James Jacob

First test of Marsedit through to WordPress…

Powerbook G4 while while the wife is watching Strictly

It has been so long since I wrote a post, I have actually forgotten how to login into WordPress – let alone remember what my account details are!

A new era begins! Next steps, Mars Edit and working out how to pull my Tumblr account over…

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Wow! I’ve just ordered the massive Enterprise kit, all 1m length of it in 1/350 scale.

Not even sure where I’ll be able to put it yet but will worry about that later, for now, the good news is – it arrives on Wednesday!
Yey!!

I’m trying, I really am but have to say I am really struggling to get into the new incarnation of Stargate, Stargate Universe. While trying not to give away too many spoilers, SGU is the second spin off of the original Stargate series, SG1. This ran for 10 years and won more awards than I could even list. The second, Stargate Atlantis, started well and then got canned after 5 seasons. (there’s the first clue!).

By dialing the mysterious 9th chevron of the Stargate, an illequiped team of soldiers and civilians find themselves hurled to the other side of the universe, only to find themselves on a technologically advanced yet ancient spaceship called Destiny. It is very advanced, yet was launched 100′s of thousands of years ago and is on the verge of falling apart.

This is where SGU starts to lose its way a little. The Stargate devices from the series allow near instantaneous travel from one point in space to another within the galaxy, so we should be used to characters zooming all over the place in the series. Once the Destiny charges up all of it’s batteries, which I am sure the characters will learn to do – then you would have thought they’d be on their way home to Earth.

Instead, we have a series that is half Star Trek Voyager, half Battlestar Galactica. People struggling to get home from the other side of the galaxy / universe in an aging space ship. When compring SGU to either of these shows, it comes up very short.

Based on US TV rule of thumb, give SGU 7 years and they will find their way home. But for now, keep an eye out for any two parters or season finale’s – I’d imagine they’d be the best episodes of this series.

But I might be wrong…

Right kids, after downloading the wordpress app to my iPod Touch, and then another ten minutes trying to remember my WordPress password, it works!

Just a little test to see if thing darn thing works and then it’s back on the hunt for a Tamiya Enterprise for less than £100!

For Christmas last year I received a truly massive 1/350 scale model of the German Battleship Bismarck from WWII. This kit was the largest model I have ever built, about 65cms or so in length. I got it for Christmas and have STILL not completely finished it – because of the accurising of parts.

Picture care of Carrierbuilders.net

I have well and truly got the bug for ships this large now and have my Christmas wish list set on the next challenge – the Tamiya USS Enterprise CVN-65. For those who aren’t aware (bit of geek factor here) this was the first nuclear powered naval vessel and the original namesake for Gene Rodenberry’s USS Enterprise from Star Trek.

This model truly is a monster at over 1m long and 30cms longer than the aforementioned Bismarck. So you can definately say it will take pride of place in anyone’s model collection – provided your wife will let you have shelf space to keep it.

More to follow over the coming months in terms of how things go convincing the family and Father Christmas to give this to me for Christmas, as well as the (hopefull!) build over the coming months and the accurising through photo-etched parts.

Here is a 5 min out of the box (this is what OOB actually stands for as I didn’t know!) of what’s to come!

Thoughts, comments and even donations welcome!

Part in parcel with being a closet Star Wars fan – well, clearly the door to the closet is ajar as I am writing about it in a blog but – I also am a big fan of the trusty t-shirt. Especially when it comes to Star Wars and other nerdy movies!

If you’re looking for a website to give you some inspiriation, then these two are pretty awesome!

Last Exit to Nowhere

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The Hideyourarms blog

Here’s a sample of what’s in store…

Unbelievably, it has been 6 months since Battlestar Galactica finished with the triple part episode ‘Daybreak’.

Back, before the show finished, indeed, before the second half of the final series even finished, we started hearing rumours of a straight to DVD movie being released once the series had wrapped up.

Well, that time is only 5 weeks away when “The Plan” comes out on DVD. I was digging through the old Basketcase archives (my first attempt at a blog) and came across this, my first post on the matter – ahh, fond memories.

A new trailer (well, as of 3 months ago anyway) is out on YouTube but well worth watching to get yourself in the mood for its release…

Well, it has been a few months since I last wrote a post and am a little disappointed with myself to be honest. Still, in that time I have gotten into, and watched a new TV series whch I never really enjoyed before: Stargate SG1 and Stargate Atlantis

Stargate SG1 (I’m going with the massively cut down synopsis and assuming you no nothing here) follows on from the movie, released in the min 90′s, of how an alien device, called a stargate, allows near instantaneous travel throughout the Milky Way.

Along they way, the team make new friends and enemies and over time, pick up new technology and ultimately there own (small!) fleet of starships.

Stargate Atlantis was the first spin off where the group behind SG!, known as Stargate Command, set up a base in a city in another galaxy (a little like Star Trek DS9). For more information on the showsas well as a place to read up on the different episodes, I’d suggest a read of this site: Gateworld

Stargate Universe is the second spin off and is coming to our screens early next month. Here is the trailer for the new show, which, even if you’re not a Stargate fan, looks pretty amazing! Let me know what you think…