When I first viewed photos of art Alfred Wong making these patterns for KORBANTH of the immense Mandator IV-Class Siege Dreadnought DESTRUCTION, I was intrigued greatly! Upon getting my kit (VIEW HERE) from Randy Johnson of Korbanth, I assigned this build to artist Dan Grumeretz…. who did a most amazing job. The kit was fantastically patterned after the Maquette model shown in the Disney Launch Bays in California and Florida, USA. That stated… that Maquette is not exactly like the film version.. and since it is that which I wanted to replicate as much as possible, the kit thus required slight modification. Firstly, I wanted lights, which the Disney display Maquette did not have. Dan sliced the bridge in half to make top and bottom halves...

Here is one that was purchased and initially built by artist Richard Long. Unfortunately it met with some challenged transport (no pun intended) and ended up in a few pieces. Once again I asked artist Dan Grumeretz to come to it’s rescue…. and he did! Firstly repairing it’s outer shell, Dan then moved to it’s interior guts, revamping the wiring and lighting. After that it was a matter of painting it up, and reassembling it all. Even more fantastic is the BanDai 1/144 X-Wing and Y-Wing that Dan placed with the Transport to give it more life than before! I LOVE THIS DISPLAY!

I wish to thank Anigrand for initially making all these wonderful Star Wars kits. I would also like to thank artist Richard Long for his work on this initially...

Here is a model kit that has been sitting in a box for years. We are just now getting to many of those that have been waiting to be built. This 1/20 MK7E Super Viper was built from the FM Model Company kit…. a fantastic GK model company that no longer produces kits. That stated, I am pleased to have both their MK7E and their MK2 Viper’s in 1/20 scale.

Dan has done beautiful work on this Viper, modifying it slightly to resemble the amazing digital model Viper MK7B created by artist Pierre Drolet for Battlestar Galactica, and of which may be seen on his site SciFi Museum. The kit itself was very well made (as was FM Model Company’s usual)...

“The Long Patrol” …. this original series Battlestar Galactica Episode intrigued many with it’s early Viper design. The straight wing had a few people confused…lol. This fantastic creation was made by APOGEE for that episode. Sometime in there, this design of the model was stolen, only to show up later. That stated… as I understand it… after the original was stolen, Universal Hartland made their own replica to finish the episode. The model replica we show today is based off the original APOGEE Viper. This studio scale Viper kit was actually patterned by artist Jason Eaton, utilizing reference of the stated APOGEE Viper. He actually built his own that you may view HERE. It is now readily available as a KIT from J.A.W.S. Models, and you may order one HERE!

This model was given to me by Ja...

Artist Ralph McQaurrie will always be remembered for his brilliant and imaginative work in the film and art industry. A many of his designs were used for popular science fiction films… of which this one made it into the Star Wars universe. If real, this concept A-Wing is much larger than the actual A-Wing that we saw in Return of the Jedi. When artist Richard Long patterned a kit of it, I wanted one greatly. I eventually was able to get this kit direct from Richard Long, and even arrange the pattern sale to KORBANTH, who may begin selling it soon. That stated… this model was masterfully built up by artist Dan Grumeretz for our display here. Dan took time to really follow what McQuarrie had painted...

We have so many studio scale X-Wings here on display. In fact, we still have all of the X-Wings we have replicated from the original Star Wars models used in 1977, with a few that are even one-offs of great imagination. We also have the concept X-Wing, the very first ICONS X-Wing (the one Capt Cardboard utilized to start the studio scale X-Wing Kit craze), two Korbanth 1/24 T-70 X-wings, the Poseidon 1/24 X-Wing, an actual Capt Cardboard X-Wing (built by RL Bleecker as Blue 7 thirteen years ago)….. and a Partridge in a Pair Tree! Am I bragging? Maybe a little…LOL. That stated… I know of a few private collections that have way more than we have displayed here…. which truly must be amazing to view...

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DARTH MAUL

Life Sized Bust

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This is a Life Sized Bust of Darth Maul. It is a hollow resin/fiberglass bust with custom painted “glass” (actually acrylic) eyes. The bust is about 17″ tall from front of chest to top of horn. On the stand it is about 20″ tall. See the photos of the actual item for condition details. This was a custom bust kit offered right around the time The Phantom Menace came out. I had it in storage since then and I recently took it out, painted and finished it this past week. The stand in the photos is included. The stand is wood and plastic with a PVC pipe. The bust is resting on the stand and is not permanently attached. Any questions let me know. Note: This is NOT from Sideshow.
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This one was along time coming. I purchased a few parts from the kit’s original pattern maker (Richard Long) years ago, and I knew then were parts missing. The pattern had eventually made it’s way to Frank Cerney of FM Model Company whom I am happy to say was able to sell me the missing parts. I am grateful of Frank for doing so… it helped with this project very much. That stated, part challenges continued with minor issue. With what Frank sent me, Dan still had to scratch build two of the wings due to a mishap of mistaken parts shipping… (basically two of the same wings which cannot be flipped from side to side). Unfortunately by the time we realized this, Frank had already sold the patterns to an unnamed person…...

This model replica has been a thrill to photograph. Each angle simply looks menacing… and cool! I received this completed piece from Dan last year. Truth be told, it had started life many years ago as an actual cast from an original. The original cast was given to R.L. Bleecker to build and paint up as Buck’s Thunderfighter (SEEN HERE). It spent many years on display, and after it was borrowed to be on Display at different events (in order to suggest replicas would soon come from a Licensed Company), it eventually was returned months later with damage. At that time I thought we would change this one up. I then gave it to Dan Grumeretz to do so. Dan and I decided to make it the fantastic “Happy Birthday, Buck” Fighter…...

This is the world’s FIRST Studio Scale Klingon K’RONOS One Replica, as seen in the 1991 Film, Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country.

What can I say? I have dreamed of this piece for quite some time…. and I know many of you have as well.

Built from the amazing Richard Long studio scale Klingon K’TINGA kit (of which only 5 or 6 were produced), artist Dan Grumeretz took extra care to make sure this piece was as accurate as we could make it to be K’RONOS One. Utilizing the Jim Creveling photos of the actual studio model (Seen Here), Dan replicated the details that were not on the K’Tinga Kit. He modified the neck mating area, the Engine Nacelles, the Bridge, the rear…. just about everything other than the shape Richard amazingly created by hand...