dr Whens bash

i was tempted out of semi retirement to do a dj set at dr whens annual birthday bash on saturday, this is third year running, glamourous affairs and they are always good rollicking fun.
i did a varied set of sixties garage rock, freak beat, ska, northern soul and some low down dirty funky shit.
had a good chat to Tod mc Tod there too, we may be exploding some stuff once he gets his high speed camera rig sorted.
a good time was had by all and i awoke the next day with a monumental hangover and a big smile on my face.
looking forward to next years already.


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Dr Agamemnon When and friend.
linky to photos in the b3ta bash pool
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xsgerry/sets/72157623373783192/detail/

pink n chrome

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pink n chrome lots of lovley chrome, the bare metal foil bought from a local model shop is the mutts nuts, dead easy to apply but you need to have a supply of realy sharp blades to cut the stuff.
just cut a peice a little bigger than you need cover the area, burnish into the corners and polish with an old bit of t shirt.
then its just a case of trimming and lifting off the exess with a sharp blade.

dj'ing at dr whens birthday bash

dusting off the scratchy old 45s in preperation for my good friend dr when's birthday bash.
he knows how to throw a good party, i will post up a few pics after the event.

adding the detail

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most of the electical and structural work is done now.
my depressing lousy job is taking up waaaaay to much time.

Elvis update

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the led count is growing ever bigger, i tore down and rebuilt the headlight assembly because i wasn,t looking cadilac enough,
yesterday i bought some chrome foil from the model shop it looks fantastic i will be covering this in more detail when i apply it.

ladies and gentlemen Elvis is leaving the building

there is a chapter or two in the Douglas Adams novel mostly harmless, that decribes a space ship parked outside a bar.
it belongs to Elvis, he gives it to Ford.
chapter 22.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050214165205/http://www.mindgazer.org/dontpanic/read/book5.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_characters_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Elvis_Presley
i started making a version of this ship not long after i first read the book, fifteen or so years ago.
i made a steering wheel, then forgot about it, well not completley forgot.
i have made drawings and rough models of it for years.
now it time for elvis to finaly leave the building.



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the usual construction methods, milliput sculpted over a wire and tinfoil core with random bits of tat stuck together.
the ship is a couple of cheap clock faces with perspex fins, and sculpted lights.

extreme hardcore tea abuse