1/1200 something... sorry

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Duke Maddog wrote:I saw a four-episode show done in Britain of that book; it was set in the 1900's and seemed quite accurate to the book for the most part. My favorite scene was when they were all on the beach with the navy battleships, cruisers and destroyers all offshore and one Martian tripod showed up. They showed all the battleships and cruisers firing their main guns and hitting the tripod; breaking it's legs and making it fall to the ground where subsequent salvos blew it up. So awesome!
Mark, was this the mini series?

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Yes it was! That beach scene was the coolest with the naval bombardment of alien tripods! It was in episode two. In that pic, you can just see the start of it behind the main character.
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I #@%!$ing love war of the worlds!!! I cannot wait to start my diorama. However... big question: Which tripods do I do??? Jeff Wayne? Spielberg? Or should I scratch build my own design... so many options

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Yep, Thunderchild. A destroyer that rammed the tripod if memory serves.
I'm with Stick on this one a 1/1200 Iowa class. I have a few 1/1200 kits but never really did much with them. I'll give them to the grandsons when they're old enough to have fun with them.
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Yes, in the lyrical version of War of the Worlds the HMS Thunderchild was a "torpedo ram". Shot one of the tripods down, then when 2 more showed up it rammed one while it was on fire. Pretty sick ship if you ask me.

Also, yes you both are correct about Iowa class. I looked it up using the name I found on the boat.
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