Commercial Towing Vessel Nostromo - A L I E N

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Albertese

Well-Known Member

• Apr 24, 2014

• #21

Great looking model. The only thing that would disappoint me if I were in your position, is that for that kinda money, I would expect the dishes to not just be obviously nabbed from a couple of Millennium Falcon kits.

Elsewise, that's a thing of beauty, for sure!

--Alex

 

Last edited: Apr 25, 2014

clyde

Active Member

• Apr 24, 2014

• #22

Hi Albertese,

This and other models like this are made up of hundreds of parts from many different kits, including the Millennium Falcon.

I think Andyrowlands62 put it best - "Very nice rendering of the refinery" meaning the builders interpretation of the refinery.

Here is a link to what I believe is from the actual studio prop:

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn348/deraenged/bits5sm.jpg


Albertese, when standing in front of this model, I understand the price tag. I don't think photo's can convey the experience.

 

GlazyUK

Active Member

• Apr 24, 2014

• #23

People just take it for granted that Nostromo was towing this thing, but it's MASSIVE, I would assume there are corridors and control rooms and all sorts of stuff in there, I know it's refining millions of tons of ore, but how did the ore even get on board, even if it's doing it automatically, you'd assume someone would have to over see what was going on in case it screwed up !!??!!

 

Mike J.

Master Member

• Apr 24, 2014

• #24

Fun trivia: the Alien novel says it's an oil refinery. One might presume it's carrying fuel for the Nostromo to do it's towing as well.

 

JeffBond

Well-Known Member

• Apr 25, 2014

• #25

There's something a little too regular about the detail for me...seems like a lot of little domes all exactly the same size while my mind's eye seems to want more variation there. I did a kit bash of this years ago that was about 14-15 inches across. I'd love to do it again some day, maybe just a little bigger.

 

Clutch

Master Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Apr 27, 2014

• #26

Off topic, but if Nostromo is a towing vehicle, how does it generate thrust with the refinery behind it like that?

 

vectorzero

Sr Member

RPF PREMIUM MEMBER

• Apr 27, 2014

• #27

I always thought the thrust from Nostoromo was vectored through the refinery. In the undocking sequence, you can see that the Nostromo main engines line up with ducts on the refinery. These images are from the grail of behind the scenes history of Alien "Alien Makers"

 

clyde

Active Member

• Jul 15, 2014

• #28

Detail beneath refinery.

 

joberg

Legendary Member

• Jul 15, 2014

• #29

Looking very cool

 

CB2001

Master Member

• Jul 15, 2014

• #30

Albertese said:

Great looking model. The only thing that would disappoint me if I were in your position, is that for that kinda money, I would expect the dishes to not just be obviously nabbed from a couple of Millennium Falcon kits.

Elsewise, that's a thing of beauty, for sure!

--Alex

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I thought that the original model miniature that was used for filming included parts from SW kits because they were all too common in parts bins in hobby shops at the time. If that's the case, wouldn't some of the parts be obvious while others not so much?