Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Page 2

**pdmccool** · #11 09-10-2009, 05:33 PM

As an aside, Douglas Adams was the only non-Python to ever receive a writing credit on Monty Python's Flying Circus. On a modeling note, the starship Bistromath was the subject of my best scratchbuilt plastic model ever.

**redd9** · #12 09-18-2009, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by pdmccool

As an aside, Douglas Adams was the only non-Python to ever receive a writing credit on Monty Python's Flying Circus. On a modeling note, the starship Bistromath was the subject of my best scratchbuilt plastic model ever.

That I would like to see, any photos?

Zathros · #13 09-18-2009, 05:29 AM

We need a paper Improbability Drive. Though I'm not sure what it would end up looking like after it would be started.

**airdave** · #14 09-18-2009, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Zathros

We need a paper Improbability Drive. Though I'm not sure what it would end up looking like after it would be started.

Did one last week, heres the build sequence:

you may notice I omitted step 5 in the build,
there was a small incident involving the neighbours cat and the police,
I'd rather we forget that part.

**pdmccool** · #15 09-18-2009, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by redd9

That I would like to see, any photos?

I never took any photos of it, myself, but this is the photo my IPMS chapter used when it won an award at the monthly contest.

Zathros · #16 09-18-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by airdave

Did one last week, heres the build sequence:

you may notice I omitted step 5 in the build,
there was a small incident involving the neighbours cat and the police,
I'd rather we forget that part.

What excellent technique you have!! I don't think mine could or would have come out like that, at least, it's highly improbable!

**binario** · #17 09-19-2009, 12:34 AM

:D Great! I do love Douglas Adams and I feel sad everytime I remember he died...

**redd9** · #18 09-26-2009, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pdmccool

I never took any photos of it, myself, but this is the photo my IPMS chapter used when it won an award at the monthly contest.

Nice, very original.

**pdmccool** · #19 09-26-2009, 04:05 PM

In the book, the Bistromath was described as looking like an upended Italian restaurant, so I used some sheet plastic, and some generic windows from a model railroad building set, and a bunch of Star Trek and Space Shuttle bits for the mechanicals. It can't be seen in the photo, but on the roof were bits labeled "S.E.P. Field Generator", which was part of the ship's equipment mentioned in the book.