2003 Archive 
Models of Fireball XL5: Alien Manned Spacecraft
Space Fighter | |
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| This is the alien space fighter featured in 'Planet 46' and 'Planet of Platonia'. The model appears to have been made from balsa wood with a plastic aircraft kit's cockpit canopy and other small kit details added. | |
Hypnotic Sphere | |
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| Here is the hypnotic sphere spacecraft featured in 'The Hypnotic Sphere'. This model appears to have been made using a round plastic or metal mesh Christmas ornament! | |
Membrono Saucer | |
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| No early 60s space opera would have been complete without a flying saucer! This one was featured in 'The Doomed Planet'. Believe it or not, this thing really was made from a common table saucer. Look very closely at the bottom half of the model! | |
Gamma Ship 210 | |
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| Here is the gamma ray ship featured in 'Sabotage'. This was a very complex model which is unfortunately very difficult to see because it was painted black overall. It looks as if the main body of this miniature was made from a plastic submarine kit. | |
Invader's Ships |
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| These are the ships used by invading aliens in their efforts to take over Space City in 'Invasion Earth'. At least four of these models were made using Revell B-58 'Hustler' jet bomber kits and other odds and ends. | |
Groverian Ship |
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| Here is the magnetic powered space ship used by the Groverians in 'Ghosts of Space'. This is a simple wooden model. A large scale section was made for use with the two Groverian alien puppets. | |
Type 37H Spacecraft |
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| This Type 37H spacecraft was an Earth ship stolen by alien criminal Grothan Deblis in 'Convict in Space'. This miniature appears to have been based upon some kind of plastic aircraft or missile kit. | |
Kanerick's Ship |
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| Kanerick's the Kemblan's ship, from 'Space Vacation', appears to be a modification of the standard Earth space tanker design seen in 'Faster than Light' and several other episodes of Fireball XL5. | |