Sneak Peek: Marvellous La Machine monsters set to prowl downtown Ottawa

You’ll need two things to appreciate the magnificent La Machine creatures that will take over downtown Ottawa next week — a child’s willingness to believe, and patience. Lots of patience.
Judging from a sneak peek of the machines Wednesday at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, the first will be easy. The machines — Long Ma, the horse-dragon, and Kumo, the spider — are astonishing, a combined 80 tonnes of clanking, articulated steel, escaping steam and window-ratt