I have been looking for one of these for years and this one came up on ebay.
This is the larger season 1 gun, I’ve never seen a kit of the small season 2 version.
I have seen the original on display in the Science Fiction Museum in seattle, this kit looks accurate in size and shape.
I have no information on the origins of the kit.
It has 3 resin parts and a targeting screen decal.
After starting the clean up the pin holes show up. These are just a part of garage resin kits. I’m trying to limit the surface work to limit the pin holes. Surface prep usually ends up taking the most time on these kits.
The body of the gun is large, solid, and HEAVY!
From the Science Fiction Museum:
The paint scheme is monochromatic, kind of boring. The color looks to be a medium/dark grey.
BTW in the 2nd and 3rd photo you can see the 2nd season pistol.
Oh that’s cool! Never seen the show but wasn’t it B&W? Seems like they’d have painted the prop a little more colourful to make it ‘pop’ on the B&W screen.
And it’s funny, I think pretty much every prop is out there somewhere as a garage kit. It’s just a matter of finding them.
The show is worth a watch, it’s kind of an odd duck, almost has a film noir quality to it.
The art direction was very flat overall, but still well done. The ship is a saucer, the aliens “uniform” is green coveralls. Some people theorize that “The Invaders” takes place in the same timeline as UFO and is a prequil to the British show. Overall the stories are intelegent and thoughtful. I think it holds up well.
It’s on METV saturday nights and I think youtube has the episodes. Sadly niether Netflix or Amazon Prime have it.
Gamera if you get the chance to catch it on METV its worth it.
I used bakingsoda and thin CA on most of the pin holes. Some would not fill well so I reverted to thin putty. Still working it but the really bad spots, the bottom of the handle and the back of the body are done.
I brushed on some Tamiya surface primer and it looks like its done.
Still working the viewer and the front of the handle.
If anyone is interested I just bought the season 2 vaporizer from Century Castings. A UK company. I have his Space 1999 stungun and comlock. Both very nice so I’m happy he is offering the small vaporizer. I’ll post photo’s when it comes.
I now have the complete “The Invaders” set. The 2 guns, 3 death disks, and the Atlantis saucer. I guess I could try and make a regeneration tube, but where would I put it?
When you watch the show sometimes they show a small video targeting screen on the weapon, usually with their next victim pictured.
They also used a larger weapon mounted on a tripod. This was sometimes used to defend one of their ships or could be carried in teh back of a box truck.
Just a large scratch build project to think about.
The show is on every Saturday night down here, right after Buck Rogers on METV.
