From: Gregory Wong <sax@s...>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:45:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Full Thrust line drawings
Hello. This is my first posting to the list. Does anyone have any line drawings of the other Full Thrust ship minis that are not illustrated in the Fleet Book? E.g. both typs of medium freighters, or the older NAC minis like Miyazaki and Hoshino (sorry for the butchered spelling). Thanks. --Greg
From: Tony Francis <tony.francis@k...>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:02:20 +0000
Subject: Re: Full Thrust line drawings
> Greg wrote: > Hello. This is my first posting to the list. Welcome aboard > Does anyone have any line drawings of the other Full Thrust ship minis If I remember correctly, the Hoshino is what the NAC Huron light cruiser used to be called, similarly the standard NAC frigate was previously called the Miyazaki. There has been a distinct 'racial cleansing' of NAC ship names to remove unwanted Japanese influences (presumably to open the way for a separate range of Japanese ships sometime in the future). Some of my FT models go back a long way, I bought my first Hoshinos from Jon at a show in Lewisham in about '91 when they were initially released. I remember him showing me the Ark Royal model and being blown away by it.
From: Ground Zero Games <jon@g...>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:59:58 +0000
Subject: Re: Full Thrust line drawings
> Greg wrote: Yes, Tony's long memory is quite right.... :-) The Huron/Hoshino is the same mini, just a name change. The original Miyazaki had an asymmetrical fin/vane on the port side, which we removed when we re-moulded it; other than this, the Miyazaki/Minerva are the same. Sorry, but we have never had line drawings done of the freighter range; maybe sometime, when our artist has finished doing all the warship stuff.... ;-)
From: Brian Bell <bkb@b...>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 06:58:55 -0500
Subject: RE: Full Thrust line drawings
The Minerva FF is a re-worked Miyazaki FF. The Miyazaki has an extended wing that was cut when refitted (remodeled) into the Minerva (from looking at the line drawing in the Fleet Book). To see a picture of the Miyazaki visit the Geo-Hex web site at http://www.geohex.com/vift104.htm. IMHO, I like the Miyazaki better. I have grown to like asymmetrical designs such as the Miyazaki and Avalon (even if it falls over quite a lot). I do not have the Huron CL or Hoshino CL. From viewing the picture of the Hoshino CL on Geo-Hex's web site (http://www.geohex.com/vift106.htm) I cannot tell the difference between it and the line drawing of the Huron CL in the Fleet Book. I tried the GZG Online Catalogue but the Huron was not pictured. And I could not get to the Eureka Miniatures page this morning (timed-out). Perhaps Jon T, KR, or Nic could comment on the differences in the miniature (if any) [Or anyone else who has both]. ----- Brian Bell bkb@beol.net http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft/ ----- > -----Original Message-----