I am a bit of a recidivist. Anyway, yesterday I was explaining how you can be the proud owner of a model of the spaceship 'Discovery' from "2001 A Space Odyssey", if you'd care to fork out well over £200 for the privilege.
It transpires that there are quite a few model kits from Stan's sci-fi opus out there. Probably the most common is the Shuttle. Art?
| Note the livery |
They re-issued it with new livery, because the original came with 'Pan-Am' decals, and that company is loooong defunct. Art?
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| Brilliant shot! |
This is the Pan-Am Clipper. At upper right you can see it's destination, the Space Station.
"Ha!" I said to myself yesterday - aloud, because I was alone with nobody to frighten - "That's one thing nobody's going to make as a kit!" Too big and too complicated, I thought.
Colour me surprised when I found out that there are kits available. Art?
This kit consists of about 20 plastic parts and 180 laser-etched metal pieces, and we can show you, if Art will put down his plate of coal for a minute -
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| Thus |
Your humble scribe, who has fingers like jumbo sausages, and whom is extremely clumsy to boot, can only look on the ingredients versus the finished product with a touch of awe. And it can be yours for only £80.00!
Okay, time to put the motley inside a cement mixer and see how fast we can make the drum spin!
More Of Mark Kermode
- and his least favourite films of the year so far. We did Numbers 10 and 9 yesterday, so today it's the turn of Numbers 8, 7 and 6 (he's doing a separate listing of 5 - 1 later).
CAUTION! These films are not in the "So Bad They're Good" category, they are just plain Bad, and both Mark and I are performing a valuable service to you, the public, in order to save you time and money.
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| How To Scare Cats The Mark Kermode Way! |
8 - "Overboard". An entirely unwanted remake of the old Kurt Russell/Goldie Hawn comedy, which is no classic (still hits 6.8 at IMDB tho'). Wouldn't it be funny," chorlted the scriptwriters to themselves, "If we swapped genders!"
No. No, it would not.
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| NOT putting a shot of the Meh version |
7 - "15:17 to Paris". A film that lasts for 100 minutes about a 10 minute incident is pushing it a bit, and even more so when your central cast is made up of non-actors - the people who were heroic on the day. They're heroes! They saved the day! They cannot act for toffee!
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| A lot more entertaining |
6 - "Winchester". Sadly, nothing to do with either Jimmy Stewart nor "Shaun of the Dead". An alleged horror film, except Mark had to be physically prodded awake at one point, so it seems to have all the spine-chilling terror of salted lettuce.
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| Yippy Ki-Ay, mate |
You may be wondering why I'm going into this matter. Well, because I made notes, and you're going to get the benefit whether you like them or not. Most especially if you don't like them.
We've Had Sci-fi And Films -
So it must be about time for TANKS! to enter stage right. I believe they fall into the default description on Facebook, so I do have legitimate reason.
Anyway, allow me to introduce you to a tank even uglier than the Bob Semple - which is an achievement in itself. Art?
This, people, is the South Canadian T31 Demolition Tank. It mounted a 105 mm howitzer and those sponsons to each side house rocket launchers, firing 7.2" HE rockets. Art?
It might not have been effective in a tank-versus-tank shooting match, but I'll bet anyone in a bunker on the end of a single salvo of 105 mm HE shell and two of those massive rockets would not be feeling the love, at all.
Only 4 of these monsters were built, probably because the designers realised that something so hideous and deadly would get banned under the Geneva Convention immediately it trundled onto the battlefield.
I came across the T31 whilst looking up an entirely separate piece of Perfidious Albion's wartime production, the Great Panjandrum, which I think can wait until another day -
So it must be about time for TANKS! to enter stage right. I believe they fall into the default description on Facebook, so I do have legitimate reason.
Anyway, allow me to introduce you to a tank even uglier than the Bob Semple - which is an achievement in itself. Art?
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| Heh. Now you can't unsee it ... |
This, people, is the South Canadian T31 Demolition Tank. It mounted a 105 mm howitzer and those sponsons to each side house rocket launchers, firing 7.2" HE rockets. Art?
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| A 7.2" demolition rocket |
It might not have been effective in a tank-versus-tank shooting match, but I'll bet anyone in a bunker on the end of a single salvo of 105 mm HE shell and two of those massive rockets would not be feeling the love, at all.
Only 4 of these monsters were built, probably because the designers realised that something so hideous and deadly would get banned under the Geneva Convention immediately it trundled onto the battlefield.
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| Not an enticing prospect |
I came across the T31 whilst looking up an entirely separate piece of Perfidious Albion's wartime production, the Great Panjandrum, which I think can wait until another day -
Wow! In the process of randomly trawling the internet, I have discovered that a film called "Weasels Rip My Flesh" exists, made for as much as $400. This I will have to see!
Till then, keep your eyes peeled for those KILLER EELS!
Till then, keep your eyes peeled for those KILLER EELS!
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