Not sure if any of you still remember this musical. I had the double cassette tape collection a long time ago (before upgrading to CD) and I remembered listening to it over and over again when I was working on my kits. Well, there were some pretty catchy tunes which I kind of liked, and the narration literally left me going wild with my imagination. Of course that was like during the 80s. Let's fast forward to the present. Just found out that there was a Live on Stage musical rendition of Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds in 2014 and .... guess who the narrator was this time ...
Yup, non other than Liam Neesan. Well, he does have a very nice and coarse voice, one that reminds you to never to take anything from him without permission ... otherwise he will find you. Don't worry, he doesn't sing for this musical but he did make a few appearance via a large screen TV. Just search for Jeff Wayne's War of the World Live at Youtube and you can see the stage musical performance for yourself.
Anyway, back to the topic, There is now a kit on a very very limited run of your lovable trigger happy heat ray gun Martian Tripod based on the original musical cover. It stands 19" tall and have been in development since 2006. This kit is hailed to be very accurate and true to the Tripod's representation from the popular album cover. It consist of hollow cast body, resin cast eyes, heat ray, sensors/antenna and feet. The top section of each leg is cast in resin with embedded metal support rod as are the support struts. The legs themselves are constructed of aluminum tubing with pewter cast detail pieces.
This kit is not cheap though as it retails for GBP £170, and comes with a box and artwork. Definitely for serious fans of the musical. If you are interested, you will need to give Neo-uk a private message over at Starship Modeler's forum.
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Wow that US beautiful. Where dud you say one could get it? Saw nothing at Starship Modeller. Thanks. Please email at Bob.Daugherty@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWow that US beautiful. Where dud you say one could get it? Saw nothing at Starship Modeller. Thanks. Please email at Bob.Daugherty@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteAnother one is interessted. how can i get it? Mole-man@freenet.de
ReplyDeleteIt's available again from Dean at:http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=52118
DeleteWhere can you get it? I would be interested, thank you. laultimafrontera@yahoo.es
ReplyDeleteI know this is an older post but YES PLEASE where can I find this, the link to the other site is no longer valid. Does ANYONE have an idea where to buy this? Chris@fixitdigitalsolutions.com
ReplyDeleteI'm interested as well! How can I get one? eadams499@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI've Still got one or two left.
ReplyDeleteHello, I see this post was made back in may, I am just wondering if there still happens to be one available that could be picked up??
DeleteDo you still have any kits left? Really would love to have it! bythdangermouse1965@gmail.com
DeleteI'll be doing another short run on these.
Deletehej jeg kommer fra danmark og vil købe dette kit. hvordan kan jeg købe det.
ReplyDeleteJust updated the kit with 3d printed parts, so should be available again soon.
ReplyDeleteDo you still make this kit ? And if so can you send me the link in order to purchase. Many thanks
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