Science fiction, fantasy and mecha model building.
For those of us us who are Sci Fi fans and raised in the 60s, the original Star Trek was a benchmark. It ended flames and rocket ships, had social commentary, camp galore and was just plain fantastic for me a young boy growing up in [...]
the cobras from master craft hobbykits were so bad that only solution was reincarnation through SCI-FI.
pilot is in the middle and guner with navigator on the left, mix of conventional and energy weapons - the barrel in right fuselage [...]
Love them or hate them, TOHO Company movies of the 1950's were popular in Japan and the USA. Films like Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, Battle in Outer Space and King Ghidorah generated huge revenues for the Japanese film studios. Every movie [...]
This Monogram kit was released during the hey-day of space models in 1959. Designed by Willy Ley, the 1:48 scale model is a depiction of a space "Taxi", or space tug to be used in moving cargo and passengers around larger space [...]
This is the Pegasus 1/144 scale Luna Rocketship kit. I has 11 or 12 parts as I recall and no fit issues. I started this kit the same day as the Airfix Stuka I did for the BoB group build and had it built and primed in about a week. And [...]
Sorry to post again, but this is the first base/ground cover I've ever done!
Thanks Mr.Mike R for the help. I've found something thats almost as much fun as modeling so there are more bases that will be made! (May even try figures [...]
This is the old AMT kit that i've had for years. I thought I'd try I figure kit and this came to mind! The fit is so so the detail is ok but overall it was a fun build. The paint is all aycrilic from MM and Tamyia, then I used oil for wash [...]
Wedge's bird done and dusted. A little more room on the WiP shelf. What will I fill it with next...?
This is the Pegasus kit of the Space ship from the movie When Worlds Collide.
It was a great 50's movie. The kit goes together very nicely and comes with the base and launch ramp there is a photo etch set you can get with it which includes [...]
"Across the gulf of space...intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely they drew their plans against us"...
From H.G.Wells "War of the Worlds" novel
I read [...]
