CORBY SCI-FI SHOW – BRILLIANT MIX OF ALIENS AND MACHINES

WE SAW SMALLSPACE 9 reaching out to sci-fi model fans recently. Last weekend, it was the turn of the sci-fi enthusiasts of Corby, a town in the UK’s East Midlands.

FAREWELL TO SPECIAL-EFFECTS MODEL MAKER BILL PEARSON

WE ARE VERY sad to learn of the death of professional model maker Bill Pearson.

DOCTOR WHO TV SERIES RETURNS TO OUR SCREENS – AND THE NEW DOCTOR IS FEMALE

STAND BY FOR MORE DOCTOR WHO with the latest in the long-running BBC TV sci-fi drama.

COUNTDOWN TO SMALLSPACE 6 SCI-FI SHOW

COMING THIS SUNDAY - the sixth and best mega show from the Hamex team.

Click here for full details of the unmissable event.

INCOMING: SMALLSPACE 6: 40 YEARS OF K-9, THE ROBODOG

HEADSUP TIME for your diary. Stardate: Sunday July 16 is the countdown date for the sixth Smallspace Show.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017: KEEP ON MODELLING!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! HERE'S A ROUNDUP of scale goodness to enjoy before 2017 really gets rolling.

A PECULIAR EFFECT ON THE BBC - THE STORY OF BERNARD WILKIE, VISUAL EFFECTS GURU

A PECULIAR EFFECT ON THE BBC WAS WRITTEN BY the late Bernard Wilkie, a founder of the BBC Visual Effects (VFX) Department in 1954. The department started by making scale models for schools TV broadcasts.

BBC DOCTOR WHO IMPOSSIBLE WORLDS - A 50-YEAR TREASURY OF ART AND DESIGN

IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED a book or gift token this Christmas, how about splurging it on this lavish coffee-table book? BBC Impossible Worlds - A 50-Year Treasury of Art and Design provides a colourful look at the artwork from BBC TV’s long running science fiction series, Doctor Who.

COUNTDOWN TO SMALLSPACE 4 SCIENCE FICTION FESTIVAL

SCI-FI FANS GET READY for the smallspace 4 sci-fi fest this coming Sunday July 12. It should be a great day for full-size and scale model fans alike. Star of the show will be the Whomobile, the futuristic ride of the famed TV Doctor.

HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR SCIENCE-FICTION FANS - SMALLSPACE 3 LANDS IN THE UK THIS COMING SUNDAY

SUNDAY JULY 13 MARKS the third one-day smallspace show, when Daleks, Cybermen, and many more deadly aliens descend on Hanslope village, UK. As well as full-size sci-fi mayhem, there will be plenty of scale models on display too. The result? An unmissable event. 

SUN, FUN AND MODEL KITS: HAMEX 5 SHOW REPORT

Sunday December 8, 2013, saw the fifth HaMeX show (Hanslope Model Expo) held in the village of Hanslope, North Bucks, UK. The day was chilly, but bright and dry, which can’t always be guaranteed for this time of year! Above, the new Batman Tumbler from Moebius was built on a suitably grimy Gotham city diorama by Mat Irvine, then loaned to Tony James for his stand.

HUNGRY ROBOTS HEAD FOR HAMEX: K-9 CAFE FEATURES AT THE ANNUAL SWAPMEET AND MODEL SHOW

It’s December again, and that means another HaMeX Swapmeet and Model Show, to be held on Sunday, December 8, 2013, in Hanslope, UK.

DOCTOR WHO FANS CELEBRATE: 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION HELD IN THE LONDON DOCKLANDS

To coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the famed TV sci-fi series Doctor Who, a massive event was held at the giant ExCel exhibition complex in London’s Docklands last weekend, November 22-24, 2013. Among the exhibits was this Sea Base 4 from the 1983 episode, ‘Warriors of the Deep.’

COMET MINIATURES: THE END OF AN ERA, BUT THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE

Mat Irvine reports: After 30 years of being a major model store in South London, Comet Miniatures closed its doors for the final time last week.

WEEPING ANGEL TEMPORAL VAMPIRE: DOCTOR WHO FIGURINE COLLECTION

Doctor Who fans queue here for a set of collectible figurines from partwork publisher, Eaglemoss. They are moulded to a common 1:21 scale.

DALEKS RULE: SCALE MODEL SCI-FI TAKES COMMAND IN AN ENGLISH VILLAGE

Our second look at the weekend smallspace space, science-fiction and fantasy model show begins with life-size Daleks taking over the Buckinghamshire village of Hanslope, home to the show.

SMALLSPACE MODEL SHOW GOES BALLISTIC: SUCCESSFUL SECOND MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

The second smallspace show - featuring space, science fiction and fantasy models - was a wild success.

INCOMING: SMALLSPACE 2013 - SPACE, SCIENCE-FICTION AND FANTASY MODEL SHOW

The second annual SMALLSPACE event is coming this Sunday, July 7. This year the show has a twin focus - on the late Gerry Anderson of THUNDERBIRDS fame, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BBC TV series DOCTOR WHO.

SALUTE TO RAY CUSICK, CREATOR OF THE DOCTOR WHO DALEKS

Raymond Cusick, the production designer behind Doctor Who’s Dalek enemies, has died aged 84. He worked on the BBC TV science-fiction series from 1963 to 1966.

‘2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY’ IN DETAIL - GREAT DETAIL

MAT IRVINE REPORTS

Ask any film enthusiast, and probably many non-enthusiasts, to name the best science-fiction movie of all time, and you will probably get 9 out of 10 voting for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. For all those fans - and for space modellers too - comes the new book, 2001: The Lost Science by Adam K. Johnson.