One Of My Favorite Short Films Of All Time. I LOVE The Birch. I Only Wish There Were More!

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A door to a railroad car repair shop, long since demolished.

One summer I had a man hire me to go around and take images of town that he could then use to make into postcards. This, with many more like it, was one of the ones I submitted. It was not what he was looking for. It was too artsy for him and he abandoned the project.  At least he let me keep the photos.

I loved this door. All the textures and colors mashed together in the unlikely location of a rail yard. I miss these doors.

I have been on a MAJOR Mars Attacks! kick lately and here’s why:

To beat the mid-winter doldrums I am working on the Mars Attacks martian warrior model kit from Moebius. I got it a few years back and finally dug it out to use with my new airbrush. I am customizing the kit because I didn’t like the original pose. I also added more guts on the unfortunate victim to make it look not so cartoony.  I am also going to change to position of the figure, the head and the arms and make him carrying a martian flag!

More pics soon!

My Audrey II model kit all painted up.

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