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2/03 February's free, downloadable wallpaper is based on the 1/1000 mobile repair dock USS Shickland in memory of Larry Strickland, who passed away last month. Kitbashed around a Polar Lights TOS Enterprise and named after a (now) 20-year old in-joke. See you on the flip side, buddy.

1/27 Voting is now (finally!) open for the Trek-Wars Contest. It'll run through midnight (Chicago time) on February 7th.

1/15 I missed an entry in the contest - but it's now [posted. Sorry for the delay - it was entirely my fault, not the contestant's. I'll open up the voting shortly.

1/03 A new free, downloadable wallpaper for a new year is posted. It's based on another of Steven Bills compositions using various Bandai kits.

1/2 I *think* I have all the Trek-Wars contest entries posted with the last batch this weekend. I'm going to give it a couple days for folks to contact me, just in case I missed something, before I open up the voting.

12/25 I am still posting batches of contest entries (there's 7 or so tonight). So far, we have 13 "kit", 27 "kitbash/scratch-build" and 9 "diorama/vignette" entries up. There are still a handful left to post, but I'm almost there. Stay tuned!

12/08 Another batch of contest entries have been posted. Keep 'em coming!

12/04 December's free, downloadable wallpaper is a based on David Hanners' card model of STS-1.

12/02 Guess what? There are more contest entries posted! (Betcha' didn't see that coming)

11/30 Still more contest entries have been posted - and yes, there are more in the queue. Keep those entries coming - remember, the deadline has been extended to 15 December!. As ever, there are also plenty of new and restocked products in the Store.

11/17 More contest entries have been posted - and more are in the hopper. Keep those entries coming - remember, the deadline has been extended to 15 December!. As ever, there are also plenty of new and restocked products in the Store.

11/01 November's free, downloadable wallpaper is a based on Alternate Kessel Run by Steven Bills, using various Bandai kits.

10/18 Four more contest entries have been posted. Also, a s**t-ton of new and restocked products in the Store. Finally, due to repeated requests, the deadline for the contest is now 15 December 2020.

10/08 The contest entry page and first two entries are posted now.

10/07 AGHHHH! I got so involved in setting up contest pages that I forgot to upload the calendar! Sorry about that - October's free, downloadable wallpaper is a based on David Hanners' 1/48 card model of X-15A-2 ser.no. 66671.

Speaking of contest pages --- I have a number of entries already (and keep 'em coming!). The first is posted today - the "Entries" page is not yet done, but I'm working on it.

Forgot also to update the "New in the Store" page --- Lots of new stuff I should post there - including new Cryusher joe kits, detail sets for the Discoprise, a nifty set of lighted magnifiers, and lots more. Have a look!

09/01 September's free, downloadable wallpaper is a based on Doug Stewart's build of a resin model of Thunderbird 1 by UNCL in the UK.

08/13 Thursday the Thirteenth seems like a good day to launch our 24th Online Model Contest - especially since the IRL versions are being cancelled right and left.

08/03 August's free, downloadable wallpaper is a based on Danny Attree's build of the 1/72 Metal Gear Rex kit from Kotobukiya.

07/03 July's free, downloadable wallpaper is a based on Keith Karn Sr's build of the 1/72 (Interstellar) Ranger kit from Moebius.

Happy Independence Day to my countrymen - stay safe this weekend and, for everybody's sake, #wearthedamnmask!

March 3

1915 NACA, the predecessor of NASA, founded.

1969 11:00 am EST Apollo 9 launched. James McDivitt, David Scott, Russell Schweickart. 1st transfer of US astronauts from one orbiting spaceship to another. Flight duration 10 days 1 hr 54 sec.

1972 the space probe Pioneer 10 is launched by NASA.

1920 Jamesw Doohan, actor, born (ST:OS)

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