diff --git a/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp b/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp
index 6e6d6eb..a1c7c85 100644
--- a/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp
+++ b/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.cpp
@@ -7047,6 +7047,63 @@ void
 	mPresentationCamera = False;
 }
 
+//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+//
+// Give the pilot a vehicle to look at. Their own is built insideEntity - a
+// cockpit and no hull - so on the podium they would be the one empty spot.
+// Drop those renderables and build the entity again with Disconnected_Eye
+// set, which is what makes NotifyOfNewInterestingEntity choose outsideEntity.
+//
+// Tearing renderables down and rebuilding is the same path the interest
+// manager takes every time something drops out of range mid-race, so it is
+// well travelled. The eye renderable goes with them, which is fine: the
+// presentation camera supplies the view once the podium is up.
+//
+void
+	DPLRenderer::ShowViewpointFromOutside()
+{
+	Check(this);
+
+	Entity *viewpoint = GetLinkedEntity();
+	if (viewpoint == NULL)
+	{
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "WinnersCircle: no viewpoint entity to turn around\n"
+			<< std::flush;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	//
+	// Add the exterior alongside what is already there rather than tearing
+	// the entity down and rebuilding it. The teardown path is safe for
+	// scenery going out of range, but not for the viewpoint entity: it is
+	// never uninteresting, the eye renderable goes with it, and doing it
+	// mid-mission stops the scene rendering altogether.
+	//
+	// This is what NotifyOfNewInterestingEntity does, minus the teardown
+	// and with the view type forced.
+	//
+	Check(application);
+	ResourceFile *resource_file = application->GetResourceFile();
+	Check(resource_file);
+	ResourceDescription *video_resource = resource_file->SearchList(
+		viewpoint->GetResourceID(),
+		ResourceDescription::VideoModelResourceType);
+
+	if (video_resource == NULL)
+	{
+		DEBUG_STREAM << "WinnersCircle: own vehicle has no exterior model\n"
+			<< std::flush;
+		return;
+	}
+
+	video_resource->Lock();
+	MakeEntityRenderables(viewpoint, video_resource, outsideEntity);
+	video_resource->Unlock();
+
+	DEBUG_STREAM << "WinnersCircle: own vehicle given an exterior\n"
+		<< std::flush;
+}
+
 //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 //
 // Come up out of the black. SetFogStyle(winnersCircleFogStyle) has already
diff --git a/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.h b/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.h
index 5b2e3b2..6d0fa8d 100644
--- a/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.h
+++ b/MUNGA_L4/L4VIDEO.h
@@ -343,6 +343,16 @@ public:
 	//------------------------------------------------------------------
 	void StartPresentationFadeIn(Scalar seconds);
 
+	//------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Rebuild the viewpoint entity - the pilot's own vehicle - as an
+	// exterior. It is normally built insideEntity, which is a cockpit
+	// and no hull, so from any camera that is not in it you see nothing
+	// where your own vehicle should be. Disconnected_Eye is the engine's
+	// own switch for this: "so higher level renderers can fix the eye in
+	// one spot and watch the viewpoint entity drive around."
+	//------------------------------------------------------------------
+	void ShowViewpointFromOutside();
+
 	unsigned int* MakeBitSliceStorage();
 
 	void SortAndReloadNameBitmaps();
diff --git a/RP_L4/RPL4APP.cpp b/RP_L4/RPL4APP.cpp
index c43b5ef..d70c501 100644
--- a/RP_L4/RPL4APP.cpp
+++ b/RP_L4/RPL4APP.cpp
@@ -215,6 +215,15 @@ void
 		return;
 	}
 
+	//
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Your own vehicle is built as a cockpit with no hull, so from any
+	// camera outside it there is nothing where you should be - on the stand
+	// you would be the one empty spot. Turn it inside out before the shot.
+	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+	//
+	dpl_renderer->ShowViewpointFromOutside();
+
 	//
 	//---------------------------------------------------------------------
 	// The name plates are drawn per rank slot, so they have to be re-sorted