Mike Walston
Highlands Ranch, Colorado
“I wanted to build a classic sci-fi alien jumpgate, so I put a multi-colored 12-inch plasma disc into a round frame and detailed it with parts from an AMT Star Trek: Deep Space Nine space station kit,” says Mike. The model is 1/200 scale and is decorated with assorted pieces from his spares box. Mike used the 1950s Von Braun style rocket in Lindberg's Space Base and Satellite Explorer kit to portray an old school spaceship coming through the interstellar gateway. It's topped off with a re-entry vehicle from Hawk's Manned Orbiting Laboratory kit. He designed the decals on CorelDraw, including U.S. Space Force logos.