CarlR Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 This was a father's day gift and was a fun build because "Polar Lights has spent no expense to make this the most accurate studio-scale model created by mortal man." I added arms and hands to the pilot and a few buttons and levers to the cockpit. Unexpected bonus - turns out the rocket propulsion engines (or possibly electrode guns) which mount on top of the saucer are also anti-matter discharge cannons if mounted UNDERNEATH... the wonders of mid-50's alien technology. 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Brilliant. And so accurate, you'd think they'd measured the real thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Great! - one can clearly see where Spaceman Spiff got his inspiration from! Cheers Hans J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 Someone else who reads Calvin and Hobbes👍 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 ack ack, ack ack ( little green men ) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 I seem to remember it landing next to the A1 around Huntingdon and selling hamburgers? Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Humans beware! Your superior technology is no match for our puny weapons! 👽🛸👾 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Beautiful tribute to an awful, albeit cult, classic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Fabulous! And for those who haven't yet see the worst movie of all time! Come on, you know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 11:50 AM, Bertie Psmith said: I seem to remember it landing next to the A1 around Huntingdon and selling hamburgers? Nice work! I know the place well, you local? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 minute ago, rockpopandchips said: I know the place well, you local? Not any more but I used to take the kids there when they were kids. Is it still open, I wonder? I also used to wonder if it was built by/for Americans to serve the nearby USAF base at Alconbury. It looked so 1950 USA. I've just had a read of the Cambridge papers and see that it was built in 1990 so it was new when I knew it. It was called Megatron and in '93 became a McD but I'd left the area by then. And it was popular with the Americans. Closed down in 2000. @CarlR, if you want me to delete the photo, just let me know. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlR Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Bertie - no need to delete anything... it is an interesting side note to the post. 'Sides, if I'm going to watch Plan 9 and then build a model of the saucer featured in it - well you correctly infer that I don't modelling too seriously. It was interesting to read that the Megatron was built so (relatively) recently. Very likely to have happened in the 50's but I'd have thought the idea would have been scrapped before the ink was even dry on the initial sketches in the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, CarlR said: Bertie - no need to delete anything... it is an interesting side note to the post. 'Sides, if I'm going to watch Plan 9 and then build a model of the saucer featured in it - well you correctly infer that I don't modelling too seriously. It was interesting to read that the Megatron was built so (relatively) recently. Very likely to have happened in the 50's but I'd have thought the idea would have been scrapped before the ink was even dry on the initial sketches in the 90's. I didn't think you'd mind the digression, cool. When I used the diner, it was new but seemed very old. I guess because of the design. It was also rather dingy inside having no windows, rather like being underground. Good burgers though! Edited July 27, 2021 by Bertie Psmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 4:00 AM, dnl42 said: Fabulous! And for those who haven't yet see the worst movie of all time! Come on, you know you want to! "Plan 9" is far from the Worst... Movie... EVER!, it's too entertaining for that. Nice UFO, @CarlR! I believe the 1954 Lindbergh UFO kit was used for the movie, Tim Burtons dinner plates painted silver notwithstanding: https://www.scalemates.com/nl/kits/lindberg-517-flying-saucer--320236 Cheers, Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Very nicely done ! love the extra work you did you have inspired me to finish mine ! Looks just like the ones i see flying around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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