'The cantina scene', Part 2: He doesn't like you...
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Tomerton Film Productions present, in spectacular 1/76-o-vision, 'Star Wars: the cantina scene'
Part 1: this place can get a little rough... What could possibly happen next? Part 2, coming soon to a cinema near you...
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According to the stats, that last post has had a phenomenal number of visits. Of course, it could just be 'bots' looking in... By all means drop a comment to say hello if you're enjoying this guff :) The Empire Strikes Back, in 1/76 scale - coming soon.
The Mystery of the Carpet Monster!
'The carpet monster' is a widely held superstition amongst plastic modellers, who believe it explains any parts of a model dropped on the floor disappearing completely. A part goes missing, and the modeller says "oh, it's been taken by the carpet monster". Every modeller has experienced the archetypal 'part dropped on floor disappears forever'. But beyond this, the Carpet Monster is associated with even more bizarre phenomena. Parts disappearing from boxes put aside on the shelf. And, not just parts disappearing, but - parts appearing. Sometimes; parts from kits that the modeller themselves doesn't actually own! I'm of a skeptical disposition, and naturally I found this supernatural nonsense in my favourite hobby ridiculous. It needed scientific investigation to end the silliness. So, I put an ad in the Tomerton Gazette: 'Investigators Wanted: Missing plastic parts. Reward.' ******************************** The following morning a...
The other Day of the Daleks!
'999. Whats your emergency?' 'Um, i'm at Tomerton canal, and these pepperpot robots and their ape henchmen have sort of materialised in the tunnel. They've got guns' <keyboard types. surprised pause> 'Oh. Ok, we're going to be sending the army. They'll be there within 20 minutes. In the meantime, is there somewhere safe you can hide?' ++++++++++++++++++ Soon the streets of Tomerton rumbled as a military convoy passed by. Reconnaissance patrols confirmed these really were Daleks, and not just dustbins as UNIT are often called out for. Soldiers crept to position... ...only to be 'scented' by the keen nosed Ogrons, who find the clean soapy smell of humans utterly disgusting! violence erupted! the Ogrons themselves being so thick skinned as to be practically impervious to small arms fire. UNIT suffered terribly: the Ogrons came closer. Soon UNIT would be overrun! Although we might wonder why no-one t...