Karl Machtanz, Portland, Oregon
“The model depicts the alien being from the 1951 movie ‘The Man from Planet X’,” says Karl, who built Geometric Designs’ 1/6 scale figure. “When I first saw this movie in 1955, I wanted this model; when I finally found it, I just had to light it up like in the movie. The kit is solid resin, which made modifications difficult. I had to drill through the main body to install wires for lighting the chest box. I made a new chest box and frosted cover from sheet styrene, scratchbuilt electronic guts, and put a power switch on the box. The air hose was solid resin; I retained the shutoff valve but replaced the hose with 3/32" O-ring material.”