We have been in touch recently with the sculptor of the Hawke and Fortuna  model which was featured here a couple of weeks ago, and he has provided us with some more photos of the piece together with  more information about his model-making. Gianluca Gianfaldoni, an Italian sculptor and model-maker , tells me that he has always been interested in  sci-fi and has a particular fondness for British  science-fiction from both T.V. and cinema. He has been an enthusiastic reader of  Jeff Hawke  since the early 1970’s  so this particular piece was really a labour of love. Gianluca’s day job is that of financial director for a large Italian company, but his passion is model-making.  He says that  the lack of commercially available models of subjects that he was particularly interested in was what started him off in building his own. His models are built from scratch  using polymer and epoxy clays  built up on a wire armature. When the figure is complete he moulds  the master-figure in a silicone rubber and produces the final pieces in  resin  . Most of his characters are in  1/12 scale and display superb detailing and animation.Although he has a website showing some of his work, he tells me that there is a better selection of  his models on his Facebook page .  Skipper Prossitt