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Mat's Marvellous Model Museum
MAT’S MARVELLOUS MODEL MUSEUM takes you on a guided tour through Mat Irvine’s incredible treasure-trove of scale models. His detailed knowledge has been gathered over a lifetime working with models and miniatures.
Mat spent many years with the BBC Visual Effects Department, where he worked on world-famous TV shows such as Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven, The Sky at Night, and many more.
He was a producer/director of Future Fantastic, and co-creator of Robot Wars. More recently, he has operated the robot dog K-9 (Mat is its 'keeper’) for new Doctor Who episodes, and also for The Sarah-Jane Adventures.
Mat gives talks, lectures widely, and is a guest at science-fiction conventions. He writes books, and makes regular contributions to the online maga-blog, Scale Model News.
MAT’S MARVELLOUS MODEL MUSEUM focuses on his huge collection of scale miniatures, which he discusses in fascinating detail.
A must-read and read again book, for all model enthusiasts.
Mat spent many years with the BBC Visual Effects Department, where he worked on world-famous TV shows such as Doctor Who, Blake’s Seven, The Sky at Night, and many more.
He was a producer/director of Future Fantastic, and co-creator of Robot Wars. More recently, he has operated the robot dog K-9 (Mat is its 'keeper’) for new Doctor Who episodes, and also for The Sarah-Jane Adventures.
Mat gives talks, lectures widely, and is a guest at science-fiction conventions. He writes books, and makes regular contributions to the online maga-blog, Scale Model News.
MAT’S MARVELLOUS MODEL MUSEUM focuses on his huge collection of scale miniatures, which he discusses in fascinating detail.
A must-read and read again book, for all model enthusiasts.
101 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 5, 2015
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September 5, 2018
A fan but ...
... one would expect a lot more photos in a book about his museum. Not really about a museum. Primarily personal viewpoints and history about a number of plastic models. For more pix, see his book, “Creating Space”. Reminded me of my childhood and gives a nice history.
... one would expect a lot more photos in a book about his museum. Not really about a museum. Primarily personal viewpoints and history about a number of plastic models. For more pix, see his book, “Creating Space”. Reminded me of my childhood and gives a nice history.
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