Full-sized Colonial Viper mockup photos found

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Full-sized Colonial Viper mockup photos found

Post by Red Eye » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:04 pm

Just found this great set of photos of the full-sized Colonial Viper mockup on stage at Universal Studios in 1978:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7338/9677 ... 48a9_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7297/9674 ... 5986_o.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/9674 ... 312c_o.jpg

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5543/9674 ... 9cee_o.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/9677 ... b0a6_o.jpg

Thanks to flickr user "BATMAN4OZ" for sharing these memories with us!


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Post by Cylon-Knight » Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:16 pm

:nah: *WANTS* :nah:
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Post by Red Eye » Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:28 pm

Wish it had survived all these years... :sad:
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Post by GoldCylon » Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:48 pm

Very cool. Can't wait to see on a monitor screen.
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Post by Jenne » Sat Sep 07, 2013 3:36 pm

Oh yeah, great pics. Thank

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Post by 137th Gebirg » Fri Sep 13, 2013 8:31 am

Didn't it eventually wind up in a trash heap after G1980? I somehow remember bits of it sticking out of a pile of junk on some other movie or TV show back in the 80's. Magnum PI maybe? I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure it was scuttled not long after. A crying shame if you ask me. It was beautifully built... :sad:
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Post by GoldCylon » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:48 am

It ended up in broken pieces painted black and gray in a crash site. I forgot the show but Magnum doesn't ring a bell. It was spotted now and then in the back lot though out the 80's but never seen again after the 92 fire at Uni.
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Post by Red Eye » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:10 am

"Airwolf" was the show, the episode was called "Santini's Millions" (S02E15).

We've got some screencaps of it in the gallery: http://www.byyourcommand.net/cylongalle ... ?album=452

It was also seen very briefly during a chase scene at the Universal backlot in the "Knight Rider" episode "Fright Night" (S04E19):

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Post by 137th Gebirg » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:27 am

THAT'S the one! Seeing it in its original glory and then that shot of the burned-out husk...

Really is horribly depressing to look at... :sad:
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Post by Red Eye » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:12 am

Indeed it is!

Wish the show would have been made today.

As a nice side effect, most of the props and costumes would be still around thanks to online auctions like PropWorx and such...
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Re: Full-sized Colonial Viper mockup photos found

Post by Galactifan » Wed Feb 19, 2014 1:12 am

Great seeing the full-size Viper!

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Post by Hope It Is The Grog » Sun Feb 23, 2014 9:26 pm

I suppose that's just the seat back, but the last photo looks like the Pope is sitting in the cockpit! :nah:
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