The model represents the main spaceship from 2001: a Space Odyssey, the U.S.S. Discovery, on the way with his crew for Jupiter.

1,66 m in length, lighting of the cockpit, the bay and the pod 4 headlights, its complete construction in scratch lasted nearly 1000 hours distributed over 2 and a half years.

The model was part of the "2001, a Models Odyssey" exhibition in the "Mondial de la Maquette et du Modèle Réduit 2001", in the french "Air and Space Museum" in Paris, Le Bourget and in the Euro Space Camp.

For the exhibition photos, please, click onthis link
For the exhibition video, please, click on this other link
You can also see it in the Dennis Gonzales' site : 2001, The Collectibles Exhibit

The original article published in the French magazine DIXIEME PLANETE HORS-SERIE "2001 l'Odyssée des Maquettes" is now translated in English in the SCI-FI & FANTASY MODELLER issue # 7.

To read the complete construction logbook, please, click on this logo:

David Bowman flies the exiting pod
The fingers give the scale!

Franck Poole in the cockpit

You can see the access door to HAL's "brain"

The model in its transport box