FT: 2 ships from TV

I'm currently expanding my fleets a bit, and today I got from Irregular an
order which contains 2 ships from the telly: DYC8, "Confederation
Dreadnought/Supercarrier Guardian Class Enforcer" is the Battlestar
Galactica, about 75mm long, and £2.40, while for those of us raised on Gerry
Anderson, DYO16 "UNSC Backdraft Patrol Cruiser" is Fireball XL-5, 41mm
long and £1.00.

Now for more NSL...

> Phillip Atcliffe wrote:

> Nyrath the nearly wise wrote:

> Phillip Atcliffe wrote:

They're on the web at
<http://www.wargames.co.uk/Irregular/Irregular.html>.  There just isn't
a whole lot to their site at this point, though.

-Mike

> Would you happen to have a URL for the Irregular

In addition to Irregular's own site which I believe is new and not very
complete:
http://www.wargames.co.uk/Irregular/Irregular.html

Ainsty sells their Space Fleet Packs and has some pics up:
http://www.btinternet.com/~ainsty/irregular.htm

The US Distributor for Irregular is Silver Eagle Wargame Supplies:
http://hometown.aol.com/eaglewars/private/sews.html
The spaceships are in the 6/10mm catalog page.

> owner-gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU at internet 02/09/00 05:44AM >>>

> the BG in general configuration, but quite different in detail --

> either side of the nose, etc. If this is the same ship, then it always

Superior Starfleets has a large ship that somewhat resembles a battlestar. It
is the Polecat, a Carnivore Super Galactic Dreadnought. Has a much larger
engine section than a battlestar and the mini is quite large, but

very detailed.

http://www.stellargames.com/SGD.htm

There's always the Comet miniatures battlestar too, which is in a good scale
for FT, but lacks detail and has some symetrical flaws.

Mike

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 01:24:02 -0000 Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@tesco.net>
wrote:

> I'm currently expanding my fleets a bit, and today I got from

No arguments about the not-XL-5, but how close is the Confederation
ship to the Galactica? I have an Irregular ship that is very similar to
the BG in general configuration, but quite different in detail --
much skinnier landing bay pylons (and only 2 of them), "gun turrets" on either
side of the nose, etc. If this is the same ship, then it always
struck me as being more like an earlier generation of Battlestar --
slightly smaller and with older technology. But it would make a good
escort/support ship for a Galactica-type Battlestar; now, if only the
Comet mini was bigger...

Phil, wondering if there is a nice manufacturer out there who'd do,
say, a 100mm long not-Galactica... <g>

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 01:24:02 -0000 Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@tesco.net>

Actually, Phil, I thought the Comet one was not far off that size anyway? It
certainly stacks up well against our larger FT ships, IIRC... I'll have to dig
mine out and see how big it really is.... (ooer...)
BTW, I think you are right about the Irreg model - the one described is
their "not-quite-Galactica", and I agree with you that it is quite
significantly different in all but overall configuration.

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:57:16 +0000 Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
wrote:

Quoting me:
> Phil, wondering if there is a nice manufacturer out there who'd

> Actually, Phil, I thought the Comet one was not far off that size
(ooer...) <

I'd be interested to know; my impression (from Tony Jay's
description of it to me) was that it was rather smaller -- something
like 2 to 3 inches in length (50-75 mm), which would make it a little
small when grouped with the Irregular ship.

Of course, I could always use the Revellogram model kit -- it's more or
less in scale with my FASA/TFG minis <g>. The Galactica is a _big_ ship!

Now, I wonder where I could get a not-Base Star... (got two of the
kits -- would like a mini, say, 75mm across).

Phil