2001: a Space Odyssey. The EVA pod maquette

[joberg]

Yes; you're right... that's why I was doubting the provenance of that first image. One way to distinguish the upper Pod with the lower Pod pic is that the handle at the left hand side of the window is vertical in the first pic, while the on the other, it's horizontal as it should be...and I'm of the opinion that the second pic is the genuine article (as that contact sheet showing multiple images from the movie).
As for the "bumps" and uneven surface; I'll put it on the picture's quality.

 

[joberg]

Another one showing the mock-up...even as one, it's pretty well detailed

 

[3Dsf]

Ah very cool! New to me, that shot.

Wally Veevers really looked like Alfred Hitchcock...

It's interesting to see the pod on a miniature landscape. That sounds oddly familiar somehow. Like it was a metallicized award.

 

[Pyramidrep]

Joberg,
Thanks for posting that that image - never seen it before either.
It looks more like a presentation piece - like a bronze and/ or silver piece since the pod design looks complete to it’s filmed representation…….The inclusion of the monolith to the left.
I wonder does it still exist… who owns/ owned it?. ……. another mystery…..

 

[joberg]

Joberg,
Thanks for posting that that image - never seen it before either.
It looks more like a presentation piece - like a bronze and/ or silver piece since the pod design looks complete to it’s filmed representation…….The inclusion of the monolith to the left.
I wonder does it still exist… who owns/ owned it?. ……. another mystery…..

Mystery indeed...there's a lot of little pieces of different mock-ups that were done and presented to Stanley during pre and during production...I'm sure some were kept and some were trashed

 

[joberg]

It seems that the small EVA Pod mock-up sold by the Prop Store and seen in Adam Savage's video is this one (not the one in the last photo with Veveers and Kubrick)