Howdeee Star Trek fans!
As many of you have already found out: Eaglemoss, one of the longest running model series and partwork producers in the world, has filed for bankruptcy. All business activities have stopped until it is more clear what will happen to the remaining stock. Not all of their models are homeruns but some of them are real gems. One of their most popular and obviously most successful series was the "Star Trek official starships collection". Eaglemoss treated the franchise in an unprecedented way. No matter how obscure the ship was, you could bet on it that Eaglemoss made a model of it. The series expanded like no other and the total ship count of all Star Trek related models (including the newer shows like "Discovery") exceeded the 200 mark. I cannot think of ANY model company continously releasing so many ships from one and the same franchise, so the company earned itself a place in the history books of model making.
Now then. Each model was accompanied by a printed magazine. It featured articles on the original filming miniature or CG model used in the show, snippets of the making of particular scenes, pre-production artwork and short interviews with the makers. The level of information provided by the mags varied but what made them stand out were the layout and their graphic design. They featured sharp CG renderings of the ships in question in straight-on views which can be used as invaluable source for papercrafting. What's most impressive is that EM decided to upload digital versions of those mags to their US website.
Now with the company gone (I hope this is only temporary because I'm still waiting for a good opportunity to get their adorable Muffit figure
) the website seized to exist and the mags were about to vanish forever - if it wasn't for the Wayback machine to archive 180 issues which still can be obtained FOR FREE.
You never know how long those resources will be available, so if you are a Star Trek fan and even a Star Trek paper model creator like @spaceagent-9 or @D-WHALE , I strongly recommend to grab them HERE as quickly as possible.
Have fun and enjoy!
As many of you have already found out: Eaglemoss, one of the longest running model series and partwork producers in the world, has filed for bankruptcy. All business activities have stopped until it is more clear what will happen to the remaining stock. Not all of their models are homeruns but some of them are real gems. One of their most popular and obviously most successful series was the "Star Trek official starships collection". Eaglemoss treated the franchise in an unprecedented way. No matter how obscure the ship was, you could bet on it that Eaglemoss made a model of it. The series expanded like no other and the total ship count of all Star Trek related models (including the newer shows like "Discovery") exceeded the 200 mark. I cannot think of ANY model company continously releasing so many ships from one and the same franchise, so the company earned itself a place in the history books of model making.
Now then. Each model was accompanied by a printed magazine. It featured articles on the original filming miniature or CG model used in the show, snippets of the making of particular scenes, pre-production artwork and short interviews with the makers. The level of information provided by the mags varied but what made them stand out were the layout and their graphic design. They featured sharp CG renderings of the ships in question in straight-on views which can be used as invaluable source for papercrafting. What's most impressive is that EM decided to upload digital versions of those mags to their US website.
Now with the company gone (I hope this is only temporary because I'm still waiting for a good opportunity to get their adorable Muffit figure
) the website seized to exist and the mags were about to vanish forever - if it wasn't for the Wayback machine to archive 180 issues which still can be obtained FOR FREE.You never know how long those resources will be available, so if you are a Star Trek fan and even a Star Trek paper model creator like @spaceagent-9 or @D-WHALE , I strongly recommend to grab them HERE as quickly as possible.
Have fun and enjoy!
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(I did not know, that there is a download page for the magazines)