[FT] Fighter Scale

3 posts ยท Mar 22 1999 to Mar 22 1999

From: John Crimmins <johncrim@v...>

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:34:31 -0500

Subject: [FT] Fighter Scale

After basing my NAC fighters*, I ended up with one (1) extra fighter. At a
loss for what to do with it, I mounted it on a short piece of wire (Paperclips
can be *so* useful...) and positioned it so that it appears to be taking off
from my carrier's deck. It looks pretty good (enough so that it makes me wish
that I had another couple of spares), but it looks a little...large in
comparison with the carrier itself. Are fighters and ships modeled in the same
scale? Or are the fighters enlarged a bit to make them visible?

(*I used Beth's method--thanks, Beth!--and mounted them three to a base
on some GW flight stands; each is mounted on a wire extending from the shaft.
It looks great, especially when all painted up.)

From: Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@m...>

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 15:47:17 +1000

Subject: Re: [FT] Fighter Scale

G'day John,

> After basing my NAC fighters*, I ended up with one (1) extra fighter.

Funnily enough so did I (Nic at Eureka had an extra in the packet by mistake).

> At a loss for what to do with it, I mounted it on a short piece of wire

I wasn't quite so creative, I stuck mine on the flight deck so as to cover the
join between the main part of the Jeanne D'Arc and the extra bit of runway you
have to glue on the front.

> It looks pretty good (enough so that

Can't answer this for sure, but I've always thought they look a bit out of
scale. However, at times I've been VERY glad they're not any smaller
(superglue can be a right royal pain!);)

> (*I used Beth's method--thanks, Beth!

My pleasure.

Cheers

Beth

From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 10:45:27 +0000

Subject: Re: [FT] Fighter Scale

> After basing my NAC fighters*, I ended up with one (1) extra fighter.
At a
> loss for what to do with it, I mounted it on a short piece of wire

Yes, the fighters are over-scale to the ships, as they'd be impossible
to cast or handle if any smaller.