Day: 1st May 2011

Spindler: Moonmobile Diorama

1st May 2011
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Science fiction and the fascination of space. Endless distances, unexplored, undiscovered, full of dangers, secrets, challenges, fiction and dreams. As a kid and youth I devoured every sci-fi TV series, every sci-fi-movie and nearly every novel, as far as I was allowed to do so. They all enthralled me, and to the day they did not release me. Perry Rhodan, Gozilla and its monsters, The Invaders, Raumpatrouille Orion, Star Trek,…

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C.M. Taylor: SHADO Jeep

Here we have the SHADO jeep. There is no commercially-available kit of this vehic;e. so I scratch-built the model using the running gear from Tamiya 1/24 scale Mini kits. As can be seen, the model features operating gullwing doors and took just over a year to build.

1st May 2011
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Colin M. Taylor – SHADO Interceptor

This second model started life as the Bandai ‘Space Fighter Interceptor’ which I purchased at the 1987 World SF Convention, held in Brighton UK. . Apart from removing the firing mechanism for the missile, I carried out the following work: Reshaped the missile nosecone Detailed the cockpit, removing the bust of the pilot with a properly-detailed pilot figure Replaced the domed windscreen with a more accurate item replaced the landing…

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The Room

1st May 2011
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It’s a bland room, with walls in an indefinable hue of palest mauve, or perhaps it’s taupe. I was never very good at colours. Either way it fades into the distance, one of those shades that seems to draw back the more you stare at it. They probably paid some psychologist to tell them what colour to use, something restful they would have said; we want something calming and soothing….

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Trapped (The Vampire Series 4)

1st May 2011
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WARNINGS: slight sexual innuendos, some violence 16:30 The drive to the docks took longer than expected. Traffic was heavy as they went through town to arrive at the correct area. The SHADO mobile unit was equipped to go overland and was slow by comparison on the road. Davidson, one of Ford’s people, greeted Straker as he joined the mobile crew. “We’re still not triangulated. Ferrales is working on it. Ford’s…

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Garbage

Tags: atheism, religious references   Garbage. That was all that was left now. We’d picked over the scraps, sent anything of any useable size back to HQ for analysis, cleared the site, written the interim reports. But there had been very little to retrieve. Disintegrating alien craft tend to be fairly destructive and this was not just one exploding UFO. There were several of them. It was a miracle that…

1st May 2011
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Bon Appétit

1st May 2011
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Dear Readers, the recent Easter holidays reminded me of one of the joys of living and travelling abroad: meeting with the various eating habits, cooking the recipes enjoyed by the people where one lives and becoming open-minded enough to learn something new and relish it. So, this time I want to share some recipes with you, which I have come to enjoy quite a lot. Yes, they work! Have fun…

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