Martian Kite "Bloodrunner"

Earlier this week, I showcased Dan Thompson's wonderful HMS WASP.

Well, he also scratchbuilt this wonderful Martian Kite: Bloodrunner!

Like his HMS WASP build, he has reposted the pics and notes previously lost from his old site. Check them out here: 

https://ourworlds.net/gallerynew/index.php/Martian-Cloudship

HMS WASP & Adventures on the Red Planet

This week I added to my hobby archive with this back issue of FineScale Modeller, from way back last century (September 1992):

which I got for this wonderful article:

The article's author Dan has now reposted more pics and details of this project, previously lost from his old site, which you can find here:

https://ourworlds.net/gallerynew/index.php/HM-Aerial-Gunboat-Wasp

Not so incidentally, in chatting with Dan via email this week I discovered he has also authored this book, Adventures on the Red Planet, sporting his HMS WASP on the cover. Naturally, I have also added this to my archive and am enjoying it. You can find it here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1502969513

You can find Dan's other great modelling projects on his Facebook page here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1810926807

Royal Navy Airship scratch build

Found this fabulous scratchbuild by Mr Edward Garcia on Facebook, from a post some 10 years ago. I wanted to post here for reference (such things tend to disappear and be sadly lost):

Again this is NOT my work, but that of highly talented Edward Garvcia, who writes:

"Scaled at about 1/64 this model of a Mars based British aerial gunboat is based on those mentioned in the old roll playing game Space: 1889. I extrapolated considerably on the small tree view drawings available online at the time (over ten years ago) and created a scale models that fit the story line but also reflected actual elements of Victorian naval architecture. The model measures about 32 inches (81cm) long and is crewed by about 15 hand painted 28mm crewmen. For the most part the model is made from scratch with the main exceptions being small parts such as ship’s guns, fittings and crew figures."

Again, this is not my work, and the original post here:

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18RhWK1FmB/

This is first of a few "internet rescue" posts. Having gone through a bunch of my VSF links I was sad to see so many sites have dissappeared and their contents gone. I will ensure that such posts are very clearly and appropriately credited, and only done to ensure that great material isn't lost.