Brian Johnson, special effects supervisor on Alien posing with the Nostromo.
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The #Nostromo - #Alien from 1979

During the making of 'A L I E N', Dan O'Bannon couldn't figure out a good excuse as to why the crew of the Nostromo didn't just shoot the Big Chap.
Concept artist Ron Cobb suggested that the xenomorph could bleed acid. The rest is history.
- Jamie

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I think this is my favourite photo of the original Nostromo, seen here on the planetoid set. You get a fantastic sense of scale regarding the size of the model, as well as a glimpse at assembly and internals.

She's an ugly ship but creatively beautiful. What a design choice.

Alien (1979): Building the Nostromo + refinery model

PREDSEDA: Jojo. Nostromo je tahač. A ten její přívěs (https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/Tesotek_2100-B) nechali před přistáním na orbitě.
Nostromo přistála celá. Jenom jako zajímavost, animace provázející odpojení lodi od nákladu, byla zrecyklovaná v Blade Runnerovi.

Miniature work on the Nostromo in Alien-1979. ‘Designed by conceptual artist Ron Cobb, the spaceship Nostromo was envisioned as the product of a science fiction world that was industrial, lived in, and more than anything else real. Using Cobb's design, the British visual effects team led by Brian Johnson then scratch-built an eleven by seven foot model ironically termed a " filming miniature." By the time it was delivered to the production the Nostromo would weigh more than 500 pounds’.