ANTI-MYSTERON BADGE

 

Cloth badge from TV21 comic.

I never had one. Did you?

CLIP CLIP CLIPPER

I love my new Clipper.

Just a tiny touch-up and a polish, it's ready for cruising!

Is it one you had as a kid?

REMEMBERING KEN HOLT

A few more photos of Ken Holt, who would have been celebrating his ninety-second birthday today. 

As I mentioned in my previous post this morning, Ken was the production manager at the Century 21 Stirling Road studios running the day to day operations of the studio,  like ordering countless fire extinguishers following the endless special effects explosions, or occasionally wine and dining various film people at The King's Arms pub in nearby Cookham village.

It was thanks to his grand- daughter, Georgina who saw some posts relating to Ken's work at C21 and decided to contact the blog. Through a video call, Wotan interviewed Ken about his work. Following this Ken became an occasional visitor to the blog, often commenting on posts.

I was lucky enough to meet up with Ken at various conventions, and briefly chat to him about his time at Century 21.  

Happy heavenly birthday, sir.

Ken at Andercon.

Ken chatting to Georgina Moon.

Ken and Prentis Hancock.

Photos taken at the Century 21 studios showing Ken with Derek Meddings  inside the 'Phoenix' hangar during the  model special effects filming of Doppelgänger.

Some more often seen posed set up shots of Ken and Derek.

For Those Who Love Giant Monster Movies

Hi

Here is a fun 54-minute look at giant monster movies, including all those mutant bugs from the 1950s. Actually some do feature miniaturised people, which turns everything around them in to monsters. 

There is also a segment on Godzilla movies. Lots of old movie clips. Narrated by Billy Mumy - Will Robinson from Lost in Space.

Attack of the 50 ft. Monster Mania (American Movie Classics special) - YouTube

Paul Adams from New Zealand

MANY HAPPY RETURNS, KEN

 Remembering blog friend, and all round lovely bloke, Ken Holt  on what would have been his birthday.

Ken, of course was well  known as the former Century 21 Production Manager, and attended several conventions. 

Here's a few photos from the 2014 event that took place at RAF Cosford.

PROBE 3 AND PROBE X: PEDAL TO THE MEDAL

 I mean Wow! This Probe 3 just bowled me over! Cor, how I would have liked one of those!

Less snazzy in my humble opinion is its stablemate Probe X with its steering wheel.

What do you think of these readers?

For your Valentine's Day drive?

SUPER SUNDAY

 My latest Superfast paint patch-ups.

Capri, Ford, Buggy, Bus

My fave is the Capri!

Yours?

Time to Buzz the Tower

The much delayed sequel to Top Gun will be in cinemas shortly and the rather minimal range of toys are filtering into the shops. Chief amongst them are the small line of (Matchbox) Mattel Skybuster planes, a series which has been running since the seventies, now updated after Mattel took over Lesney.

Aside from the usual US Air Force fighters, there is the rather nice 'Darkstar' Stealth Jet, which presumably Tom Cruise as the eponymous 'Maverick' of the title, gets to save the world in.

It clearly takes its cue from the many previous stealth concepts, but opts for more streamlined edges than the current stealth profiles. There's no visible cockpit, so we can expect tight 'in the helmet' close ups of Cruise as he piles on the machs in an enclosed space.

The model itself is very minimal, with no moving parts or opening hatches, but does come with a low stand, which is a nice bonus as theres no landing gear!