The Prop Store - Nostromo Project (FULL) 

Alien is the perfect example of what happens when an amazing script meets an amazing director, amazing special effects and amazing acting.

It is outrageous to know that this magnificent model stayed outside in the weather, unloved for 20 years!!!

Now that it's been found and rebuilt, it should be preserved for all time, somewhere in a museum... Nostromo was / is one of the most important space ship designs in history!! IMHO Thank God for Grant and team!!

Wow! Just found this site. I worked on this production set during my summer holidays. My uncle worked at Bray Studios and got me work with the Alien production team model building and sfx painting. I actually worked on The Nostromo and many other models featured. Bins full of Airfix model kits broken open and Chloroformed into place. Lighting installation and defuser spray paint effects. Happiest days of my youth.

One of the best looking spacecraft ever designed

I remember seeing this restored model at the Prop Store in Valencia, CA. I knew someone who worked there and received a special tour. I had plenty of time to walk around the model and look into the crevices, engines, etc. What a treat after seeing Alien in Hollywood the week it came out. I've been in awe ever since!

This is not a restoration, this is archeology !! Thank you for putting time and effort into this, I will think of you guys next rescreening of Alien I can go and take my son to...

Fun fact: The Nostormo was originally going to painted yellow, and in fact was, because so much industrial machinery (earth-movers, bulldozers, etc) are yellow. But Scott changed his mind and ordered that the ship be re-painted in greys. I read where when these guys first got hold of what was left of the model, there was still yellow paint visible on parts of it (you can still see some of it in the "before" images in this video).

I have loved that ship since I was a kid. These people are damn HEROS. This made me smile.

Even though this wonderful model sat outside for so long, it's refreshing to see modelers who love the art so much to take this weather beaten model and restore it! My second most beloved movie of all-time, Alien has a look and feel that even today stands up and is totally believable. The Nostromo's design will always be one of those that simply got it "right"! Not flashy. Not sleek. But completely functional and industrial. That front-on landing sequence is truly one of cinema's greatest looking shots! I LOVE it!

You modelers are gifted and all of us applaud your hard work.

7:37-7:44, among the most most beautiful 8 seconds of music you'll ever hear in a movie

thanks for playing goldsmith's score in this video.

This is film is such a work of art, absolutely amazing. Also, the fact that Jerry Goldsmith's absoltely amazingly beautiful, haunting and lullaby like kind of score is such a juxtaposition to the horrific and traumatazing events of the film, I mean, this film is one of a kind.

The design and look of this film is still unmatched. It's amazing to think that it was achieved over 40 years ago. THANK YOU for saving this precious piece of movie history.

the ship at the beginning of the movie is the nostromo, the really big thing you see is king of like an oil refinery in space, the nostromo is like a tug boat. so in the movie it detaches from the refinery and goes down to the surface. hope that helps you :)

THX for restoring this great model! it broke my heart to see 2009 fotos of the ruin...

Thank you for salvaging and restoring a piece of film making history!

Fantastic work. SO glad you guys are doing this! Saving Film History and making the old ship museum worthy once more. Great job!

Wow, that would be insanely meticulous, with those hull panels. Amazing work, and to my mind, one of the most interesting ships ever put to film.

Nice to see John Eaves working on another sci-fi classic property!

That is beautiful, though it saddens me that such stunning model sat outside for 20+ years. I wonder how many others have been lost to time...

That needs to be in a museum that’s absolutely beautiful!

I was lucky to see The Nostromo in real life about two yrs ago in LA and it's huge when you see it for real..Will never forget the experience,Thanks Alex x

Such a beautiful and classic ship model, tragic that it sat outside for 20 years, but it looks great again! Well done.

Freakin' amazing! You guys deserve a medal or knighthood or at the very least a case of beer! I am so glad you have restored a piece of science fiction history. Ron Cobb must be looking down from heaven pleased as punch!

You guys deserve recognition and gratitude for restoring one Hollywood's iconic sci-fi films props. I was surprised this prop was left out in the weather to rot.

Wonderful work of restoration. The Nostromo deserve...Congratulations!

Excellent restoration..Thanks for keeping this piece of movie magic alive!

I just want to say this is an old video but I still appreciate Prop store doing videos to show the fans details they want to know about the actual prop some of us are trying to replicate. Indiana Jones would be proud.

I too can't believe it wasn't loved and cherished a huge slap on the back for saving what is the most iconic spacecraft to ever grace our screens

My all time favorite film... one of my all time favorite spaceships...incredible project. BEAUTIFUL!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

sad the Nostromo got left in the rain after all it gave to audiences. it's part of cinema history & deserves the love & attention these talented guys are putting into this Nostromo belongs in a museum

Was Lucky to see the finished Nostromo for real last year and believe me it's huge when you see it in real life

This was done more than 10 years ago....imagine what this guys are able to do now with 3D printers!

I hope one day some magnificent soul will use these restored props in movies. Really dont like the CGI ships we got in Prometheus and Covenant(landing craft was pretty cool though). Nostromo is by far my favorite space ship of all time. It looks so damn good and industrial.

