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I was recently made aware of this amazing artist from France… and the amazing artists of the Studio Scale Federation. I have the great pleasure of introducing to this Gallery today, Master Model Maker Franck Mathieu! His first showing today is of his fantastically huge scratch build of the ANH Millennium Falcon. The detail on this piece is beautiful to view, and his proportions all look great! Using plasticards, kit and resin parts, this beastie took one year to build! The piece is FILM Ready in my opinion! I am very excited to be able to show Franck’s works here, and I am looking forward to his next amazing creation!

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When I viewed photos of this piece I had to take a second glance.. I thought it that of the Master Replicas 1701 without the lights on. THEN I noticed that it look like it was solid… or nearly so! Beautifully sculpted by master artist David Shaw! I am very impressed with how this artist did this piece and soon will be doing a “how to” tutorial to show what he did to create it! A wonderful piece created by master modeler David Shaw!

Here are a few words from modeler David Shaw…

The model is two-third scale to the original 33 inch study/filming model of the Enterprise, which makes it 1/500 scale
overall. The original model was 33.75 inches long and 15 inches wide, this model is 22.5 inches long and 10 inches wide.

This model was sort of a “proof of concept” that I could even build the shapes...

I am honored today to be able to introduce a builder to this Gallery who has been inspirational to me in his talents, proving that dreams ARE achievable! Professional Photographer, and Model Master Jason Ware. Using some of the reference shown directly from this site through the Mark Dickson Collection, and using some dramatic lighting from VooDooFX, with over 1500 hours spent building her…. Jason made his dream come true of this 3/4 studio scale scratch build of the most known science fiction vessel in science fiction history… the Enterprise 1701 Refit! This piece is so large that he was even able to place figures in the windows and on the hull! Every bit of lighting accounted for exactly like the original 8 foot filming model… this piece is second to none that I have seen...