Finished Photos of Icarus Spaceship Crash Diorama From Beneath The Planet Of The Apes Movie

[Phillip1]

Fellow Modelers,

The groundbreaking, classic 1968 sci-fi movie The Planet of the Apes-POTA introduced the world to the very sleek ANSA (American National Space Administration) spaceship that accidentally propelled American astronauts 2,000 years into Earth’s future where apes are dominate over humans. In that movie the Liberty 1 spaceship (later nicknamed Icarus by the movie’s fanbase) crash lands in a lake and sinks. In the 1970 sequel (Beneath the Planet of the Apes-BTPOTA), a second identical rescue ship is launched and travels on the same trajectory into the future. This ship lands tail first on the ground but an apparent explosion in the drive section causes it to topple over, burning up the rear half of the vehicle. The image showing the spaceship after the fire is one of the most iconic from any of the Planet of the Apes’ movies. I have long wanted a model diorama depicting this setting, so I was very happy when resin garage manufacturer Skyhook Models came out with their 1/72 scale BTPOTA Crash Site Diorama kit. The model was built in 2022 and included the following: (9) resin parts, (4) styrene plastic parts, (1) brass part, decals and instruction sheet. The assembled diorama overall length is 14.4375” and the spaceship length is 8.375”. The last few photos are stills from the movie showing the spaceship crash site. I hope you enjoy the photos.

Phillip1

[BigWall]

Very nice pictures and an awesome build! Congratulations!

[digger303]

Very nice pictures and an awesome build! Congratulations!

[Tomcat64]

That's a great result & really captures the essence of the scene from the movie

[Phillip1]

BigWall/digger303/Tomcat64-Thanks very much!

Phillip1