A greedy suggestion.....how about an accurate 3D scan of that awesome piece of work? In case someone was inclined to reproduce it in a smaller form. Awesome work guys.

Thank you "Pinback", RIP Dan O' Bannon, total genius.

I can only assume that a corporation let it sit out in the weather for 20 years. It doesn't make sense that any fan-buyer would treat a special piece of memorabilia like crap. Thank goodness someone found it. KUDOS to those working so hard to restore it

USCSS Nostromo, my favourite sci-ship ever imagined by far.

Congratulations guys on an excellent job well done - the restoration of the Nostromos was fantastic - its a priceless model and movies like that come about once in a century if ever - Riddley Scott should never have attempted an Alien prequel as the original was made in his prime and the culture, talent and thinking of that era are no longer

really glad there's guys out there like you to keep this art alive! Great work

Beautiful restoration!

Absolutely stunning work. The amount of detail is just incredible. Bravo to you all for doing such an amazing job. Thank you for saving this ship and restoring such a detailed and intricate model.

Who the hell disliked this video!? Crazy people! I found it fascinating. That music is haunting too. They’ll never beat this film for the visuals, the atmosphere & the perfection of the Alien. RIP Bolaji & H.R.

Here in 2022. Still amazing work!

soooooo awsome. i got goosebumps once it was done. im so glad its in a safe place now.

Having been on a crew which built 2 studio scale 1978 Battlestar Galactica replicas, i recognize many many kit parts also on the Nostromo! very cool.

You guys are absolute heroes!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

You guys are my heros! Thank you for bringing a classic back to life.

My favorite spacecraft ever.

wow guys... so much work.. Thank you!!

Great job! Such dedication.

insane restoration !!!

This is brilliant... absolutely stunning work!

Awesome work from those guys!! What made me sad is the fact that this awesome prop stayed exposed to the elements for 20 years!! Who let that happenned???!

Glorious project!

Incredible work!

Love it . Artistic talent all around , thanks for the restoration , fantastic

@HunterCressall And thanks to the entire GMD team. You guys are HEROES!

I was lucky to see The Nostromo in real life about a month ago and it's huge when you see in real life.Thank you A x

Wow! What a great job you guys did, and what a great job you guys HAVE!!! Excellent work, and thank you from an Alien fan.

Amazing work, a true part of movie history.

I fully appreciate the effort you put into restoring this filming miniature 😉👌

Well done you all did fantastic job

Awesome work! Extremely jealous too, how cool of a job is that. Id love to see a scale model kit for sale!

AMAZING!! Thanks you so much for sharing and congratulations to both the restoration team and the video production people who created this. I think that it was really well done. Cheers 😀🕺🏻🎥🏖🇦🇺

Uh no its not this is the Nostromo. The Narcissus was the smaller triangular ship that ejects from the Nostromo which Ripley escapes in at the end of the movie.

jeez ,i build some big lego ships ,but this is way off the charts!!!!!!

Well done gents, top work

Simply amazing work chaps, sad to see the model treated s badly in the first place but then its just a means to an end in the industry. So glad Lucas kept all the original models for future generations. Im a model builder myself and would live to get a go at doing this

Hey Jack! So you saved me a second time.First was the superhuman favor you did me on Iron Thunder. Now it's saving my favorite studio miniature ever! I am fortunate to have known you and experienced your talent first hand.

amazing work

_BEAUTIFUL...._

Amazing and dedicated work my good friends BRAVO!!!!!! GREETINGS FROM MÉXICO.

Thanks, very interesting. I am a huge fan.

Bloody marvelous!

wow the thing is massive

That, ladies and gentlemen, was still real art in the film industry. Building sets, making models out of everything you could find. All of today's computer-animated films simply lack that certain something. when you think of the old Star Trek films or Godzilla. It was always a shame about the models that were blown up, but it looked far more realistic than some of the compact nonsense of today.

The design of the ship reminds me of brutalist architecture.

Awesome. Very nice to see this prop restored. I can appreciate that CGI effects have come a long way, but a real prop looks better to me. Great work.

thank you for the inspiration!

WTF !!!! I got Gooosebumps watching this !!! Thanks for preserving this piece of Cinema History

Outstanding

R.I.P. Crew Nostromo.

Its a crime they let that thing sit outside...

Nice decoration

Excelente trabalho 💥💥💥

Bravo!

Fantastic - should also get those rows of fiber-optic lights on the underside to work.

Still beautiful!

God bless everyone who worked on the restoration of this beauty, you're all incredibly talented and skilled!! But what kind of monsters left the model out in the elements for years to rot away??? That's an unforgivable crime.

How many "different" (not how many) models were used to create this? Do you have a list of them? I grew up in the 60s and 70s and model making was one of my hobbies.

You need a shitload of skill and patience to do this right.

Good job

Not all heroes wear capes.

Dream job!

I liked the weathered look of the model after being out for so long. It would fit the dirty environent of the movie very well.

I'm sure 50 years from now, NASA will be searching RU-vid, looking for the blueprints on how to build one of these.

Damn, I want to work there!