Re: UNSC Deepspace Explorer (FT-1115)

>On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:51:47 +0100 Ground Zero Games <jon@gzg.com>
>wrote:
>
>>> Does anyone have a picture of how to put together the UNSC Deep
>Space Explorer (FT-1115)? <<
>
>> Any way you want, Ted, it's a modular ship! Our display one is
>assembled in this order (bow to stern):
>> Main hull - cargo/fuel module - "solar panels" - drive mounting -
>drives (2). <
>
>Okay, now remind me: which way are the cargo/fuel module and solar
>panels (I thought they were LR sensor antennae) aligned, i.e., like a +
>or an X relative to the stand? And were the drives horizontal or
>vertical?

The display one has the fuel modules in X orientation (stand mount hole
drilled in between the lower fuel pods), the solar panels as +, and the
engine mount horizontal.

Jon (GZG)
>
>Before you say it, Jon, I _know_ that I can do it any way that I want,
>but I liked the look of the display model at Salute, and have been
>trying to remember how it was done so that I can re-create it.
>
>Phil, who's got a lot of UNSC stuff to assemble over Easter...
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>A sentiment echoed by Phil Atcliffe (Phillip.Atcliffe@uwe.ac.uk)