Re: Saturday at the Con. . .

Don Greenfield wrote:
> I think I have some of these. Are they the Flying Torpedos (cylidrical
> things with fins) or are they the pointy nosed ships with the "wings"
that
> have about three missile tubes each? I've painted one of the Flying
> Torpedos in Imperial Japanese Navy colors. I copied the paint scheme
from a
> picture of a WWII Japanese "Zero"-white base, a light blue band around
the
> nose and of course the rising sun. Looks rather spiffy, if I do say
so. :-)

You have described them accurately, Don.  They will make a fast and
deadly
looking (but maybe not for John Atkinson) missile destroyer figure.

The RAFM GIF is small enough that I'm tempted to attach it to this
message.  
I'll try to resist the Dark side.

You wouldn't happen to have a picture of your IJN Praying Mantis?  (It
even
sounds Japanese.)

Jon