Space Academy Planetoid build in 1/2 studio scale
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Joseph C. Brown
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They were good enough for Greg Jein on the Laserblast ship, so, they are good enough for me!Train track connecters for the win!
I am so happy to see this build!
Any progress on this one? Really anticipating seeing this project completed!They were good enough for Greg Jein on the Laserblast ship, so, they are good enough for me!
Joseph C. Brown
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Yeah, me too!Any progress on this one? Really anticipating seeing this project completed!
Real life stuff, like our furnace conking out in the worst part of the winter, dealing with work, keeping my wife alive in the 3rd year of her chelation treatment… kinda slows one down a wee bit.
And best of all: The Scratch Builders Curse!
-make your best guesses because lack of references,
-get the work completed…
-and like an evil magic curse, long-lost references which you had desperately needed suddenly appear!
-which naturally show your best guesses were off.
Fortunately, my pace had already slowed down due some of the above-mentioned stuff plus a touch of modeling burn-out, so, I was not yet done when (circa 1977) build pics of the filming model started to surface in mid-2022.
And while they are some awesome pics, they really don’t much affect where I was already going: I had made some reasonably correct guesses based on what had been already figured out for the kit availability
Worrying about current-day lack of some of those vintage kits doesn’t really apply to me, as I’m going half-studio-scale – meaning I already had to make it or fake it with each individual piece anyway, but, it’s always good to have what was used back then mostly figured out.
This is all a really long winded way to say that I haven’t quit, and really want to get it up to Wonderfest this year!
Joseph C. Brown
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Thank you! She's tougher than I am, and getting better!
Man, I'm so sorry!! I've heard of chelation treatment, and it's not easy! I'll be praying for you and your wife; let me know if there's anything we can do for you!Yeah, me too!
Real life stuff, like our furnace conking out in the worst part of the winter, dealing with work, keeping my wife alive in the 3rd year of her chelation treatment… kinda slows one down a wee bit.
And best of all: The Scratch Builders Curse!
-make your best guesses because lack of references,
-get the work completed…
-and like an evil magic curse, long-lost references which you had desperately needed suddenly appear!
-which naturally show your best guesses were off.
Fortunately, my pace had already slowed down due some of the above-mentioned stuff plus a touch of modeling burn-out, so, I was not yet done when (circa 1977) build pics of the filming model started to surface in mid-2022.
And while they are some awesome pics, they really don’t much affect where I was already going: I had made some reasonably correct guesses based on what had been already figured out for the kit availability
Worrying about current-day lack of some of those vintage kits doesn’t really apply to me, as I’m going half-studio-scale – meaning I already had to make it or fake it with each individual piece anyway, but, it’s always good to have what was used back then mostly figured out.
This is all a really long winded way to say that I haven’t quit, and really want to get it up to Wonderfest this year!
Joseph C. Brown
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Thank you!
Joseph C. Brown
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Many thanks!
I'll be getting the (still!) incomplete model ready to go up to Wonderfest - and I'll get some current progress pics up sometime this week.
I'll be getting the (still!) incomplete model ready to go up to Wonderfest - and I'll get some current progress pics up sometime this week.
Cool! BTW: I meant to ask you how your wife is doing? How is she holding up with everything?
Joseph C. Brown
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Thank you for your concern!
Karen has survived (successful!) surgeries for dealing with three forms of cancer (breast, ovarian, and lung) since 2007; these were all related to chemical exposure at the Fernald Ohio Dept of Energy site where she worked in the early 1990's. This is the 3rd year of chelation therapy for her, for removal of ridiculous levels of thorium, cesium, and uranium. The treatments are working, but it is a very slow and gradual process, and, are extremely rough on a physical level.
Along the lines of every cloud has a silver lining.... the chelation therapy has been showing positive results, namely Karen's amounts of thorium and uranium going down from crazy high levels to only 5x normal and 3x normal respectively, over the last 3 years.
Pain in her hip this March prompted a blood test showing cobalt & chromium levels consistent with spalling/fretting from the Stryker Rejuvenate replacement hip joint she had installed in 2011, and we have an MRI scheduled this week which will help the surgeon to schedule revision hip replacement surgery this summer.
We keep reminding ourselves that things could be far, FAR worse - at least these issues *can* be addressed!
We just keep doing the best we can, and try to have a bit of fun when possible - just recently, there was a local PirateFest event in Harriman Tennessee, and Karen was feeling physically good, so we got into our Pirate gear and spent the afternoon there!
Karen has survived (successful!) surgeries for dealing with three forms of cancer (breast, ovarian, and lung) since 2007; these were all related to chemical exposure at the Fernald Ohio Dept of Energy site where she worked in the early 1990's. This is the 3rd year of chelation therapy for her, for removal of ridiculous levels of thorium, cesium, and uranium. The treatments are working, but it is a very slow and gradual process, and, are extremely rough on a physical level.
Along the lines of every cloud has a silver lining.... the chelation therapy has been showing positive results, namely Karen's amounts of thorium and uranium going down from crazy high levels to only 5x normal and 3x normal respectively, over the last 3 years.
Pain in her hip this March prompted a blood test showing cobalt & chromium levels consistent with spalling/fretting from the Stryker Rejuvenate replacement hip joint she had installed in 2011, and we have an MRI scheduled this week which will help the surgeon to schedule revision hip replacement surgery this summer.
We keep reminding ourselves that things could be far, FAR worse - at least these issues *can* be addressed!
We just keep doing the best we can, and try to have a bit of fun when possible - just recently, there was a local PirateFest event in Harriman Tennessee, and Karen was feeling physically good, so we got into our Pirate gear and spent the afternoon there!
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Just stumbled across this
agraphafx.com
Space Academy and Beyond — Filmation’s Saturday Morning VFX
In 1977 Everything Changed. Saying that Star Wars altered entertainment and society forever may not be an exaggeration. It’s hard for those not around in 1977 to understand the significant im…
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Joseph C. Brown
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Thank you for the link - well worth taking the time to read!
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