MPC’s Space: 1999 “CommLock & Stun Gun” Model Kit
As a television show, Space: 1999 may not be a great artistic achievement. The show could never figure out what it wanted to be, starting off leaning a bit more towards serious sci-fi in...
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As a television show, Space: 1999 may not be a great artistic achievement. The show could never figure out what it wanted to be, starting off leaning a bit more towards serious sci-fi in...
Yang Zhifa looked out across his fields and saw yet another dust storm in the distance. Scanning along the horizon, all he saw was bone-dry earth that stretched on for miles. The location is...
Throughout France’s Loire Valley you will find many of the countries most famous chateaux. The majestic Chateau de Cheverny, with it’s opulent interior and bevy of dogs. Chateau de Villandry and it’s world-renowned gardens....
After my recent do-over on the Eagle 1 model from Space: 1999, I started eyeing another kit to take to the next level. AMT’s old-school model of the Enterprise was the first kit I built...
A while back, I worked on a model kit of the Eagle Transporter from Space: 1999. The old MPC kit was one I had made several times when I was young, and it was one of my...
In 1985, I fell in love with Robotech. I know it’s a polarizing subject among some anime fans, but I’m still a fan to-this-day. So, fair warning, rather than slash everything like, Valkyrie/Varitech, I’m...
When I was younger, I had three pretty distinct phases of modeling. Early on, my builds are almost exclusively sci-fi, or star/space ships. Between 10 and my early teens, I’d switched to cars. I...
When I first saw photos of Harrison Ford’s crashed airplane in Los Angeles, I thought, “That plane looks familiar”. It turns out that Ford’s World War II-era Ryan ST3KR Trainer is a revision of...