CultTVman's Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies

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Summary: Belongs in every Sci Fi Model Library
Review: Few books devoted to science fiction modelmaking have punctuated the monotonous and predictable landscape of model building related books, and this one is a stand-out! "The Ultimate Modeling Guide..." covers a broad range of science fiction hardware and model making techniques. Excellent photography supports detailed and authoritative text. I've found it to be instructional and inspirational. This book is for anyone interested in modelmaking. And for the sci-fi specific modelmaker, you library is sorely incomplete until you get this book. I highly recommend it!

Rating:
Summary: Belongs in every Sci Fi Model Library
Review: Few books devoted to science fiction modelmaking have punctuated the monotonous and predictable landscape of model building related books, and this one is a stand-out! "The Ultimate Modeling Guide..." covers a broad range of science fiction hardware and model making techniques. Excellent photography supports detailed and authoritative text. I've found it to be instructional and inspirational. This book is for anyone interested in modelmaking. And for the sci-fi specific modelmaker, you library is sorely incomplete until you get this book. I highly recommend it!

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Summary: Classic kits, Classic reviews
Review: I picked up Cult's book at WonderFest with egar anticipation. What was contained in the book did not dissapoint. It was filled with great kits I never knew existed (& now want) as well as great ideas & tips on building them. I can't say enough about this book & how it will help me build a better kit.

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Summary: Classic kits, Classic reviews
Review: I picked up Cult's book at WonderFest with egar anticipation. What was contained in the book did not dissapoint. It was filled with great kits I never knew existed (& now want) as well as great ideas & tips on building them. I can't say enough about this book & how it will help me build a better kit.

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Summary: Excellent resource for SF Modeling
Review: If you love to build scale models from classic sci-fi movies, then this is the book for you. This book covers a wide range of subjects: plastic model kits that you would remember from your youth, some of the coolest offerings by the contemporary garage industry, and techniques for beginners and experts. Since no single project requires EVERY modelling skill (typical of the hobby), each chapter takes a classic movie robot or spacecraft and details the building process in its own unique way.

CultTVman's guide offers tips on building, painting, customizing, and displaying some of the more obscure kits out there - kits that are only offered in the "garage scene", never produced by a major plastic model company. It was a blast to see these familiar subjects built by some very talented people.

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Summary: About time!!!
Review: In the modeling world, science-fiction model builders have been the second-class citizens for a long time. This book, "CultTVman's Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Science Fiction Movies" goes a long way to giving sci-fi model builders some of the respect that they deserve. Assembled by a collection of talented modelers, the quality of the work displayed is simply outstanding -- these guys really know their subjects, and do a very good job of communicating with well-written articles and photos. This publication is what sci-fi modellers should have been able to buy years, instead of the somewhat meager offerings that have been available.

If you are a serious aircraft, armor, or train modeler who dislikes science-fiction, this book is not for you. But if you love movie spaceships and vehicles, then buy this book! You will not regret it!

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Summary: At last, a book for sci fi modelers!
Review: Reference books and how-to books for modelers are a small niche in the market, and they've been almost entirely oriented toward the military modeler. Now at last is an in-depth how-to book for the science fiction kit builder. We're not out in the cold any more! Steve Iverson has gathered a gaggle of the best sci fi modelers from around the CultTVMan internet community, and they've given us step-by-step articles on building and improving such kits as Polar Lights' Robbie the Robot and C-57D spaceship, Lunar Models' Proteus and Discovey, and many other mainstream and garage industry models. The book is capped off with a fascinating history of the filming model of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek: The Motion Picture through its retirement, with some wonderful reference photos of the ship - worth the price of admission alone!

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Summary: Sci-Fi Modelers Rejoice!
Review: This book has got it all, from "Forbidden Planet"'s C-57D to "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"'s U.S.S. Enterprise (My personal favourite). Excellent articles by Marc King, Don Matthys, Joel Tavera, John Lester and many more make this a one-stop shopping place for all your modeling needs. Each article focuses on a different technique, such as super-detailing and electronics, so the book taken as a whole pretty much covers all the skills needed to model Sci-Fi kits. The colour photos of Kyu Woong-Lee's ST:TMP Enterprise are spectacular, and that brings up my only criticism: the book needs more colour photos (I know this would add to the cost, and Anthony Taylor and Steve Iverson are to be commended for the depth of information and quality of the layout for such a reasonable price, but a few more pages of colour photos would make a huge difference).

All in all, this book is an excellent follow-up to their earlier Jupiter II effort.

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Summary: Kalmbach Publishing should be taking notes...
Review: This is a very slickly produced book, with lots of great, clear photography. This book covers a wide range of classic scifi modeling subjects, with tons of advice and pointers on many different facets of scale modeling. It completely blows away the Trek and Wars books published by Kalmbach, in terms of relevancy to modelers and quality of the publication - not to mention the great looking models produced by the authors of the chapters. If you enjoy science fiction modeling, and are looking to improve your skills and learn new techniques, this book will be a huge asset to your reference material. And keep checking out the CultTVMan web site...