"Discovery Dragonfly " Topic

""And so Discovery drove on toward Saturn, as often as not pulsating with the cool music of the harpsichord, the frozen thoughts of a brain that had been dust for twice a hundred years." – From 2001 a Space Odyssey by Arthur C Clarke.

Here are some more images of my scratch built Discovery Dragonfly from the novel 2001 a space odyssey by Arthur C Clarke. I based this model off the drawing above. Of course as you can see I used a Liberal amount of artistic license for this one.

The Dragonfly configuration very closely matches the description of the Discovery as it was described in the novel.
The wing like appendages are radiators which would dissipate any excess heat produced by the nuclear engine.
Stanley Kubrick eventually rejected this design because well… they looked like wings. Opting instead for the more bone like configuration that we all know and love.

If you click on the harpsichord link above it will take you to a piece of music written by Bach which I feel had the movie followed more closely to the novel may very well have been used to play along side the Discovery as this sad melancholy ship moves towards Saturn. I know fanciful thinking but then again isn't that what this is all about?…"

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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

Nice model! It would fit right in my hard SF game. I wonder how large it is? The builder didn't mention the scale or the length of the model.

Glad you like the model my friend.

Amicalement
Armand