Officially this month of July, is SNG Studio’s 9th Anniversary. We’ve been in Ventura nearly a decade. (Yes, we are planning a Ten Year Anniversary Party for next year)
So many things have been made at our studio from the Enterprise to the Captain’s chair,the space station from 2001: a space odyssey , Moon Watcher, the Star child, and numerous models and masks. Even a replica of my famous Laserblast gun.
We have had many famous visitors such as D.C. Fontana who wrote some of the best TOS Star Trek episodes ever, Gary Lockwood. Dan Richter, Doug Drexler, John Savage, Ve Neill, and countless others.
Me with the great writer of Star Trek DC Fontana.
Here’s Dan Richter wearing the re-creation of his famous mask from the movie 2001: a space odyssey .
We even had the writer that wrote Inner Light.
Morgan Gendel. People from NASA and others from aerospace have graced us with their presence. So many I can’t name them all. The studio has been a magnet for amazing people.
And I have made amazing things for fellow makers such as my friend, Adam Savage. To say we have been blessed would be an understatement. I can’t think of many studios like ours that have remained in one place and their doors open so long.
We made movies and used the bay of our studio as a sound stage.
Presently, we are in a summer slump. The last two weeks have been pretty quiet for us. It’s not unusual as summer often brings a lull for us. Then it picks up again around September. During this time we are cleaning up the place and making changes and adding shelves for masks and so on. A matter of fact, anyone who was to place an order for something would get it lightning fast because it would be the only thing on the order and idea board.
Last Saturday we were at Channel View Park near the Rudder Room painting En Plein Air.
Mary finished a 10 inch round weaving this week, a Garden.
I’ve been building some new RC and free flight airplanes.
I’ve nearly finished The WW1 Fokker DVIII. Lovely little 30 inch span plane is nearly finished and will fly next Sunday.
I’ve been sifting through non-RC model kits that I have and plan to start a new build. It all started with kit builds so I’m building one for old times sake. Steve Neill’s Garage was named by Doug Drexler 12 years ago when I started building models for hire and documented it on video. That old YouTube channel had over a million subscribers. I posted daily. To see what they were like you can go to this link where I uploaded 47 videos of me building the very first original series Star Trek Enterprise that started it all: https://vimeo.com/showcase/6042148
The scratch build of the Enterprise was started during some rather rough times for me. My late wife, Gilly, was fighting cancer and money was tight. Doug Drexler came over one day to see my progress on the large model and asked why I wasn’t getting more done on it. When I explained my situation, Doug asked me how much I needed to complete the project. He then got out his checkbook and wrote me a check. He gave it to me with no strings attached or expectations other than seeing the model finished. That’s the kind of man and friend Doug is and a day doesn’t go by when I don’t look at that model in my office and thank him for it.
And then there is you. You who have supported the studio in your friendship and contributions. Yes, we are truly blessed because of your friendship.
We love you a whole bunch
Steve and Mary
Fine Art America – Steve Neill
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…and Mary on the web
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