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After many many years of searching I have finally found a model of the fighting machine from Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds. I have been a fan of the musical since before I can remember, and would spend hours looking through the picture book that came with the double album and drawing the machines. The scene with the fighting machine and Thunder Child the Iron Clad particularly caught my imagination.
So my plan is to recreate the scene, need to find a suitable kit of the ship, and to use led lights to bring it to life. This will be a long build as I need to hollow out the body of the fighting machine as it is solid resin and in 2 halves. Plus routing the wiring up one of the legs, but I am sure I will find a way!
Any who, here are some pictures of the kit and what I hope to recreate. Nemesis attached the following image(s):
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ooh that looks like it will be a great diorama.If you make the laser beam part wide enough you could run the wires up inside that. They also make really small lasers so you could actually put a real laser in the head too.How big is the body of the fighting machine?
I have the musical on my iphone.Cant beat Richard Burtons narration and David Essex singing
Carl
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This is the body size, once hollowed out there is plenty of room.Nemesis attached the following image(s):
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Hmm.Not sure if there is enough room in there for a laser.I will measure the one I have.Cool looking kit.Looks like it is a pretty old kit.
Carl
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fantastic, what scale is the fighting machine?
The picture Jef Wayne used is based upon a formidable class ship from around 1890s. so you could look for these ships there are some in resin or Mikasa is based upon that and you can get her in 1:700, 1:350 and 1:200
https://en.wikipedia.org...idable-class_battleship
you could try this manufacturer, kits are good and have lots from that period
http://combrig-models.co...00/royal-navy-1860-1918
looking forward to thisJase“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Wow, this I'm looking forward to. Should be an excellent dio in your hands. I was only listening to the cd in my car less than a week ago.  Mark
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I went 5 years ago it was fantastic, can definatly recomend it althou i think they do the mire reason re-worked album version live now Jase “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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I regret that I have not seen the original tour live. I do have the DVDs for both the original and the new shows - and I much prefer the original to be frank. Richard Burton's head, or Liam Neeson in hologram. For me, it's the head every time. Even though the new show includes a flame-spewing Martian. Sorry Liam. Current Builds
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I saw it in London 2016 and will go again this year.
Utterly spellbinding.
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Many thanks to Jase for his links. After some research on both sites I have found my Thunderchild! Nemesis attached the following image(s):
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Look Forward to seeing your progress with this one. Current builds.Hachettes build the bismark,HMS Victory, HMS Hood.
Finished Builds Corel HMS Victory cross section.
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Should look amazing when complete. The WotW was touring in Dec, all dates sold out lol
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Tomick wrote:Should look amazing when complete. The WotW was touring in Dec, all dates sold out lol I know, tried to get some!! 
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