Category: Star Trek

The Top Three Episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series

If you know anything about me, you know that I grew up in the 1970s, and the television and movies of the time heavily influenced my creative path.

Timothy S. Johnston Unboxes the Klingon Bird-of-Prey!

As voted by you, my next scale model build will be AMT 1400: the Klingon Bird-of-Prey.

TSJ Builds AMT 1080 USS Enterprise Refit

I have been building Star Trek model kits for the past year, following a forty-year break from the hobby. I have focused on TOS sets released by AMT, now owned by Round2.

And the Winning Scale Model for TSJ to Build Next is …

Last week I ran a poll for my followers to help me pick my next Star Trek scale model kit. There were four choices: the new Allies and Adversaries set from Round2/AMT, the Vulcan shuttle Surak from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the Enterprise-C from Star Trek: The Next Generation that I previously wrote about here, and the Klingon Bird-of-Prey from Star Treks III -VI. The results are in …

Which STAR TREK Scale Model Should TSJ Build Next? Take my Poll

March 17, 2025 • 0 Comments

Which Star Trek Scale Model Should TSJ Build Next? Take my Poll

In case you are not aware, in my spare time I have been building Star Trek scale models. It is a hobby I returned to after a forty-year break.

Congratulations, Zoe Saldaña

March 10, 2025 • 0 Comments

Congratulations, Zoe Saldaña

I just wanted to take a moment to give Zoe Saldaña a shout out here at Life After Gateway …

Thoughts on William Shatner Returning as James T. Kirk — TSJ Pitches Four Scenarios

March 3, 2025 • 0 Comments

Thoughts on William Shatner Returning as James T. Kirk

Recently, William Shatner made news in the Star Trek community with comments related to a possible return as Kirk. In this post I will review four possible return scenarios in order of my preference. Keep in mind that these are just hypothetical, and Kirk’s return may not actually involve any of my proposed projects.

Valentine’s Day Gift for TSJ — A New Scale Model Kit

February 19, 2025 • 0 Comments

Valentine’s Day Gift for TSJ — A New Scale Model Kit

It’s AMT 1332M.

TSJ’s Next Scale Model STAR TREK Project Kit: AMT 1080 USS ENTERPRISE Refit

January 30, 2025 • 0 Comments

TSJ’s Next Scale Model Star Trek Project Kit: AMT 1080 USS Enterprise Refit

I recently completed USS Reliant and have now unboxed and started my next scale model kit.

TSJ Builds AMT 1457 USS RELIANT

January 23, 2025 • 0 Comments

TSJ Builds AMT 1457 USS Reliant

This one took me a few months. I had stalled on it for a bit, then with a surge of energy, much like that of the Genesis wave, I poured myself back into it and am very proud of the results.