Hard to believe it’s almost the middle of June. Happy that we still have half the year left to go and Mary and I have so many projects still to do. Here we go.
Mary is painting away and she’s doing a new series of bird paintings. It’s always nice to have a theme with projects. There is no blog post for her this week but if you missed last week’s Toucans here is the link to her blog: https://marycacciapaglia.wpcomstaging.com
My current painting theme is models and aircraft. What a surprise huh? I am currently painting and building WW1 era planes.
With the success of the Fokker D-VII and its flying high over the skies of Ventura, I have ventured into a new build of the Fokker DVIII.
This plane wasn’t a biplane but a parasol. I started putting this kit together this week and I got pretty far in my spare time. Most of the major components are frame up. I find this all so relaxing and as always look forward to flying ahead.
The Star Trek Talosian project is finished 
. The mold came out well and I produced the first casting in latex and did a first paint job. I am never content with the first paint job. It takes two times to dial it in. But overall I’m happy and I start filling the pre-orders Monday.
I got a little more work done on my painting too. It still has a long way to go but this week has been a little broken up with visits to the doctor for tests that all turned out well. Seems I’m still good to go for a long while and it was worth the time out of my week to be sure. There’s nothing like peace of mind for an artist.
We are producing another SNG Studio film 
entitled, “A Conversation with my Father”.
It’s about inner peace and reconnecting, (not science fiction, aliens, or warnings) It’s a drama with a twist at the end. There won’t be special effects or CGI. Rubber creatures or blood and guts. Just a sweet little film with a kind message of hope. I’m currently writing the script 
and we will be having our favorite actors back once more. Steve Altman, Robb Wolford, and the wonderful David Allan Graf. I can’t wait to work with these fine talents and wonderful friends once more.
Friday I received an email from my dear friend and creative person extraordinaire Mark Siegel.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796878/
He sent me some amazing frame-grabs from a video I’ll have soon documenting about our incredible day we spent with Andy Warhol. We went to New York 
to make a life mask of Andy at his studio. The full details will be in a blog post later next week. If you follow the blog you will get email notices about my latest entrees and it’s free. Here are the frame grabs.
It must have been cold that day judging by my sweater.
I just received this little gem this week. I know I have a lot of vacuum form machines but this one is perfect for the small parts that I make a lot for my models. And it’s so easy to use. Beats the heck out of the old Mattle Vacuum former I have from the 60’s.
Just slip in a piece of plastic. Clamp down. Heat and drop. And it has an amazing amount of suction.
As always, have a wonderful weekend. Have lots of fun and do something creative.
Lots of love,
Steve and Mary
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