Kevin's Star Cops Box

Another obscure scratchbuild. 

 This is my replica of Box, the personal computer of the lead character in the 1987 BBC series Star Cops.

Kevin

UK

OZZY R.I.P.

Not toys related I know but it was such a massive part of my youth and heavy metal has lost its greatest co-founder today. 

Ozzy has sadly passed away aged 76.

The master of metal made it for one last farewell Sabbath gig last month in his home city of Birmingham.

The pearly gates will damn well fly off thier hinges when Ozzy rocks up.

Deepest Condolences to the Osborne family, the kids, Ozzy's friends and all my fellow heavy metal fans.

🤘

Paul V's SpaceX Junkyard Ten Years On

Ten years ago my friend Paul Vreede found some rather sorry looking SpaceX custom wrecks.

You can re-read the full story here, of how Paul found them and what glories emerged from the salvage!

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2015/05/back-on-track-by-paul-vreede.html

In summary, pictures tell the story really well too.

Before ....

And after! 

The restored Apollo Tracker!

And a custom 'Surveyor' Project SWORD Moon Crawler ( blogged recently, which Paul kindly gave to me).

I'm sure you'll agree Paul did a sterling job fixing up those original junkers. 

Paul still has a few Crawler parts spare if anyone would like to have a go at making one. Just email me.

Ed's New Moonscape Diorama Project

Woodsy,

I started this new diorama base project back in May and this is as far as I've gotten.

Except for the cheap framing, I already had the other materials on hand and decided they needed to be put to use. It's 48" x 38.5" and consists of two sheets of Masonite, glued and tacked onto a frame of fake wood (don't know what they call it but it's a plastic-like material), over which 1" sheets of Styrofoam are glued.

The crater rim is sheets of 1" Styrofoam cut and glued to the board. To finish this, I'll need to carve the foam to its final shape, cover everything with plaster (or similar), and then paint.

Here's the kicker: I can't do all that carving, plastering, and painting in the house, so it'll need to be done outside but it's gotten warm out there (we're looking at 112°F/44°C out on the patio). Plus, I have other things going on in my life.

Hopefully I can re-engage this project this coming Autumn.

The first two photos show the work in progress. The third photo was taken a few days ago after pulling out some of my SpaceX Moonbase HQ's to visualize what a set-up would look like.

See what you think.

From Vegas MoonBase

Ed

The Shuttle Launcher: What an Adventure (2000)!

 I've had a few Adventure 2000 die-casts over the years. I've done a few up for Moonbase Junior too.

One I've never had is this fab Shuttle Launcher.

In fact I've never had any blue versions of the range. 

It's a superb design with its red spaceplane and white satellite. 

Looking it up online, here's a few pics I gleaned. Is it a toy you had or like?

Like the green versions, the whole blue range has a passing resemblance to the blue SHADO2, do you agree?;

Custom SpaceX Moonbase Box and Board

Another old gem from Worthpoint, a custom made box and board for SpaceX no less!

What do you think?

The description read

 "Includes a professional custom mars landscape and custom box. What you see is what you get. Very unique. Very large set...will be shipped in 2 boxes. The Mars Battle board landscape is large enough for 54mm too. BattleBoard made by Jim Clouse, terrain artist."

ANDERSON ENTERTAINMENT RESCUE EAGLE

 Some previously published photos of my A.E. Rescue Eagle which is based on the old Eaglemoss mould.

It does have a lighter colour and some detail has been added to the rear engine piping and, of course has the added red Rescue/medical Eagle stripes.

I've included a few comparison photos between the A.E. Eagle and the Eaglemoss Transporter version.

Arto's Tudor Rose Space Cadet Boy Adventurer

Woodsy,

Re Brian H's Tudor Rose find

https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2025/06/brian-hs-tudor-rose-find.html

I dug up this miniature figure which came years ago as a free gift alongside a grey unmarked X-400 (possibly Kleeware). Could not identify it at the time because there is no maker's mark on it. Attached a photo with the standard-size Tudor Rose spaceman for comparison.

As the sizes (48 mm and 72 mm) match with Brian's, it is safe to assume that the miniature figure is one of the Space Cadet Boy Adventurers.

Thanks to Brian for solving this mystery.

Arto

Helsinki Base

Paul's SpaceX Surveyors and ... one S.W.O.R.D Moon Crawler!

My good friend Paul V kindly sent me this fab picture of his fleet of fabulous SpaceX Surveyors.

 It also features a Surveyor that Paul customised into superb miniature Project SWORD Moon Crawler, which he very kindly gave me as a gift for my birthday in 2021.

PS. Paul has some spare parts for another mini Moon Crawler if anyone is interested. Email me.

SMALLSPACE 12 PART 3

A final look at some of the photos from last Sunday’s Smallspace event.

As I said in my first post, Andy Preston’s Refit Enterprise was the star of the show for me. His attention to detail, and his meticulous pearlescent paint job was second to none.

Andy tells me it took around 4 months on and off, to carefully complete the painting process.

Some more shots of Richard Ashton’s highly detailed scratch-built models.

A couple of photos from the Motion Picture Miniatures display, showing castings of the 27” Batwing as seen in Tim Burton’s, Batman.

A Klingon Vor’cha battle cruiser from Star Trek: The Next Generation. When completed this will be displayed at the National Film and Sc-Fi Museum at Milton Keynes.

Two 1:72 scale dioramas on display at the Cozmic Scale Modals stall. One showing a scene from ‘V’, and another showing a Battlestar Galactica Viper Hangar.

Another couple of photos showing Kevin D’s models, and a photo of Kevin and Myself by his display (photo taken by Mike Tucker)

A few candid shots of some of the other friends I meet up with.

Prolific modeller David Sisson and his partner, Alison Thorne always put on a great model display. This year was no exception.

Space:1999 expert and collector , Simon Rhodes, who displayed some of his original Mike Noble ‘Star Fleet’ artwork, seen here sat with trader, transport manager, and all round good guy, Tony Freeman and Alison Thorne.

In the foreground, Tony Freeman, with fellow film fan and prop collector, Simon Greetham chatting with David Sisson.

Ever wondered what’s inside a Dalek casing. Here’s all the complicated remote control gubbins inside Iain McDonald’s grey Dalek.

Finally, some photos I’ll file under miscellaneous.

A 1: 3 scale ‘Power of the Daleks’ Dalek model in it’s own excellent diorama.

A resin model rocket, built by Andrew Prentis, based on designs seen in the Dan Dare inspired ‘Ministry of Space’ graphic novel.

A model of a Borg in it’s alcove. Unfortunately, I don’t who made this model, but it looked great and included a green flickering lighting effect.

Coming soon: The next adventure will be at Cromford Mills Comic Con