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16/09/2026 3:13 pm
My mother took me to see the first "War of the Worlds" movie in 1953 and I was just blown away at the tender age of 7. Instead of H G Wells' war machines walking on tripods, the director envisioned these beautiful manta shaped flying machines with a cobra headed ray cannon. The colors were vibrant and the sound effects were captivating. I never forgot that movie and will still occasionally treat myself to watch it again. It was also the first time I ever saw the Lockheed YB-49 flying wing jet bomber that was used to drop an atom bomb on the Martians... to no avail.
I found this resin garage kit at a local show which took me a while to prep the porous resin, assemble and paint... and make it look like copper!. It looks as menacing as it did all those years ago.
This topic was modified 4 weeks ago by Rich Sufficool
16/09/2026 4:27 pm
Well, I'd say you did a very good job.... it looks like cooper! At age 7, in 1953, watching all this.... you must've lost your mind! Thank you Mom, right? 😉
16/09/2026 7:01 pm
Both the H.G Wells book and the 1953 Gene Barry/Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing atomic bomber Hollywood movie were favorites and excellent entertainment for both youngsters and adults.
I always thought the final scenes of the '53 movie were really great and thought-provoking. As Barry and some survivors fearfully await the end in a church as the frightening and unstoppable Martian tripods approach, the huge machines suddenly stop and fall over, with the thin, spindly arm of a dead Martain hanging out of the hatch. Gene Barry remarks "God, in his infinite wisdom, placed the smallest of creatures on Earth to protect and save the largest and most intelligent." An unstoppable virus, and no Martian immunity to them, doomed the invaders from outer space/Mars.
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20/09/2026 7:25 pm
20/09/2026 9:02 pm
They are scary (and unstoppable) in their giant heat-ray armed tripods ! But, something microscopic could utterly stop them cold.
21/09/2026 4:09 am
First movie I ever saw in a theatre, the Roxy in Sandringham, Vic, Australia in the mid 50s. Still a strong memory. Thanks Rich
21/09/2026 8:53 am
For me, the scariest scene was Gene Barry and the lady were hiding in the wrecked house and discovered they were not alone.
