Saturday, January 31, 2009

1/144 "War of the Worlds" Diorama by Pegasus!!

1/144 "War of the Worlds" Diorama by Pegasus!! (aka Trumpeter?) _______________________________________________________

This is an interesting turn up for the books! A Sci-fi diorama in 1/144!

This is made by the same people who bought the cool sdkfz 251 and KarlMorser etc!!!

Comes in Model kit form (1/144 scale)

#9002 War Machines Attack model kit (Base 8" long)

$19.99

http://www.pegasushobbies.com/prod%20scifi%20wotw144.html



1/72 Area 51 UFO AE-341.15B model kit (8.25" Dia)
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This is 1/72, but at 8.5 Inches, i think you might get away with putting this up against a Anigrand or Unicraft Hanebau???? the model whilst interesting doesnt give to many clues as to a natural scale? It would be much larger than the WOTW Martians...

http://www.pegasushobbies.com/prod%20scifi%20area51.html

other 1/144 UFO
http://www.anigrand.com/AA4011_Haunebu.htm
http://www.geocities.com/unicraftmodels/germ/haunebu/haunebu.htm
http://www.geocities.com/unicraftmodels/germ/frad3/frad3.htm

1/87 Busch Gmbh UFO Diorama (out of production)
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Although designed for HO railways, the bush documents also make a bid for N (1/160) & TT (1/120) dioramas. The model is @6 Inches and included 14volt electronics for lighting etc.
http://www.busch-model.com/moba/info1010.htm
http://www.starshipmodeler.com/other/ms_hunt.htm

3 comments:

smeg1959 said...

"War of the Worlds" ... one of my fave films of the '50's! OK, so it's not HG Wells, but the Martian UFOs were extremely well done for a film of this era.

Definitely going to get this one.

bluedonkey99 said...

and even at $20 USD at today's conversion rates it is still pretty cheap compared to a resin kit! plus, you'll know the parts fit!

You may even be abe to buy it "in country" and not have to import it!!

Anonymous said...

I also reviewed it as the ship from "the High Crusade" based on the appearance (short tailed humanoids) of the aliens

http://modelstories.free.fr/analyses/avions/MS2008_09P/BUSCH_UFO/index.html

JCC (www.modelstories.org)