THE CLUB
..began life in September 1992 to meet the needs of a growing number of modellers building and painting figure kits, both mainstream and those being produced by the fledgling garage kit industry.
From very humble beginnings the club has expanded to embrace all aspects of Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy based model building, and now boasts an international membership.
The goal of the club is to support kit builders by offering advice and guidence through its bi-monthly magazine - see below, and regular informal gatherings. In addition the clubs 'Lab' - see below, produces a range of economically priced kits.
Every two years the club holds a convention - Dron-a-rama, which offers members a chance to spend time getting to know each other in a typically relaxed atmosphere.
Membership fees have been held constant for the past few years, and cover the cost of producing the bi-monthly magazine, membership cards and postage.
United Kingdom = £21
Europe = £27
Rest of the World = £34
Fees are payable in January, with membership being maintained over a 12 month period. However, anyone applying after March still receives all 6 magazines for the membership period.
To subscribe see below
As far as we are aware the FTvMC is the only independent UK based club specialising in this area.
DRONE ON-LINE
Drone on-line acts as a complementary colour gallery to DRONE our bi-montly magazine, while at the same time promoting the club, and its activities and also its production arm Dr One's Lab, or The Lab as it is more commonly known, to a wider audience.
THE GENRE
..in general, while primarily concentrating on figure model kits, the Club has grown to encompasses monsters, ships and hardware from film, television, comic and book based mediums. This simple proviso is only for the purpose of publication both here, and in our Bi-monthly magazine, with many of the members turning their hands to whatever modelling subject takes their fancy.
Dr ONE'S LAB
The Lab opened in 1999 when the FTvMC unveiled a line of reasonably priced but high quality kits under the Dr One's Lab banner. Available exclusively from The Lab, these kits have proved universally popular and the intervening years has seen the range grow to include many original pieces.
The current range can be seen here
DRONE MAGAZINE
...started in 1992 as a double sided A4 newsletter that contained just one kit review: Alien 3 from Halcyon. Ten years down the road and Drone is going from strength to strength.
Now, with an average of fifty pages per issue, Drone is published six times a year and covers all aspects of modelling. Reviews, tips, suggestions and advice on building and painting a wide variety of modelling genres can be found between its covers. Check it out: science fiction, fantasy, Horror, film and television, taking in such diverse subjects as female kits, Anime, robots, figures, dinosaurs, hardware, ships, movie characters, comic book characters, and monsters.
Every contributor is an active modeller, and their comments are honest, frank and direct which makes Drone unique and separates it from all other modelling magazines currently available.
If you would like to subscribe see below
You can also check out the latest and previous issues here
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
In addition to the other benefits stated here Club members can benefit from the close relationships that the FTvMC has developed with a range of retail retail outlets and Producers. Gremlynz Imports, Draven Models, N&T, Neil Sims, Imar Models, and Dark Realm. This gives members access to a wide range of kits from the UK and abroad.
