Scooter's Custom Works News

Never say never...

2008-03-20T05:54:00.003-05:00

Well, looks like this world wasn't quite through with me. I've partnered up with TPM Customs, and a few other craftspeople, modelers, artists (Andy Garringer, Bob Horne, Jim Graham, Steve Wright and more to come) to present a new website aggregating the best upgrades, parts, accessories and information on modeling the 1966 Batmobile! We'll be adding slowly to the site but it will be live in late March, 2008 with products and info. Please stop by. http://www.pimpmybatmobile.com/

All good things.

2006-01-11T10:14:00.000-05:00

When I created this website, my intent was not to build a thriving new place to foster the selling of my custom toys, but rather to acknowledge the many years I spent doing it, the part of my life it financed - and to serve as a permanent gallery of the work itself. And if I still found the time to do a bit of new work here and there and was able to photograph it - so be it.

As is often the case - life gets in the way. In this case - life needs to get back in the way. :)

I am dismantling as much of this part of my life as I can. As fast as I can. The reasons are many. The collection will be vastly reduced and sold off. The orders and commissions are done.

The website will continue to be a collection of my strange crafts, new and old. And I will still be able to be contacted via the email account.

Take care. Thanks for looking.
-S

And the Madness continues...

2005-11-08T22:24:00.000-05:00

Newest photos from the TV Mego Bat set that will hit the auction block right after Thanksgiving. I'll be giving it its own page full of pics very soon.

Jim Maddox JLA Sculpts

2005-10-08T01:37:00.000-05:00

Finally received these last week. Couldn't resist kicking out this one right away. Brush painting is therapeutic.

Mego TV Batcopter

2005-09-21T23:17:00.000-05:00

I rarely work in true Mego 8" style. But I just ressurected an old project. I had purchased a couple of these vaguely Bell 47-ish Helicopters from Cotswold's about 7 years ago hoping they'd be a good 1:6 scale Batcopter base. Well, as you can see - they are not very detailed, much more toylike than 1:6 scale figures deserve and much too small for a full 12" figure. There's not even room for Mego Robin to join him! So I shelved it for a long while. Then I thought - wait, the Mego guys might like a better, more accurate Batcopter that still fits the 70's Mego-style and this would be perfect for that project. And of all the vintage Mego vehicles, the Batcopter was the wackiest looking flying yellow slipper thing that never made sense. So here is a first look at my revised Mego Batcopter (for sale) I still have to add a few support struts for the wings and some interior details, but not too many - I want to keep this Mego-riffic.

Bunch Of New Stuff on Ebay

2005-08-30T11:21:00.000-05:00

I am blowing out tons of stuff between now and X-Mas. Click over to the left under "Buying Selling" and go right to the auctions.

TV Bad Guys

2005-08-28T17:08:00.000-05:00

These were purchased by a customer of mine for a commission of three figures. The customer backed out and I finished them up and they are for sale now on ebay. Good for any 1:6 scale project.

On The Desk

2005-08-18T01:33:00.000-05:00

Right now I am cruhing to finish stuff for holiday sales. 4 Batgirl models, 1 Robin model, 2 batphones, assorted dolls. Only some of which was on the desk when this was taken.

Fun with Photoshop

2005-08-18T01:26:00.000-05:00

Man, I forget who did these. Guy from the old RTM board. Years ago. I loved them and kept them. Enjoy.

Music On The Site

2005-08-16T00:30:00.000-05:00

In an old school move, I have lifted a middle finger to the "Silent Web" and added a few wav file loops that I created originally for my sister's one-woman play - "Rant" If you linger long enough on the FOYER, the HOME menu or the GALLERIES menu page, and if you have speakers and volume turned up - you will here them. Only a few people have asked about them so I assume most people are shuttling right past them. That was more or less my intention. If you are taking it all in slowly - you get a prize and can then move on. If you're eager for the berries of the site - you'll never hear them. And - since I realized that I usually hated unwanted music blasts when I visit sites, I only put them on access road pages, that you take to get somewhere else. I didn't want to get hate mail. So for those of you who DID ask - the Foyer page is Smashing Pumpkins, the Home page is Yazoo and the Galleries page is Peter Gabriel. I edited these loops in Soundforge, after Jay did most of the real work in the studio originally. Technically they are possibly illegal, though I am only using about 3 seconds of them and that makes it a grey area.

New Galleries Up

2005-08-15T22:36:00.000-05:00

Models gallery is now all there except for special new Batmobile section. But tons of figurals, vehicles, props etc. are now up. Go HERE

Slow Going

2005-08-09T22:35:00.000-05:00

Just getting back to this now. It's been a very rough couple of months. Trying to finish up all the galleries, the how-to section and everything else. Should be launching soon.
-S

Overcome

2005-06-10T22:31:00.000-05:00

June 10, 2005
My Mother passed away today. I'm sure I'll have some journal entries about it in the writing section someday. I wrote her eulogy and that is up there right now. It has put a temporary hold on anything creative or toy related, so I'll see be away for awhile. Probably not long because this has always been and I hope, will remain to be an outlet for me. Painting, writing, creating is usually the only thing that helps me.

Finished Kimba

2005-05-02T13:12:00.000-05:00

Alexander helped with the landscaping of the base. I may still put a nameplate on it but it's been sitting here for years undone so I'm just happy to have it finished. He'll be in the models section at the end of the month.
-S

Welcome to the inevitable.

2005-05-02T01:48:00.000-05:00

I tried doing my own news update page via the site. But it just would never be updated that way. This way - I'm going to be able to add to it more easily, you can comment back, and it may actually get some updates once in a while.
-S

Wow, May.

2005-05-02T01:40:00.000-05:00

i-tunes of note playing while I work: Morrissey - Friday Mourning,
I am struggling to finish the web-pages to make them easier to navigate. And still don't have all galleries up. But - the 12" doll gallery, the 9" doll gallery and Models/Figures galleries are now up. Toyfare just asked to feature the George Reeves 12" doll in their magazine next month.