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...