Cult TV Man's Ultimate Modeling Guide to Classic Sci-Fi Movies

by Anthony Taylor and Steve Iverson

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970145519
• ISBN13: 9780970145512
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Culttvman Media
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Belongs in every Sci Fi Model Library

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!

Classic kits, Classic reviews

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.

At last, a book for sci fi modelers!

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!

Kalmbach Publishing should be taking notes...

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...

Excellent resource for SF Modeling

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.