Landing at Elysium Planitia

[Jeddahbill 971]

Greetings!

 

Inspired by the designs of Werner von Braun and the artwork of Chesley Bonestell, a vision of landing at Elysium Planitia from old Lindberg and Revell parts . . . .

Many thanks for having a look, questions and comments always welcome.

Cheers,

Bill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pete in Lincs 10,150]

Very 'Fifties' indeed. Of course it looks like they could be in Utah, maybe the map was upside down? Love it.

[rockpopandchips 4,060]

Retro cool. Nice! 

[chrisbob12 26]

Very evocative! Love the long shadows.

[Kushan_Farsight 290]

Great little scene, like the fine details like skid marks in the martian dust and the raised panel lines really work in this case! A*! 

[Carts 2,089]

As Pete said,really excellent Fifties vibe with this,Excellent.

[Jeddahbill 971]

Many thanks everyone!   The old Lindberg space kits from the 1950's are a great start for this kind of project.  This was a nice change for me and came together quickly with a minimum of scratch building.

 

Bill

 

[TheBaron 24,264]

Love that scene Bill. I've an old 1950 copy of The Conquest of Space and this is like part of it come to life!

Have you seen this book btw? A really good artistic biography and copiously illustrated with lots of his work I'd never seen anywhere else:

[Jeddahbill 971]

Yes - I have the very same book!  The illustrations are superb, I never can get enough of the space art from Bonestell.

 

Bill