![]() Photographs of the original model of the Orion III space plane used in "2001: A Space Odyssey." (Image credit: MGM) So I've been doing all kinds of crazy projects like that since about 1995." We've done work for Sony studios I made 45 weapons for the movie 'Blade II' helped MGM with a Bond commercial one time. "So I started doing it professionally and it's been going on ever since. "But back in the 90's I realized you could actually make money building models," he said. So I've built thousands and thousands of models." "And most people sort of grow out of when they're ten, twelve years old, and they move on to other things. "I've been making models and miniatures since I was actually very young," Dymszo told. The museum's version is also painted entirely in shades of grey, instead of the colorful patchwork of colors that Dymszo used. The Museum of Science Fiction, set to open in Washington, D.C., has a 6-foot (1.8 m) model of Orion III that might be shaped more accurately, but it is also 2 feet (0.6 m) longer than the actual movie model. ![]() Dymszo's paint job is meant to look like the model itself Tate said he is fully aware that the pastel colors might draw comparisons to Easter eggs.ĭymszo said this model might be the most accurate re-creation of the original model in existence, even though Tate pointed out that there are some obvious differences in the overall shape of the two ships. In the finished film, however, the ship looks almost uniformly gray. Kubrick used extremely harsh lighting for the space shots (to mimic direct sunlight), which tended to wash out any details on the model, so the original creators used a colorful, patchwork paint job to give the ship more contrast. Tate also made the Pan American logos, and created the designs for some of the other surface details. Most of the additions were plastic strips and sheets for the exterior. The model also has stainless steel reinforcements to make it more durable, Dymszo said. Tate, a graphic designer, created blueprints for the probes, and the pair had them made out of stainless steel from a machine stop. Some of the additional details include two probes that extend off the very back of the ship. Using various source materials, including some high-resolution images of the original model and blueprints for the cockpit interior, Dymszo said he added 286 additional parts to each model, and spent roughly 280 hours on each of them. ![]() That model was given a makeover by professional prop-maker Stephen Dymszo (who also made one for himself). Johnson, who is also the author of " 2001: The Lost Science," about the scientific infrastructure of the movie created by the filmmakers.īut customers who order the resin model won't get the same ship that Tate owns. The resin molds were made from a wood model carved by aerospace engineer Adam K. The Orion III model that appears in Tate's office started with this resin model that is available for purchase. However, the interior scenes of Orion III were shot on a set the exterior shots of the spaceplane were created using a photograph of the 4-foot-long (1.2 meters) model. ![]()
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