Alien screen-used scaled down Nostromo Gun....

Description

Alien screen-used scaled down Nostromo Gun. (TCF, 1979) Vintage original prop weapon consists of a commercial Webley and Scott brand Webley "Junior" 177 metal air gun with various production modifications and additional dressing including a metal tube with threaded plug in the gun barrel, an added arm and possible laser guide below the barrel, articulating trigger pull, and a sight-scope accessory on top. From Ridley Scott's Sci-fi masterpiece, this small-scale 9.5 x 5.75 x 1.25 in. prop Nostromo Gun made for use by child actors to give the impression that the "Space Jockey' set was much larger than it actually was, Ridley Scott's and cinematographer Derek Vanlint's children dressed in smaller-scale costumes replaced adult actors in several perspective shots. Such prop Nostromo guns were attached to space suits in holsters. Exhibits some production distress and age with chipping to the lower plastic grips. In very good condition.

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