Author Archives: Tony
Roboservants
We’ve introduced you recently to Pioneer station, a remote outpost in the Gliese-876 system. We also met some of the inhabitants, both station crew and research personnel. The human workforce are supplemented by a mechanical labour force, ranging from clanking … Continue reading
Posted in 28mm SF, 3D Print, New Releases, Pioneer Station, Surgeon General
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Colonial Expansion
Our 6mm Agricultural Colony range has been going for a couple of years and continues to be popular, and we launched a new 15mm set at Salute. At Broadside tomorrow we’ll be helping the Werelords put on a 6mm Slammers … Continue reading
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Last Chance to Order…
A reminder that we’re at Broadside in Gillingham on Saturday (that’s the Kentish Gillingham, not one of the others). We’ve managed to replenish our show stocks back up to reasonable levels (certainly more than we thought likely) but you still … Continue reading
Posted in Shows, Updates and General Waffle
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Meet the Crew #2
We meet four more members of Pioneer Station’s crew today. Madiwa Aquino is a senior member of the station’s command crew, and is often seen, clipboard in hand, checking on something or someone. She’s primarily responsible for making sure that … Continue reading
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Meet the Crew
Spacestations are generally classified by a standard naming system – the name of the system that they occupy, followed by Roman numerals indicating the planet they orbit (if any). If more than one station orbits a planet, this is suffixed … Continue reading
Posted in 28mm SF, 3D Print, New Releases, Pioneer Station
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House of Healing
Every space station needs a medical centre to keep the crew in tip-top shape. It’s too expensive to keep a full-time doctor on the payroll, so members of the crew with basic medical training are aided by state of the … Continue reading
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Broadside, and Reasons to Be There
Our next show is our local one, Broadside in Gillingham, Kent on Saturday June 14th. We’ll have as much stock as we can, but we should sound a note of caution; our show stocks, especially Imperial Skies and spaceship fleet … Continue reading
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Orange America
During the period that Imperial Skies covers (late C.19th/early C.20th), three foreign powers had colonies in South America. We covered the British and French colonial fleets stationed in the Guianas, and today we complete the set with a small Dutch … Continue reading
Posted in Aeronef, Imperial Skies, New Releases
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Research Laboratory
After a break over the weekend, the next room we’re visiting in the space station is the Research lab – who knows what goes on in here ! There’s a cleverly designed HiberPod with occupant – the pod opens and … Continue reading
Posted in 28mm SF, 3D Print, New Releases, Pioneer Station, Salute 52 (2025)
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Command Centre
Today the 28mm range moves onto the first of our interior scenery sets. We’re collecting these under the banner of The Space Station since that’s what they depict – the various parts of a large space station (it can be … Continue reading
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