Show us your UFOs, aliens and Area 51 stuff

Does Star Wars count?

You made that? It's beautiful. WOW. You are super, Super Dave!

FrankM

Does anybody remember "Kronos," the absorber of Earth's energy?

The use of a Lionel train in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and GORT, Klaatu barada nikto! ?

The suggestion of the ship sealed in the ice in "The Thing"?

 

Cool stuff, then, IMHO.

FrankM

Here's the UFO from the local chapter of the (HO) European Train Enthusiasts, complete with crop circles...

 

Rusty

Frank,

 

Kronos was one of my favorites. I just could never figure out how he could move forward if his legs only went up and down!

 

Jim

Me too, Jim, but we just figured, as kids, it was due to some kind of momentum or brute force. What did we know - we were just kids, excited about being amazed. Here's a shot of us after one such movie; maybe, it was "TheThing."

FrankM

Of course not. Its far to advanced for our primitive species to understand

 

I loved The Thing

 

 

 

"Tastes  just like chicken" the say.

Heres the Bussels  Sprouts  

 

 

 

For those that need a known prototype to model

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still have to build the "Flying Saucer" kit

The saucer from Supergoolie, is originally from my all time favorite SciFi TV series, "The Invaders". Here is the original version...chasing David Vincent (aka...Roy Thinnes).

 

Thanks for the kind words and I was even amazed myself when I plugged it in!  If you get the chance to buy the special plated kit, get it, you won't be disappointed!

Keith,

Check out these guys, MonstersinMotion.com They have more SiFi, fantasy etc. I have ever seen. Good luck on your project.

Another classic!!!

 

I work next to monsters in motion Some of the stuff they have in there is unbelievable They will make whatever you want I bought a model of the space battleship Yamato. Pegasus hobbies is close to my house I bought a model of the rocket from When Worlds  Collide

Nothing better in the 50's than science fiction and Lionel or American Flyer trains.

 

I just gave this kit away to someone that will build it.

 

 

Rusty - Great picture!

 

 

 

Classics Illustrated - I had a subscription that was stacked next to my train table in the 50's,  may have been worth more than the trains.

 

Not aliens but they are spaceships

I like these grumpy little aliens....they are just the right size for my next project.  I just ordered a set off Amazon.   I have this Lionel North Pole tower on my layout that I had bought last Christmas.  My dilemma is that I do not want Santa spinning around the layout all year round.......so rather than disconnecting the layout I think I will remove Santa and his reindeer from the spinning metal rod and now attach the grumpy alien saucer......which will fit in nicely with my C57-D mothership hanging above it.   Thanks Michigan and Ohio valley for this inspiration.  I believe it should be small enough to work!

i will post a pic when I am finished.

 

 -Pete

Here are two 3' x 6' modules from the Charleston Area Model Railroad Club's traveling layout that were dedicated to Area 51. 

Thought I would post one more

-Pete

 

 

 

 

Those are a great size......good pics  too.....they are gonna be great with some lighting.....gotta check out Evan Design to see if they have some synchronized lighting!

 

-Pete

Some may remember Saturdays serials from Republic pictures, and the Martians who used this ship to get to earth. Also Rocketman flying many times through atmosphere and space to stop them.

The other 2 ships are W. Disneys Tommorrow land rocket, and the other is one I scrapped together and handmade to commemorate ll those Saturday morning outer space shows, Tom Corbett, Rocket Ranger, etc.

 

 

 

Anyone thought of trying to model this classic?

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry

Jerry :  Yeah, I definitely remember the Monolith monsters. There was a Horror Movie show back in the 60's called "Sir Graves Ghastly Presents" that showed it one night - his comments about it were hysterical. Yes, indeed - watch out for those rocks that sneakily grow up behind you - if they touch you, your own skin will turn to stone ! Oh, the humanity !! What was it, water that stopped them? One of the silliest monsters I've ever seen, right up there with "The Giant Claw".

Art, they grew because of fresh water. They stopped them by dynamiting the dam and the flood waters ran thru the local salt yard and the salt water stopped them.

The Giant Claw, remember it well! Was it me or did the Claw look a little not in full control of its facultys?

 

 

There was even a train scene in it:

 

 

Yes Creature Feature was a great way to spend a Saturday night as a youngster!

 

What was the one that had an energy creature that lived in a crack in the ground? It was set in England and was from the 50s, for some reason I keep thinking a young Dudly Moore was in it.

 

Jerry

Jerry:  "X: The Unknown". I think it was some kind of radioactive mud. The first of the Quartermass films.

Five Million Years To Earth a Quartermass classic!

 

 

This would also be a cool scene to duplicate!

