Soho

My username is Soho and I live in London. I’ve been a reader on the RPF for several years but recently, I’ve wanted to get more involved.

I was a theatre brat in Dublin during the 1960's and '70's and mainly hung around in the prop room with all the guns and swords.

When I saw Mark Hamill flash a Lightsaber in '77 - it got me, though it wasn’t until the World Wide Web happened that I discovered how the prop was made. I tracked down my first Graflex flash handle in the '90's by phoning every camera shop in the Greater London Area.

Searching online for props from Star Trek I came across Wah Ming Chang, who made the Communicators, the Tricorder and even the original Time Machine from the 1966 film. As I explored further, various links brought me to the RPF.

So far, I have made a better collector than propmaker but either way the RPF has been good company and an invaluable resource.