LATEST NEWS AND HAPPENINGS
April 10, 2019
This year makes it official, SMT has been around 20+ years, this in fact being the 21st year. I wanted to take a moment and thank both Alfred Wong and Stephen Sekulic! Both played a part in making SMT the success it was in resin garage kit production. Alfred for pattern making and Stephen for pattern making, assisting with mold making and general production. In fact my idea to both pattern make and cast had to change to just casting production as I was too busy to make many patterns. Once I had Cease and Desist for both Star Wars (resolved through destruction and surrender of items) and Space:1999 (resolved and my kits and models I had produced were paid in royalties to the licence holder) I decided it was time to take a step back from the high volume workload. As well medical issues to the resin were beginning to show. (see photos below). Over the years I have kept busy with private commission builds (mostly studio scale), museum work and prop restoration. And occasionally producing licenced Star Trek items for a third party licencee holder. I have set up displays at a couple of local model shows in that time just to talk to folks interested in the hobby and offer advice and guidance on scratch building, mold making and casting. This year will mark a return to doing some finished models , and hopefully taking SMT in a direction that will propel the brand name SMT into the next 20 years! Dare I say... I may even have Steve back in the shop doing some limited resin kit production??!
"IN THE SHOP" WITH SMTI have added some new photos of reworked shop space on the IN THE SHOP page, be sure to check them out.
Once again for you studio scale modelers and the curious. Here's another couple studio donor kits. Original release Doyusha 1/250 Yamato (came with the motors for the 1st release) and wood look box. The Otaki D51 101 plays a major detail in BSG builds but most especially the Galactica herself! The main hull runs the upper engine area. Presented here Grey box (correct version) and the newer ARII rerun that has some differences and would require some reworking if you are picky! IN THE WORKS
I am have finished printing a Serenity for a client, should be about 17" when all together.
I continue to contribute to the hobby and share the builds and help others with their builds where am I able.
That is it for now and remember to enjoy the hobby! As my way of giving back to the modeling community I have released for free the 15 page PDF of development I did for modifying the Airfix/MPC/Round 2 Eagle model kit. Download from the articles page and remember its sharing and building a community of like minded individuals that keeps the hobby and enjoyment!
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