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That model is barely visible in the Hilton office on Space Station V. It has been turned in to the Soviet "Titov" spaceplane, in model form:http://www.planet3earth.co.uk/ilyushin%20titov.htmThe model is indisputably shown on screen (as a display model). The Soviet Titov was indisputably mentioned in the book & early script. The Aeroflot crew is indisputably seen on the SSV. So it's not a big stretch to assume thatthe spaceplane display model may be the Titov. This new photo showing it in a window of the SSV may (*may*) indicate that it was supposed to have been seen through a window at one point. Perhaps it just didn't look right, so Kubrick abandoned the idea... and someone stuck it on a desk instead.The modeler didn't get it quite right... but until this newest image came along, it sure looked like he got it close.
That model is barely visible in the Hilton office on Space Station V. It has been turned in to the Soviet "Titov" spaceplane, in model form:
http://www.planet3earth.co.uk/ilyushin%20titov.htm
The model is indisputably shown on screen (as a display model). The Soviet Titov was indisputably mentioned in the book & early script. The Aeroflot crew is indisputably seen on the SSV. So it's not a big stretch to assume thatthe spaceplane display model may be the Titov. This new photo showing it in a window of the SSV may (*may*) indicate that it was supposed to have been seen through a window at one point. Perhaps it just didn't look right, so Kubrick abandoned the idea... and someone stuck it on a desk instead.
The modeler didn't get it quite right... but until this newest image came along, it sure looked like he got it close.
