Located just off Bellflower Boulevard in Bellflower, California, in a nondescript building with little-to-no signage, is the L.A. County Fire Museum. Even without the signs, it’s easy to spot by all of the fire...
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...
I have received my Amiga Visual Compendium1 book package from Bitmap Books/Kickstarter, and, WOW! This book is incredibly beautiful; chock full with edge-to-edge screen-captures of some of the most famous and believed Amiga software...
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...