In case anybody is interested, I have found a very good source of the old TSR
boxed sets of starships for Knight Hawks (spaceship combat for Star
Frontiers). Both the Federation and Ssathar boxed sets are available for $5.00
a box. If you are interested, contact:
Chimera Hobby Shop, Inc. 425 W. College Ave. Appleton, WI 54911
(414) 735-1201
Thought this would be a good place to announce this find...
Tom
> In case anybody is interested, I have found a very good source of the
> At 09:05 PM 8/14/97 -0700, Tom Granvold wrote:
There will be pictures coming as soon as I get them developed. They are fairly
big. The human capital ships are cylinrical and about 3" long. This is the
length of the largest FT ships, but these are much more massive. They come in
one or two hull pieces (some later ones appear to be cast in two pieces) and 8
engines. The cruisers are about 2" long and would work as capital ships
alongside FT vessels. They, too, are mostly cylindrical, but the front end is
like a squashed diamond shape, and there are two engines pointing out the
back. The escorts are cylindrical again, and are a bit bigger than FT escorts.
The boxed set also includes two scout ships, which I use as fighters.
The Sathar ships are a bit different. The capital ship is about 4 or 5" long.
It has a large central section that's essentially a large blob. A boom leads
to a small, flat but round bridge section. A small cylinder extends out the
back of the blob. From here, there are eight Star Trek like engine nacelles
that are attached in pairs to engine pilons. The pilons form an X shape when
looked at from the rear of the ship. The cruiser is bug like with a small
rounded head, a long neck boom, a "thorax" and an "abdomen". Two engine pilons
hold a round (classic Enterprise looking) engine nacelle. The escort ship has
a body section, a boom and rounded bridge section, and two small engines
hanging off one pilon each. The boxed set also includes a pirate scout ship
and a pirate cruiser. The cruiser is a classic rocket shape with two "guns"
attached on either side.
> On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Allan Goodall wrote:
> The Sathar ships are a bit different. The capital ship is about 4 or
A boom
> leads to a small, flat but round bridge section. A small cylinder
Two
> engine pilons hold a round (classic Enterprise looking) engine
This set is actually very good with moderate modification. The Sathar capital
ship comes in 2 mainbody sections and pylons witht the engines. This can be
modified into 2 capital ships with the front half requiring no modification or
slight modification (I put an main engine nozzle where it normally attaches to
the back half) The rear half, now without a decent bridge I attached a Sculpey
disk and depending on your tastes you can add 2 or 3 pylons. 2 pylons gives an
Enterprise effect and 3 gives a more airplane look. Final size fo each half is
about 3". The Sathar cruisers are excellent without modification although a
bit lacking in detail, but then that's what paint is for.
--Binhan
Hey! I missed the original post, I need more mini's like I need another hole
in me head, but if there are bunches of 'em I'd like the contact
info......
Thanks,
Gene
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