H.G. Wells' Land Ironclad free paper model
Jul 1, 2016 22:24:05 GMT
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Post by boxholder on Jul 1, 2016 22:24:05 GMT
One of Well's less known work is short story called "the Land Ironclads." The land ironclads are described as ” 100-foot-long machines that are equipped with remote-controlled guns and that carry riflemen, engineers, and a captain. They are "essentially long, narrow, and very strong steel frameworks carrying the engines, and borne on eight pairs of big pedrail wheels, each about ten feet in diameter, each a driving wheel and set upon long axles free to swivel around a common axis. . . . the captain . . . had look-out points at small ports all round the upper edge of the adjustable skirt of twelve-inch ironplating which protected the whole affair… “
Mr Ralph Currell has produced a FREE print and assemble card model of Wells' land ironclads. It is close to the AQMF scale. Here is the link:
www.currell.net/models/ironclad.htm
And here is what they look like:
New technology to brighten the Martians' day!!!
Thanks to Mr Currell
He also has zeppelins on the free site.
Mr Ralph Currell has produced a FREE print and assemble card model of Wells' land ironclads. It is close to the AQMF scale. Here is the link:
www.currell.net/models/ironclad.htm
And here is what they look like:
New technology to brighten the Martians' day!!!
Thanks to Mr Currell
He also has zeppelins on the free site.
