Bill Pearson

[Photon]

Sad news. I just read that legendary model maker Bill Pearson has passed away. Bill worked on ‘Alien’, ‘Flash Gordon’, ‘Outland’, 'Lost In Space', 'Battlefield Earth', 'Thunderbirds The Movie', 'Alien Vs Predator', 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy', 'Casino Royale', 'Moon', 'Gravity', 'Prometheus', and many Sci-Fi TV shows like Dr.Who, Tenko, Blake's 7, Horizon, Squadron, Shackleton, Red Dwarf Series' 4, 8 9, 10 & 11, and Gerry Anderson's Space Precinct.

 

Here's an interview with Bill about working on Alien and Flash Gordon:

 

 

Edited March 27, 2020 by Photon

[Pete in Lincs]

He, and others like him inspired me to have a go at scratchbuilding space ships and led me down the kreiger route once I'd eventually discovered it.

Just as he was starting out, I joined the RAF and worked on real flying machines, so our paths diverged. 

But I've always loved that sort of stuff and thoroughly enjoy building it. If only someone was paying me to do it!

[Kushan_Farsight]

RIP. A really talented chap who brought to life many a science fiction universe. 

http://www.bookofthedead.ws/bill_pearson/ -  This has links and downloads for a LOT of his work. very good to find such a collection of works. 

[Kushan_Farsight]

I would really suggest you watch this if you got a couple of hours free, ive had it on this afternoon and found it quite riveting -

 

https://my.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/cityvision/watch/billpearson

 

so many little bits of info about projects he worked on that id never known about! (like making the Nostromo Engine room out of 240 Airfix Space Shuttle Kits!)