting to be scaned . So this is a good time to do that. Your model progressed in much the same way as the real model did, except for the motors and gears for the engines. I need to do some casting this morning before it gets too hot so I will try and get the photos up this afternoon.
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Hopson
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Ok got our the old protifilo pages and copyed what I had. I seem to be missing a page becuse there was a crew photo with the Betty and the docking bay,and one or two beauty shots of the Betty in the docking bay. I will need to look around the house I did pare down my portfolio becuse it was getting a litlle over full. I will look this weekend and see if I can find that page. So not all of this is the Betty there is the close up Betty some docking bay photos the close up tower of the Arigia and the 1/6 scale jail cells and lab.
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Hopson
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The landing bay was a big model but it was tall and not hard to get around. The 1/6 scale lab and Alien cells was huge, the size of room. It took up a huge amout of space in the shop. You got so used to going through it or around it to get to tools and supplies. The day they moved it to set every time I crossed into the space it had been sittting it it felt like I was falling
The model shoot for this film was crazy the DP had this idea that because space was black he needed to to use black bounce cards to light the models. It was insanely hot on set and we had huge lights on set to get enough light to see the models becuse of the balck bounce cards the models were literally smoking and melting. Bounce cards and drapes were catching on fire becuse it was so hot. Tempers were on a hair tirger, and fights between crew membrs and temper tantrams of all kinds were common. I was kind of glad that I was not on the shoot for the whole job.
The model shoot for this film was crazy the DP had this idea that because space was black he needed to to use black bounce cards to light the models. It was insanely hot on set and we had huge lights on set to get enough light to see the models becuse of the balck bounce cards the models were literally smoking and melting. Bounce cards and drapes were catching on fire becuse it was so hot. Tempers were on a hair tirger, and fights between crew membrs and temper tantrams of all kinds were common. I was kind of glad that I was not on the shoot for the whole job.
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Hopson
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A few more pictures a few from my friend Scott and one from my friend Rick. I am still freinds with a lot of guys who workded on this film. When I posted some of these on Face Book they said they they would share some of the photos they have so we will see what turns up. 
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Hopson
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In the photo above with the two guys woking on the Betty not sure who the older guys is, but the younger man is Dale Tanguay he was a mechanical engineer on this film. One of the guys in the fabrication dept. named Randy nick named Dale "Kooky". Every time Dale came out into the main shop Randy would do this call Koooo Keeee! The whole shop would take it up. Dale hated it. Which of course made it funnier. Shops can be like school yards. You either roll with it or you are doomed.
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Jeff
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Jeff
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