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  • Mk II Viper

    1/32 Mk II Viper from Battlestar Galactica

    Even though I liked the 70s Battlestar Galactica, the re-imagined series blew me away. The gritty "realism", internal politics and obvious desperation of a persecuted species drew me in and kept me watching week after week. Of all the Sci-Fi series I loved watching, this is the only one that I actually own in full on DVD. So, as I had a bit of a break from my current MSc, I decided to build the recently released 1...
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  • Dalek3

    Daleks conquer and destroy!

    Needing an escape, I recently completed a quick modelling project of one of my favourite TV bad guys, a Dalek from Dr Who. However, I'm never content to build something straight out of the box, so I had to dabble a wee bit with the stock kit ... The kit is one of the two Dalek models that came in the Airfix 'Daleks in Manhatten' box set. Now, I do like the overall design of the 2005 style travelling machine, but...
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  • Mark-89

    Family of Noise: a window into my youth

    Back in the late '80s I was in a band. Then again, who wasn't? It started off as simply mucking about in a mate's garage in Molash - first as "Kicking the Kerb" and then "Additional Noise". Finally we settled on a name that we felt suited us, taken from a track on Adam and the Ants' first album, "Dirk Wears White Sox". The line-up at the time consisted of me on bass, Phil Harvey on guitar, Darren Reed on drums...
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    Movember - Final Day

    Well, it's all nearly over ... I've got through the itching, insults and finger-pointing and ended up with quite a nice tash (at least I think so). I would like to thank every single person that has donated over the past month. Thanks to you all I have raised £155 and the team has (so far) raised a total of £535! I know there is still some money to be put on the system, so hopefully we'll break the £600 ba...
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Solo dining

Jul 28th

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I know I may come across as Billy No-mates, but quite hon­estly I have never felt more like a leper than right now. More >

London, lonely, Pizza Hut

Adventures in Manchester, part 1

May 18th

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On Sat­urday even­ing I gathered some friends and made the decision to go and see the new Star Trek film at the IMAX in Manchester.

Sounds like a good idea right? I thought so. We’d meet up, grab some­thing to eat, see the film and go for a few beers in the city centre. It almost went to plan …

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bars, cinema, IMAX, manchester, pubs, star trek
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The Guvna’ arrives

Apr 4th

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The new sculpt from Reaper arrived today and it’s a gem! More >

Modelling, orc

Nobody heard the screams 30 years ago

Mar 18th

Posted by Mark in TV & Film

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Thirty years ago I was 9. I was still dizzy with anti­cip­a­tion for Empire Strikes Back and was in awe of the spe­cial effects of Star Trek: The Motion Pic­ture (the dry­dock scene has one of the best beauty shots of any space­ship — ever). I was only mar­gin­ally aware of another cine­matic phe­nomenon that was unleashed on the pub­lic in 1979: Alien. More >

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It’s a hard rain …

Mar 8th

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Why is it that every­where I go in the world, rain seems to fol­low? More >

holidays, rain

Several completed builds

Sep 21st

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It’s been a while since I pos­ted any­thing and I have now com­pleted three dif­fer­ent builds that have been ongo­ing for a while! More >

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1-hour Ma.K build!

Aug 25th

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Given my usual gla­cial build­ing pace, this was an extreme chal­lenge! More >

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Bit of a time slip by the BBC

Jun 29th

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At the end of last night’s epsi­ode of Dr Who, fans were left with a series of cliff­hangers which had them on the edge of their seats (not least in my house!). More >

BBC, Doctor Who, Dr Who, Who
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