This past weekend was the annual Wonderfest science fiction model show in Louisville, Kentucky. This show is always a highlight of the year, not only because of the quality of the show, but because I’ve made some great friends there, and this is a chance for us all to hang out, geek out, and eat too much good food. (Seriously, when did Louisville become such a culinary scene?).
One of the main attractions this year was a recreation of the ILM
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One of the projects we’re involved with at Radii is the new World Trade Center 2 tower. Along with a few smaller models, there are also these large scale, translucent models on display. More photos here on Instagram.
Every year for Wonderfest, there’s a group build challenge. This year the task was to go to one of the dollar stores, spend $20 max on parts, then make something out of it.
On my first trip, I spotted an almost-disk-shaped clear Christmas ornament, grabbed it, then walked around until I spotted a pencil sharpener. The two together gave me Star Trek vibes, so I ran with that. It was a couple of months until I found suitable “engines”, which are some sort of travel vacuum tube/bottles for makeup. At this point I’m less than $10 spent.
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I’ve added the Joe Johnston Concept B-Wing model page to the website. This was one of my first completely scratch built projects that I did. To say I’m happy with how it turned out would be an understatement. You can see the full write-up by clicking on the photo, or by clicking HERE.
I’ve added a detailed build log of the USS Enterprise (CV-6) model that I built a few years ago, from the 1/700 scale Academy Models kit. Check it out HERE.
I’ve been working, off and on, on the Armory Models’ USS Monitor kit. The kit is a first: a 1/200 scale Civil War ironclad in injection molded styrene. Armory Models is a company based in Ukraine, that uses short-run molds to make unique model kits.
I’ll start posting occasional build updates as I get to them. In the meantime, I did a full in-box review of the kit for Modelwarships.com, which you can see HERE.
I’ve started adding items to the Model Making page. Very much a work in progress. Once all of the “classic” items are up, then I’ll start adding the dozen or so models I’ve finished over the past five years that I never added to the site.
I don’t normally post about what I do on my day-job as an architectural model maker. So many of our projects have NDAs associated that I just assume they all have them. By the time everything’s been released, I’ve moved onto the next project, or maybe even two projects beyond. For the 67-story Mercedes Benz Places now going up in Miami, though, the client is already talking.
Above is a shot of the 7/64″ = 1′ model that we at Radii, Inc. built. Part of a team, I helped with CAD design, 3D printing, and some painting on this project. There was an article on one of those trendy Miami news websites concerning the project, but it’s since been taken down, unfortunately.
These are images of some of the work I did for Gulliver’s Gate, from 2016 through 2018. I had a special gallery plugin installed to showcase them, but it’s become problematic, so this simple grid layout will have to do for now.
Over on ModelWarships.com, I review the new resin kit of the Civil War ironclad USS Choctaw.
Check it out HERE.