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    A Stargate What?

    Stargate Lego-style building block toys? Yup. I saw a Stargate Atlantis Wraith Dart set (of all things), at a discount store I was in yesterday (Family Dollar, for those in their market area). "Stargate toys? Now?" I thought. I wondered what else there might be, and after a quick Google, found a...
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    Shogunate Navy warship "Kaiten"

    Shogunate Navy warship "Kaiten" at http://shikisha.net/sample.html Scott K.
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    Proton Launch Failure

    Some unfortunate early Fourth-of-July fireworks, and in the wrong country, too. 3 Glonass satellites worth $200 million dollars were lost when a Proton rocket crashed at launch. Looks like an engine failed, sending the rocket out of control, until aerodynamic forces tore it apart. First...
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    Spider-Man in Rochester, NY

    Here's what my city just had to put up with for the past 10 days. Rochester stood-in for New York City, for a chase and action sequence being filmed for the latest Spider-Man movie. Stills and video clips linked. The chase shown in the second half of the first video was right in front of a...
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    JMSDF Aegis destroyer "Kirishima" 1/200

    Paper Model Studio has begun releasing parts for a 1/200 JMSDF Aegis destroyer, the "Kirishima", here; http://papermodel.jp/ Just page 1 so far, but the finished pictures look very promising. If its like past releases, there will be one or two pages a day, until its all released. Scott K.
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    That Was Some Sneeze!

    Someone must've sneezed really hard!:rolleyes: Scott K.
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    Von Braun 1956 Mars Mission

    I really thought I'd posted this here, as well as at PM, but I don't see it in a search. So, time for a new thread. Inspired by an article in Finescale Modeler call "To Mars: In 1956!", I set out to build my own model of the Von Braun Mars Lander depicted in the article. The original was...
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    The Anniversary Clowns

    Yesterday (Saturday the 13th) was our 29th wedding anniversary. Since our situation is so poor, I wasn't able to take my wife out to dinner, buy her any goodies, or even buy her a card. What I did instead, was build her a toy. She loves clowns, and mechanical toys. Canon's "(Moving) Clowns...
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    Dan Dare Cryptosian Ship

    The Cryptosian Rocket Ship from Dan Dare. I designed this by request from Diderick A. den Bakker. This one is a modified, enlarged version of what I first came up with. The wings are of layered construction, with the finished engines slid over and into place, as shown in the last pictures of...
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    USS Enterprise CVN-65

    Its done, its done! Tekzo has released his 1/800 CVN-65 Enterprise! Here; http://myhobbycraft.blogspot.com/2012/11/uss-enterprise-cvn-65-1800.html No instructions, but many good pictures of the construction and finished product. The pages look very good, and surprisingly simple to build...
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    Free F-106A Models

    Thanks to a member on the other forum for noticing this first, another freebie from the Tokyo Solid Model Club. Two ANG F-106A models, here; http://www.ne.jp/asahi/tsmc/net/index.html Click on the sixth button down on the left side. The other models on the page are available just for the...
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    The FRNS Albion

    Mike Haggard's old FRNS Albion prototype. He totally redesigned the ship after this version, but never released it. This one hasn't been available since 2004. I see this ship as an earlier era ship, with the later design from Mike an updated ship, like the Trek TOS ships verses the TNG ones...
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    "Close the Iris!"

    "Close the Iris!" Another design I've been struggling with. I once read somewhere that the Iris as shown in Stargate wouldn't work, that is, the pattern the points make on the closed side. Then I saw some models others were working on, and decided to try it myself. It does work, but it needs...
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    Barnes Wallis Swallow Design-Build

    The Barnes Wallis Swallow, an SST design from 1955! Swing wings, and swinging engine pods, too. Started this one 2 nights ago, and finished most of the main design the first night. Yesterday I just added some detail and refinements, and started the first test build last night. Sure wish I hadn't...
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    USS Atlantis

    Just a quick build I threw together as a break from the Fitzgerald. The USS Atlantis, originally an Estes flying model rocket kit. It's built "straight out of the box", from plans I believe I originally got from JimZ Rocket Plans site. Sometime I on redoing it, with proper nacelle domes and end...