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May22

Building and lighting the Revell Build and Play Star Destroyer

by James Kitson on May 22, 2021 at 5:51 am

Hello! I don’t usually do this kind of thing, but since every time I do a lit model I always get peppered with questions on how I did it, I thought I’d put together this little blog to show some …

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Feb06

AMT Klingon Cruiser ( Vor’Cha )

by James Kitson on February 6, 2016 at 5:45 pm

Posted In: Models, SciFi

After sitting in my model stash for 15 years, I decided to finally build the Klingon cruiser that debuted in the Next Generation. I’ve been holding off until my skills and time could hopefully do it a measure of justice. …

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Apr26

Modeling- The Kazon Raider

by James Kitson on April 26, 2014 at 11:04 am

Posted In: Models, SciFi

After deciding to take a break from some of my other projects, I decided to build a quick model to keep my practice up and relax a bit with a kit that I didn’t overly care about. My closet is …

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Dec15

A History of the Vectan Empire

by James Kitson on December 15, 2013 at 7:26 pm

Posted In: Coalition, SciFi, Vectan

I’m hoping to being writing periodically on my various alien races, for today I’m opening this with a bit of History on the Vectan Empire. This will probably prove more interesting as background information for the new book I’m presently …

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Dec09

A question of Utopia

by James Kitson on December 9, 2013 at 7:26 am

Posted In: Coalition, Musings, SciFi

Of the critical comments I’ve received on my work so far one of the most amusing to me is the question of a utopian future. I will admit that I am an optimist, and that works into my writing at …

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Dec01

My first author interview!

by James Kitson on December 1, 2013 at 10:37 pm

Posted In: Book, News, Preview, SciFi

Howdy folks, as the very few of you who currently follow me may know, I had the luck of bumping into the good people at Seattle Geekly while I was at OryCon this year. For those of you not in …

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Feb16

Modeling the Bucket ( Battlestar Galactica )

by James Kitson on February 16, 2013 at 8:20 pm

Posted In: Models, SciFi

As a way to relax, I sometimes like to build models. I don’t do it as often as I’d like so my skills are often rusty. For my latest effort, I dove in and built the Moebius Models Battlestar Galactica…

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Jul30

Why cometh the alien invasion?

by James Kitson on July 30, 2012 at 10:30 pm

Posted In: Musings, SciFi

I have been catching up on the alien invasion show Falling Skies and it got me thinking about why aliens would choose to attack and invade Earth. You just have to ask why aliens would cross the void between stars …

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May17

The Dagger’s Point – Free At Smashwords!

by James Kitson on May 17, 2012 at 9:29 pm

Posted In: Book, Coalition, SciFi, Story

For a limited time The Dagger’s Point Ebooks will be available for free at Smashwords. So get off the couch and start downloading folks!

Smashwords The Dagger’s Point page.

Or for more information visit my local The Dagger’s Point…

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May17

Forgotten Battles Now Available For All EBook Readers!

by James Kitson on May 17, 2012 at 9:21 pm

Posted In: Book, Coalition, Military, News, SciFi, Story, Time Travel

The roll out is complete and Forgotten Battles is now available in all formats. In the next two weeks you will be able to download on your Nook, Sony Reader or iPad! If you can’t wait, you can go to …