An Afternoon With The Terracotta Warriors
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...
Category: Hobbies & Interests
Chateau de Breze – The Castle And Its Underground Empire
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....
AMT’s “Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise” Model Kit Redux
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...
MPC’s Space: 1999 “Eagle 1 Transporter” Model Kit Redux
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...
Bandai’s Macross/Robotech “VF-1S Variable Valkyrie” Model Kit
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...
AMT’s “Ford Intercepter Police Car” Model Kit
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...
Testors’ “Ryan Aeronautical PT-20” Model Kit
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...
AMT’s Star Trek “Mr. Spock of the USS Enterprise” Model Kit
After recently building AMT’s “Klingon Battle Cruiser” model, I began thinking about my next kit. With the recent passing of Leonard Nimoy, I remembered a model I had built only one time as a...
