Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to you all.

I've been silent way too long. This year has flown by. Me and my partner of six years parted, and I've started a business that seems to be taking off. SOOOO, hopefully I will start posting again soon.

Much Love to you all

"You've come a long way, baby......"

With California Adventure's relaunch, I thought I'd share some pics from DCA's first Christmas season. "You've come a long way, baby......"

Look the reflectors did work.....

Yankee Doodle and Buckets

Hello there, It's been a while. So... 20 some odd years ago I built a model of Tomorrowland. I was young and experimenting doing this kind of work for a living. Life doesn't turn out the way we thought and I didn't peruse this course. Anywho, I kept all of the model for many years and after moving damage and age, most was destroyed. I still had though the Carousel Theater, Tomorrowland Stage and Star Tours. The model was built to represent 1967, 74, 77 and '87. Many pieces, multiples of the same buildings (There were three models of Flight To The Moon/Mission To Mars. A couple of months ago, I decided to rebuild the model (Maybe all of Disneyland). This time I'll keep it a smaller in scope. I've set the time period in 1974 and 1977. This was the golden era of Tomorrowland.

This post will focus on the carousel theater "America Sings" and The Skyway.

So first up is a pic of the model as it appeared in 1991.

Here is how it appeared in January 2012. Very damaged, discolored and faded. I looked at restoring it but it was so damaged it couldn't be saved.

The pic from Disney by Mark's blog helped me get the proportions of the new model right.

This pic, taken in 1990, and others helped me recreate the carousel's paint job (what a bitch that was)

The New base This time all the buildings will be on their own base. This will minimise damage to the model.

The walls are up!

Roof and ramps

The Skyway building and railings

Railings and planters

The Mod Hatter and Skyway.

In the next post you will see the completed model and the beginning of Adventure Thru Inner Space.

p.s. I'm not used to the new layout of blogger. forgive me for any format issues.

Upcoming posts

Hi all!
I know it's been awhile. Just wanted to let you know that I am rebuilding a scale model of Tomorrowland in it's heyday. I will be sharing pics with you of the process, Including pics of an older model that I built 20 years ago.
This will be fun.......

Harry Morgan 1915-2011

One of my all time favorite character actors. Dragnet, M*A*S*H, The Apple Dumpling Gang, The Snowball Express just to name a few. What a wonderful life.

Hi, all.....

Hey there,
I know it's been a bit dry from me lately. The trouble is I don't have many more of my pics to post. I've also been going through some hard times (who hasn't). I guess it's been dealing with the issues of my disability (I hate it), home issues and my upcoming mid-life crisis (I guess I'm going into it now...lol).
I just wanted you all to know that I'm still here and will post something again soon.
Thanks!

I Couldn't Resist

I just had to...........A place where nobody dared to go
The love that we came to know
They call it Xanadu
And nowOpen your eyes and see
What we have made is real
We are in Xanadu

A million lights are dancing
And there you are
A shooting star
An everlasting world
And you're here with me
Eternally
Xanadu, Xanadu, (now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu, Xanadu,(now we are here)
In Xanadu
Xanadu, your neon lights will shine
For you, Xanadu


Original photo by Mint Crocodile