The Cosmostrator 1/350

[frank2056]

"First Spacesahip on Venus" or "The Silent Star is a 1960 German/Polish science fiction classic. A heavily edited version was widely available in the West.



It's on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llfa7hThVaA

It's an interesting movie, but the most memorable part (for me) is the space ship - the Cosmostrator:



Pegasus released a 1/350 version of the Cosmostrator in 2014 including a chromed version.



It's a pretty simple model, although the fit of the wings isn't great. The model also has very sharp pointy ends. While I didn't expend much sweat or tears building this, I did bleed a bit...

 I built most of the components shortly after it came out and put the model back in the box until this week, when I finished it in a couple of days.



I like how it looks dull in this image:


but more reflective in this one. Pretty much the way it appears on-screen:





It's mostly painted with Vallejo aluminum colors, with a satin finish (the ship isn't shown as being particularly shiny) followed by an aluminum powder rub in some areas.

I was going to make a base to go with it and add some 1/350 scale astronauts that I printed for another project. Something like this:



The background reminds me of the style of one of my favorite science fiction artists, Richard M. Powers Maybe some other time.

[scooter]

Looks like the pointy end of some weird sci fi spear/trident.

[Wardukw]

Looks like the pointy end of some weird sci fi spear/trident.

That's it !!! ...I have definitely not had enough coffee today and that's a fact .

[NARSES2]

That is so evocative of the era