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Masterful workmanship! Impressed of Mars 👽

There you go George, Farnborough on Sunday, pictures courtesy of Mrs Martian. Martian 👽

Depending on where she was living at the time, it could alo have been the L.3. Martian 👽

You are too kind sir. Thanks John, I look forward to seeing your build unfold on these august pages Cheers, can you remember any details of the accounts? We are collecting stories whilst we still can. Thanks Carts. Martian 👽

No pressure then! Martian 👽

Thanks Nanond. They are quite involved things to make but immensely rewarding; especially the bit when you put the last rigging wire in place! Martian 👽

Thanks George. I will ask Mrs Martian to take some pictures of one of the display at one of the shows. I won't be putting this one in any competitions as to take it away from the stand would diminish the display as a whole. Martian 👽

Thanks Toryu, I still feel there is a bit of room for improvement though. It's a good job that I love building the Takom P Class kit and that there quite a few interesting/important ones left as possibilities for me to tackle. Thanks Loren, I do feel I am getting the hang of making Zeppelins. Why aren't museums flocking to Martian Towers for one? One reason might be that building one can take me up to six months and in the very, very unlikely event that I went back to doing commission builds, which I have always found too stressful, I seriously doubt that they would want to pay the literally astronomical price I would charge. I may, however, donate the odd one or two to a museum in the future and replace it with a newer example for the collection as I still have a few ideas on how to improve my builds. Cheers Whofan. I do plan to have at least one example of each of the wartime Zeppelin and Schutte-Lanz airships. The Display will indeed be back at Telford this year with better presentation, some new artifacts and airships. Thanks your Raspberry Blowerness. Martian 👽

Things have been busy/manic here at Martian Towers recently with the Farnborough show tomorrow and the Hornchurch display next weekend. I decided that a model of the LZ.38 would be appropriate for Hornchurch, being as it was, the first Zeppelin to raid London on 31st May 1915. A frantic effort thus ensued to get the model finished and we crossed the finishing line only this morning. I give you Hauptmann Erich Linnarz's LZ.38. More pictures will appear in "Ready for Inspection" as soon as I have finished this post. Inbetween finishing the LZ.38, writing some more of the book and getting the website updated, I have managed to get some work done on my 1/700 Schutte-Lanz. I am enjoying this one a lot, even though the gondolas are insanely small. I have also learned that I need to write specifications better for future commissions as my lack of clarity to the designer, led to the tail surfaces being very to scale but way too fragile, to the point that they break if one so much as looks at them. Out plastic card time to scratch build a replacement set of tail feathers. Of course after the kit had been printed, better information on the position and shape of the dorsal machinegun nest had to come to light, so in a whirling frenzy of blue tentacles a replacement nest was constructed. The gondolas have had grab rails, exhausts and struts added and are near to being ready for paint. Thanks for looking. Overworked of Mars 👽

Finished this morning, ready for the Hornchurch Battle of Britain weekend (14th/15th September) and tomorrow's IPMS Farnborough show. Thanks for looking. Martian 👽

There is already too much CC inspired chaos in the Naughty Corner. As for the aircraft carrier, who is brave/stupid enough to ask Mme CC if she minds one being parked on her front lawn? Don't all rush at once! Martian 👽

About as long as it took the Police to feel your collar for trying to spend them perchance? Sherlock Martian 👽

Enjoying the build immensely Bill. It does seem though that you have about as much chance of doing a basic build of anything as I have. Nothing wrong in that but be careful, lest Mike decides to turn you into a Martian as well. Cautionary of Mars 👽

If you can track a couple down, Aeroclub did do a very nice Napier Lion engine, which would help things along no end. Following with great interest. Martian 👽

So sorry to hear about Molly, losing a much loved pet is so hard. Martian 👽