europapete Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 Better make it double depth, General. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldzar Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 On 24/01/2023 at 10:03, perdu said: Here is a possibility: Cheerfully lifted of my google search from, I believe Britannica Webcelluloid, the first synthetic plastic material, developed in the 1860s and 1870s from a homogeneous colloidal dispersion of nitrocellulose and … Seems likely even if as flammable as Baldrick's, well, anything. Let the madness continue. Thanks a lot, that might be a possibility! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 If we all club together we could buy one of these for the General next Christmas! 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 2 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: If we all club together we could buy one of these for the General next Christmas! Are you kidding Pete? I could use one of those myself. To say that I live in a target rich environment would be an understatement. Sign me up. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 27, 2023 Author Share Posted January 27, 2023 14 hours ago, LorenSharp said: Are you kidding Pete? I could use one of those myself. To say that I live in a target rich environment would be an understatement. Sign me up. Don't let Mrs Martian get her hands on one though! In other news, I have to apologise for the lack of updates this week. I have started cutting the wood panelling for the cabin but progress has been slow thanks to an MRI scan that left me in a lot of pain. Putting someone with fibromyalgia through a large electro magnet is not to be recommended. "The pain stops as soon as we switch the machine off" says the operator. The heck it does! In the real world it meant two whole days in bed. Anyway, I'm starting to perk up now and should get a couple of good sessions in over the weekend. Martian 👽 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Yeowch! Sorry to hear that. I hope you were able to get at least one of your tentacles working enough to give that ignorant MRI operator the finger. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Sorry to hear this Martian, hope recovery is well underway. I’ll also be await a short while as we are down in darkest, deepest Welsh Wales to celebrate my aunt’s centennial birthday bash and, frighteningly I have been left to organise the shindig, which I’m off to now. wish me luck. Keeping this lot under control won’t be easy…Baldrick, fetch me the blurglecruncheon…. Melchie 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europapete Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Good luck General, Reavers Peasant Prodder should come in handy too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Sorry to hear of your not so pleasant encounter with the MRI scanner @Martian. Wishing you a speedy feeling better. On 1/25/2023 at 7:21 PM, general melchett said: An oval framed portrait of the late soon/almost to be, Lady Georgina Melchett will take pride of place above the pilot. Impressive furnishings there General, but I'm not quite sure how best to put this. ....... Upon close inspection of that painting, I fear it could be a fake. Looking very closely, you can see the tell tale strokes of the infamous Otto Von Fookinfake. He was left handed you see, and the brush strokes clearly show that. I could be wrong, but I think you should get it evaluated professionally........ Terry 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 He needs to get several things looked at professionally. But BUPA sent back his application form.. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 28, 2023 Author Share Posted January 28, 2023 7 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: He needs to get several things looked at professionally. But BUPA sent back his application form.. I think the issue was that he addressed the application form to BUPA rather than BURPA. Martian 👽 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Have some rest Dear Martian, Best wishes for a quick and complete recovery !! Best wishes for you too Herr General.... Having all this Melchettry behaving is surely a titanesque job.... Sincerely. CC 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 This was lifted from your Zeppelin thread,can it be replicated for this build👍😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, RAF4EVER said: This was lifted from your Zeppelin thread,can it be replicated for this build👍😁 Isn't it that already? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 I felt much better yesterday and managed to get a good long stint in at the bench. The main objective was to get the wood veneer cut out and shaped the the Elizabethan style panelling. This was somewhat hairy as the stuff is almost paper thin and since the local craft shop that I used to get the stuff from closed down, I don't have a lot of the stuff left. As Captain Slackbladder would have put it, "I couldn't afford to be at hone to Mr Cockup"! It doesn't look much but it accounted for a good three hours of my day. I was thankful that my Father taught me how to do marquetry when I was a small Martian. I could have gone for a paint effect but I am of the opinion that. for a wood finish, nothing looks as good as real wood. The panels are not glued in place and some have slipped down in the pictures. Sorry about that. I was about to knock off for the day when I suddenly realised that the fuel tank had no bottom to it. I therefore sat back down and scratch built something that at least looks workable. While I was measuring up for the fuel tank it occurred to me that the shaft that held the rotary engine and carburettor must have protruded into the cabin. some stretched sprue and Albion Alloys action soon saw that taken care of. This is all a bit too sensible thus far so here is the latest news on the proposed diorama. Speckled Jim, anxious to help Melchie fulfill his Mile High Club ambition informs me that he has secured the services of a very special guest star to assist with this. He claims however, that he is not yet at liberty to disclose the identity of this individual. We wait with baited breath! Last night I commissioned a pair of General Melchett and Baldrick figures and I suspect that there may be some other special guest stars finding their way into the diorama in due course. I have already set the evil part of my brain to thinking of suitable candidates. Thanks for looking. Martian the Maniacal 👽 10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 So, you had wood but no bottom? Baited breath indeed! But, if you're feeling better, then all is well with the world. (Until a certain Military type turns up anyway). Looking good in there. Very Arboreal. I've got some Creosote in the shed if you need the smallest room waterproofing. (There could be turbulence!). 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 39 minutes ago, Martian said: Speckled Jim, anxious to help Melchie fulfill his Mile High Club ambition informs me that he has secured the services of a very special guest star to assist with this. He claims however, that he is not yet at liberty to disclose the identity of this individual. We wait with baited breath! Rumor has it that this is the lucky lady: 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, billn53 said: Rumor has it that this is the lucky lady: That made me spit my coffee into the Orbit Jet’s master control console! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 8 minutes ago, billn53 said: Rumor has it that this is the lucky lady: Can't be. Speckled Jim said that although the star was rather expensive, well ten shillings and sixpence, to secure, they had signed up without coercion. Martian 👽 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 It's Basil Brush then. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieW Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 A lovely wood panelled interior, Henry Tudor himself would have been happy to have feasted there. Hhmmmmm....oh the possibilities! Glad you're feeling a bit better and could spend time at the bench. Richie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Martian said: We wait with baited breath! I wonder what bait you would have to use to capture that one? Whoever she might be, I know nothing of any ladies in feathers and finery. Way above my pay grade. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 29, 2023 Author Share Posted January 29, 2023 1 hour ago, perdu said: I wonder what bait you would have to use to capture that one? Nothing really, she would naturally find my alien magnetism irresistible and with my many tentacles all over her, she would not know what had hit her! Something like this I would imagine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owueFHTFN8Y Sexpot of Mars 👽 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Time for your cold bath! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 Don't forget the Bromide. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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