{"id":5814,"date":"2004-07-14T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2004-07-14T21:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/07\/14\/this-model-needs-no-runway.html"},"modified":"2004-07-14T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2004-07-14T21:11:06","slug":"this_model_need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/07\/14\/this_model_need.html","title":{"rendered":"This model needs no runway"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eagle.JPG\"Despite the leaden acting and artsy-obscure plots (at least in the first season), one of the things that made Space: 1999<\/em> so wonderful was the model work. Light years removed from the crudities of Star Trek<\/em> TOS, the spacecraft and other goodies on S:1999 were always marvelous to see.<\/p>\n

To that end, here’s a nice gallery page <\/a>by one of the lead model makers on the show, Martin Bowers. Shiny!
\n
\n(via BoingBoing<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the leaden acting and artsy-obscure plots (at least in the first season), one of the things that made Space: 1999 so wonderful was the model work. 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