Mr. Enamels Workshop

Here's a picture of the U.N. 1 Space Ship from "First Men in the Moon" completed. The kit does not come with a base, so I purchased a generic moon base to go with it. If you are a BIG FAN of the movie as I am, you need to get this one. Its not a perfect kit though...it does not come with the equipment on top of the space ship. Not sure if this was an oversight by the producer of the kit?Also, the decals totally crumbled and are unusable so you if you buy one you may have to have a steady hand and paint the red and white squares on the ship. The U.N.1 logo was cut and pasted.

Here's the completed Selenite from "First Men in the Moon" a favorite movie of mine. It is done in my impression of what it would look like and top coated with a satin finish. I used acrylics for the Selenite and oil enamels for the crystals....next I will tackle the U.N. Space Ship . See my previous blog when I took a trip to "Cherry Cottage" where the movie actually took place.

I'm at the front door of Cherry Cottage, knocked, but no one answered. I look disappointed and I was! I certainly wanted to tour the inside.

On a recent vacation to London I tracked down Cherry Cottage. This was a film location for one of my all-time favorite sci- fi movies "First Men in the Moon" filmed in 1964. It hasn't changed in 45 years!