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  • Birthday 13/12/1961

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    Poole, Dorset, on the Planet Wibble
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  1. Fantastic news Bill, we extend out Galactic congratulations. Now get on with the Victor! Delighted but Impatient of Mars 👽
  2. CC; is there any truth in the rumour that Mme CC has made you a hangar from the Belgian Air Force for all the kits you are working on? Curious of Mars 👽
  3. That Lynx is something special Bill. Rather Talen of Mars 👽
  4. Loving this build, it takes me back to my Dutch SH-34 build. Martian 👽
  5. Excellent work sofar. Martian 👽
  6. Just caught up with this one Woody. You are turning it into a thing of real beauty. Impressed (very) of Mars👽
  7. Are we surprised? There's desperation for you! Thanks Pieter, It may be a case of the working deck being slightly too long for a drifter. However the resin is very brittle and I am pretty sure that it won't stand up to a "cut and shut" job. I have already had to do numerous repairs to the hull where the resin has shattered and accept that I am going to have to live with the raised foredeck for the same reason. It is only meant to be a representation of the King Stephen in this scale as it is the overall diorama and the story it tells is what really matters here. The 1/144 scale Neomega kit that Mrs Martian got me for Christmas is far more accurate and will appear in the Maritime section of the forums in the not too distant future. Edit: Sorry Pieter, I forgot to mention that the plastic card additions to the hull are indeed to allow for the depth of the sea base of the diorama. Martian 👽
  8. I shall keep my tentacles crossed for you Bill. Martian 👽
  9. .I decided to start the King Stephen diorama by tackling the hardest part first. Chopping up a 1/700 3D printed steam trawler in order to try and make a representation of a steam drifter of the period. Had I chosen to do the diorama in 1/350 scale, my task would have been a whole lot easier but that would have meant trashing a Takom kit for the Zeppelin wreck. Still, I pressed on and here are the results of nearly a whole day's work at the bench. This thing is tiny, about two inches long at most and the close up on my camera is really struggling with it. I will ask Mrs Martian if she can get any better results on her phone camera. Thanks for looking Martian 👽
  10. Where to next indeed? Fret ye not, I have a cunning plan that cannot fail! First up, I came across a series of pictures in the Bundesarchiv of Zeppelin L.11 in camouflage colours. Given that they seem to have been taken at the same time and from all sides, I suspect that the ship was trialing a new scheme. Whatever the reason, a Takom kit has had its hull glued together and flying surfaces and control surfaces prepped. I will just provide pictorial updates as when I do something different on the model. stand by for an update on that front as I have hit on an idea as to how to make the grab rails on the gondolas easier and neater. I have got hold of a 3D printed 1/700 steam trawler and have started to convert kit into the King Stephen drifter fora diorama of her abandoning the crew of the downed L.10 to their fate. I have a couple of Mark 1 Models 1/720 P and Q class hulls and will use one of them for the L.19 wreck. In this scale I think we can live with the slight difference in scale. One thing I would ask is that, out of respect for the victims of this thoroughly unpleasant incident, we keep the usual banter away from discussion of the construction of the diorama. Other than that, the usual highbrow discussion can continue unabated. More soon. Martian 👽
  11. A spanking! a spanking! Mrs Martian (allegedly) 👽
  12. I suspect that Madame CC has long since given up trying to keep track of CC's stash additions. When asked to comment by the Belgium correspondent of the Martian Times, she was quoted as saying "le wibble". Martian 👽
  13. He has indeed, I think the silver option may have to be plan B and perhaps do a second kit as a US Navy boat. It's typical Martian. I always fall for the most awkward subjects. Martian 👽
  14. Thanks Ed. I really just want to do an approximation of a Dutch Mariner rather than a really involved build as a bit of relaxation from the Zeppelin project that has so far taken up two and a half years of my modelling time. Any pictures you do have of the blue Dutch cabs would be of great help. Mind you, it sounds as if the book you have should be on my bookshelves as I am very interested in post war Dutch naval aviation. Martian 👽
  15. Thanks Pete, I have the Naval Fighters book on the type and the Dutch Decal sheet / I have two pictures of blue Dutch Mariners dangling from a crane but that is a. A few more general shots of them in the blue scheme is all I really need to get started. Martian 👽
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