Following the recent interest in star signs I have consulted my astrological charts and, utilising SHADO’s most powerful computers I have been able to provide astrological readings for each star sign for the coming month. Capricorn: 22nd Dec – 19th Jan Hang on to your wallet. Bills will flood through your letterbox this month, bringing demands for that payment that you have been so studiously avoiding. Perhaps it is time…
Straker in Confetti Check A-O.K. Courtesy of UFO series home page
Ed Bishop preparing for a ‘take’ Courtesy UFO series home page
Gabrielle Drake in Make up, Courtesy of UFO series home page
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,…
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.
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…