Science fiction Science fiction: 1990's Solar CrisisSolar Crisis
Oct 9th, 2009
Large-scale miniature model of “Skytown” from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) Incredibly detailed “Skytown” space station miniature designed by model shop head Dave Jones and George Jensen, Production Designer of the film, and built by the ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Miniature fusion bomb from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) This is the 1/6 scale miniature fusion bomb model built by Dave Jones and designed by George Jensen, Production Designer of the film. This device was launched into the sun, from th ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Pair of shuttle craft and taxi craft from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) Pair of shuttle craft/dropships built for Solar Crisis. One was screen-used, the JAPAN shuttle was constructed as a background ship and later modified for an unknown ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Pair of space suits from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) Pair of rigid torso spacesuits, one white and one silver, constructed of fiberglass and wired for illumination. The white suit is visible during the scene where the Helios suffers me ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Pair of VTOL military aircraft filming miniatures from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) A pair of VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) military aircraft filming miniatures from Solar Crisis. They measure 57 in. long with 20 in. wingspans. O ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Screen-used Syd Mead Helios filming miniature from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) In Solar Crisis, the crew of the Helios is tasked with piloting their ship to the heart of the sun in order to prevent a solar flare from destroying the Ear ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Syd Mead-designed half-size model of Helios from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) This half-size screen-used filming miniature of the Helios space craft is built in the same scale as the Skytown miniature and designed to dock together with ...
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Oct 9th, 2009
Three VTOL jet aircraft filming miniatures from Solar Crisis. (Japan America Picture Co., 1990) Three complete VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) jet aircraft filming miniatures from Solar Crisis. These craft were used by the IXL Corporation executives ...
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