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#1 Post by derekc62 »

Some of you (now all of you) reading this may be aware that I work in television.

Some of my colleagues have been intrigued by this hobby of ours and have wanted to do a story on the hobby and me for some time. I've always resisted. As a reporter for more than three decades I've never wanted the story to be about me.

However... one of my colleagues - cameraman/editor Dave Touniou - finally wore me down the other day and produced this little mini-doc which some of you may enjoy seeing, not because it's about me but because it's really a reflection of all of us.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/a-monstrous ... -1.6143843
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#2 Post by Tim Fortuna »

Very, very cool Derek. Lots of eye candy in there, and then there's the models.
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Tim Fortuna wrote:Very, very cool Derek. Lots of eye candy in there, and then there's the models.
:lol:

Gotta hand it to my colleague Dave. He did a great job of shooting and editing. All I did was answer his questions and do as I was told.

I'm usually one of his direct supervisors but this time we turned the tables.
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Nice article!
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#5 Post by LOBOREX »

Very cool. 8) 8) 8) 8)
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#6 Post by tay666 »

That was great!
Short and to the point. And it is so true.
That time at the bench is precious. And very therapeutic.
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tay666 wrote:That was great!
Short and to the point. And it is so true.
That time at the bench is precious. And very therapeutic.

Thanks Trevor - and everyone else.

Glad you enjoyed it.

My colleague Dave did a fantastic job of putting this together.
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#8 Post by overspray »

I enjoyed that and it was really well done. Also enjoyed your stellar builds!

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#9 Post by Buc Wheat »

Thanks Derek!

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#10 Post by monomaster2 »

Nice story! Worthy of going on the air.
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monomaster2 wrote:Nice story! Worthy of going on the air.
Thanks.

FYI - We kept this as a web-only story since I could not ethically give my approval for broadcast (because I'm in it).

The decision to put it on web was left to others.
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#12 Post by bucketfoot-al »

Love the story - and the one on your Dad from the other thread. NICE paint ups on those busts - real lifelike (am jealous :lol: ).
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#13 Post by Tim Fortuna »

You got a mention in latest Model Club TV interview. =D>
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#14 Post by Miami-Bat »

Very nicely done. Dave has a great eye!
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#15 Post by billikenmonster »

Really cool mini documentary

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#16 Post by Tiger2 »

A wonderful documentary, you've really summed up the essence of the hobby, plus it's great to get a face to the name!
I've always admired your builds posted here, the recent HellBoy bust that we see you working on in the film came off beautifully :D

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Tiger2 wrote:A wonderful documentary, you've really summed up the essence of the hobby, plus it's great to get a face to the name!
I've always admired your builds posted here, the recent HellBoy bust that we see you working on in the film came off beautifully :D

Cheers,
Paul
Thanks very much Paul, much appreciated.

As I've said previously, all the credit for that mini-doc goes to my very talented and creative colleague Dave Touniou. To borrow from an old quote, all I did was answer his questions without tripping over the furniture :)
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#18 Post by Redwing »

Derek,

That was so great to see! Everything came off wonderfully and very glad you shared it!!

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Redwing wrote:Derek,

That was so great to see! Everything came off wonderfully and very glad you shared it!!
Thanks very much Scott, much appreciated :)
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#20 Post by jayco35 »

late to the party as I do not visit often enough . Well done Derek I'll post this on my facebook page resin realities to let folks get an idea of what we do. 8)

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