The Martians are coming

hello Tim 775.........

I remember the movie well, it was scary to me when i was 9.  your layout is coooooooooooool with that model getting ready to attack !!!!!!!!.

the woman who loves the S.F.5011

Tiffany

Great movie and a cool addition to your layout

That's cool. 

Actually guys, there are many days when this forum makes me think they live among us already!

Looks great, especially with the light kit.  I didn't know there was one.

Mine was added with digital trickery...

Rusty

Wow - the Martians are there.  I think I am being invaded, too.  I'm pretty sure there is a Klingon Bird of Prey just behind the Legacy Hotel sign in this picture, but a blue ribbon panel of local community leaders insists all such sitings are actually just swamp gas.

They visited the CNY Railroad too.

First contact was made at the site of the old gold mine:

They seemed friendly and were quick to greet the local inhabitants as their Arcturus Special glided through town.

They may have made a mistake though when they invited "the boys" on board. They said something about wanting to learn new games like that "poker" they had heard so much about. Hope the gang leaves the friendly Martians with at least enough to make it home.

Jim

MY WIFE PUT MARVIN THE MARTIAN , 2 MONKEYS AND A DINOSAUR IN MY PARK.

Tim thats awesome! Where did you find those?The alien figure with the weird tri- color head or whatever just like the movie, is the icing on the cake! Nice work!

Looks great! Thanks Terry

Oh yea thats the best verson the 1953 movie.There was a t.v. show that picked up where the movie left off.I have always liked seeing the war machine fire there deathray.I have thought of geting myself a model of 1.You can get them with lights light up.Hey has any body seen silvana.Will they destory your town or maybe.They are just loooking for a parking space.Martian stick head out of the war machine."You people have no idea how hard it is to park one of things."

great pics everyone !! love it

Thanks to all for your comments.

RickO the model comes from Pegasus Hobbies, light kit from VoodooFX. The martinan is a picture from online that was copied, resized and then cut-out.

These guys mean business unlike Jim's friendly visitors.

I added a few more pictures to show the whole scene

Did something similar at the Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club. Had the Martian War Machine parked in the lot with the cars while we played the War of the Worlds on the Drive In screen.It was a big hit.

Hung a wreath around the ray gun head at Christmas and had the Martian machine in the staging yard.

KGB

Great movie, and a great set-up it looks really good.

Tin 

Need a music chip with the X-FILES theme!

Tim,

   Man I loved it, great kids stuff all the way.

PCRR/Dave

I'd like to get one of these but it's about 18" in diameter.

Jerry

I'd like to find Gort from "Th Day the Earth Stood Still". 

Jerry maybe for G scale. This one has a 11" wing span. 

I want one,  Thanks for getting me sidetracked on another scenery project.

Alien figure and saucers are from the Attack from Mars pinball machine.

Dan

I made this animated movie of aliens invading an HO scale city.

Dan

I don't know about being angry or happy Martians, but my fellows were very eager to get the contract to operate the Krypton mine under the town of Rock Springs.  And even the Rock Springs residents got used to the unusual people wandering around town when it dawned on them how much they were spending at the local watering hole.

You can see them working hard at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTpNh8...xCLNa3Gw&index=4

Great shot. Obviously one alien is smarter than the other in this photo.

For the member looking for GORT. I got mine at HORRORBLES in the 6700 block of West Roosevelt Road in Berwyn, Illinois. He was a key chain fob, about 3 1/2 inches tall. I clipped the eye screw off the top and he is great.

Call them and ask.

You guys are all nuts!

But, I like it.

The Saucer from "When Mars Attacks", has lights and sounds. From halloween 2011.

Dan986: I like it! Ed Wood would die of envy.

Great post.  Nothing like 50's Sci Fi and trains.

Too bad Gort didn't get to experience the Lionel trains.

Danger, Danger Will Robertson? Is that not the LOST IN SPACE Jupiter I ship? 

Rumor has it they may be building their own rr back on Mars?

It's the Jupiter II and it has the most recognizable engine sound of any spaceship on TV or in the movies.

Jerry

Oh that Jupiter is so cool.  It would be stupendous to have one that could descend from the ceiling and do that landing!

Lee, from what I've read about the Polar Lights Jupiter 2 model is that it's 1/35 scale so It would be a bit big for an O gauge layout but if it was put in a selective scene it might work. The model can be found on Ebay for anywhere from $80-200 and there is an LED kit for the engine core lights. The sound is a bit harder to do since most are samples from the show are electronically stitched together (there is major dissention on LIS boards as to how the sound was originally created) but I bet it could be done. I may just have to get the kit and add it to my "THINGS TO DO" list, along with my Tardis and Stargate!

Jerry

Well, few people who visit my layout are experts on the proper size of flying saucers, so I doubt any vistor would turn to me and say - Don't you know that model is 48/35ths to big?  I figure the bigger the saucer, the better. 

I too am putting this on a list of projects I want to do.  I could get carried away with saucers.  There is Klatu's of course from The Day the Earth Stood Still (the original, not that lame remake) - it also had great landing sounds - particuarly at the very last instance when it reaches the ground, and then United Planets Cruiser C57D, Forbidden Planet, which was "Robby the robot's" first starring role, before he went on to fame in Lost in Space.)

While Robby the Robot appeared in two episodes of Lost in Space, the Robinson robot was an unnamed B-9 robot.

There's a world of difference between the two.  This photo gleeped off the web shows the difference:

Rusty

Actually Robby and B9 are cousins, they were both designed by Robert K i n o s h i t a, with Robby being the older of the 2.

(I had to stretch the spelling of Roberts last name to get by the forum auto-censor)

Jerry

Can you tell me where you got that Marvin!?   I have just acquired a bunch of flat cars with missle load from rmt that I want to repaint into "ACME".  I wanted to add a Marvin as well as the coyote and road runner if I van find them.