 

Jerry

Sir Graves was a daytime 70s event in Detroit. Nyaa ha ha! Here's blob to sing for you.

  Eh over deh! We had, "The Ghoul" and his sidekick "Froggy". Goulardini's apprentice, who we "fought" Cleveland for, he ruled nights for years. (Ha ha, you got Hoolahan & Big Chuck).

 The Day of the Triffids had multiple versions, but one ends with the discovery as salt water destroying those carnivorous plants with the questionable origin.

 

 Buck Rodgers, and Flash Gordon often showed just before or after the late night flicks. They were the inspiration for my rocket. The smoke unit was on low in the video

 That FRED saucer was a tv remote control stand & half a toy bug catcher for glass.

The red light is a 12v semi-truck, lighted dress up stud. The forward side plate halves are ground off. Its only got one axle, and drags along on its uncoupling tack up front. A sort of copying the micro- flying/streamlined, and one wheeled automotive trailers, art deco till the 60s.(search "Allstate one wheel trailer"[Sears])  The tack is the power pick up too.

Still no "real "camera here, but my first tri-pod has a short squat buddy now, a stainless Mr Coffee tank, just grew "eyes"*, and a single wheel set out back.

  Much less menacing, I think its two other legs will wear the "Pilgrim buckle" *Mr Potato Head shoes 2 shoes on each leg though .... Maybe he will be trying to dress "human". A doll shirt?.

 

 

 

Here's one last one I posted awhile back just to consolidate it in this post

 

 

-Pete

Jerry & Adriatic :  I remember watching Sir Graves on a Wash.DC station when I was a teen in Baltimore. I know he was also in Philly, didn't know he made it to Detroit too. Another good flick to model would be "GOG" :  two robots, a nuclear reactor, and a secret radar-shielded Soviet plane controlling everything. How can you miss? 

Art, I don't remember Sir Graves but I do remember Captain 20 out of DC, channel 45 in Baltimore had  the Ghost Host (Captain Chesapeakes evil twin?)

 

Jerry

"AHOY CREWMEMBERS !"

Here is our Halloween layout at Lasdon Park and arboretum located in Somers N.Y..The whole layout will change to a Christmas layout and run until Jan.if in the neighborhood drop in...

Hey Joe... I love the saucer with the light beam.  Is the beam area created with an inverted clear cone for the saucer to sit on?  It looks simple to construct and is a very effective illusion.  Nice work...

One of the saucer kits has this "beam" with it.

I already had my own plans from seeing this before.

I would think "candy colored" plastic cups from the "dollar stores" could duplicate this well. A green "cup" was in the photo I saw.

Do you recall the name of the saucer kit containing the light beam?  You never know what you'll find on eBay.

Cap't 20,  Cap't Chesapeake & the Ghost Host! Wow, that brings back some very old memories! I had totally forgot about them! If MeTV can have Svengoolie, maybe they can resurrect these guys too.

 

Jim

Rich..one of the county employees has a gift for kit bashing..also a vivid imagination..joe

 

 

 

Jerry

The EVE saucer I saw the beam with I have never dealt with this company

 

 

 

 

Sir Graves was another Cleveland show we "stole". You likely watched it broadcast from Detroit! His longest run of 15 years was here (4-wdiv?). *it was "the Glob"

 

Cincinnati had the "Cool Ghoul" 

 

We forgot the 80s-90s! Count Scary! Elvira!

 

Cleveland-Hoolihan & Big Chuck, & the original "Ghoulardi" in this playlist.

https://youtu.be/RvZe252zlmk?list=PL98D33974B5C33A30

 

Caution: Watching the Ghoul may induce stupidity.

 

The Ghoul was actually a touch more "off the hook", blowing up Froggy the Gremlin (origin) regularly with fireworks, or otherwise tormenting him.

 

I don't know if the embedding took(edit: it is mixed up heres the boom boom & saucer link)

 

 In fairness, Cleveland has fought hard, and he has bounced back, and forth depending on who was most PO'ed with him. Mostly Cleveland since the 80's.

 Ron's real persona isn't that different from the Ghouls, and last I heard he is still eating perogis with cheez wiz, scratching the glass bowl with a crusty spork . 

  

 

I don't have any pictures right now, but I highly recommend the Testors Area S4 UFO kit. It is either 1/48 or 1/43 scale. About 13" in diameter. It is a clear model that can be painted all grey or half grey and half clear to show the inside. I has a very interesting story about Robert Lazar who apparently worked at S4 (near area 51) helping to back-engineer these alien crafts. Good luck finding one though. Hasn't been in production since the early 90's.  Here's a video of it

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGuy8CS6xpo

Lindberg has produced one, now selling on Amazon, using the Testor mold.

Just an FYI

 

-Pete