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 Starfighter Full-Sized Mockup 18305 views...but later in the series a second, interchangeable, forward fuselage was built which featured four seats.Aug 21, 2012
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 Starfighter Full-Sized Mockup 17274 viewsAt first it was built as a two-place fighter (fore and aft seat arrangement)... Aug 21, 2012
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 Starfighter Full-Sized Mockup 09287 viewsThe exhaust nozzles featured some long curved detail plates which extended from the front of the nozzle to the rear. Normally such a complex shape would be somewhat expensive to sculpt and cast as carefully fitting pieces. The studio craftsmen came up with a simple and cheap answer, they built the parts flat then cast them in rubber and glued the pieces to the nozzle.Aug 21, 2012
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 Starfighter Full-Sized Mockup 10267 viewsHere you'll see one of the plates has become loose and sags down.Aug 21, 2012
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 Starfighter Full-Sized Mockup 03397 viewsThe mockup was built largely of plywood with some metal detail components.Aug 21, 2012
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 Starfighter Full-Sized Mockup 02460 viewsThe full-sized mockup, or what's left of it, as it was found on the backlot at Universal Studios (probably around the mid 80's).

Photos courtesy of cloudster.com.Aug 21, 2012
   
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