Ed's Moonscape - I'm Calling It a Wrap!

Okie Doke Woodsy,

I applied the last dry-brush color and will call this mostly finished. The base as you see it is pretty much done, and I can always tweak it later.

 All I need now are some sheets of black foamcore board to serve as backgrounds for when I photograph this. 

The ones I have at the house are actually too short and I had to use two sheets per side instead of just one. 

Anywho, it all worked out for this particular photo shoot and you guys are the witness to the first landing on the new Moonscape!

From Vegas Base

Ed

 

Lett's TV21 Diary: Another Boring Day at School!

I picked up an old TV21 Diary by Lett's a while back.

I've seen it before and always liked the fact that great illustrations of Project SWORD's Snow Train and Booster Rocket even got a couple of half-pages.

Fascinatingly this old copy has been filled in by it's young owner, back in 1971. He was definitely bored at school! 

It's a real glimpse into childhood back then. The entries end in March.

Did you have this TV21 diary?

Did you keep any kind of diary readers? 

A few more Corgi Rockets

Ed's Moonscape: HQ Colony

Well Woodsy, the second coat of paint has been applied to the Moonscape. 

It's actually a lighter gray (in the can) than what it appears because it went over that dark gray first coat. 

Now the question is: do I dry brush on a coat of white to highlight everything or leave it alone?

 I placed a few of my Tri-ang Moon Base HQ's on the surface to show scale.

From Vegas Base

Ed

 

MARS 🤣

I always thought MARS looked like this!

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Loft Property

 As my Grandson Junior gets older inevitably his tastes are changing. It happened to us all.

The latest casualty of nearly being ten is this first batch of his mostly modern die-casts, which we used to play with together for many happy hours.

MoonBase has happily agreed to store them for Junior in our attic until further notice.

Junior's faves are these two gorgeous vintage Super Kings transporters.

They would sit nicely in any Gerry Anderson TV show I reckon. 

Also in the box is this strange robot car, which I guess is from the old Robot Wars TV programme.

Have you got stuff stored in your attic? 

Spy or Sport? A Gun too Far?

Being a boomer boy I love toy guns. I always did and that allure has never faded.

However a toy I saw on eBay entered that grey area, where a toy maybe something more realistic. 

This cased Masudaya SS5 is such an item

Looking at it it doesn't have the plastic innocence of say the Secret Sam attache case that I had or a James Bond toy gun set.

It could be an actual sport gun rather than a toy?

What do you think?

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LAST MINUTE TRIP TO CROMFORD COMIC CON

 Although I didn't intend to visit Cromford Mills Comic Con this year, I've had last minute second thoughts. So, next Sunday I'll be there  enjoying what's on, and clicking away taking a few photos. 

I know one or two of you on here like to attend too, so I might just see you there.