RE: [FT] UNSC DD

>No pods, so must be sponsons.

Hmmm.  Sounds like KR may have misidentified some of the UNSC parts.....

KR? If you're reading this, what is going in the UNSC DD (FT1105) packs?

Jon (GZG)
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>What is the URL you are looking at?
http://www.gtns.net/gzg/gzg-ft-unsc.html
>has no pictures.

I was going by the printed catalogue photos, which I had assumed Paul
had
uploaded to the site.... I'll have to talk to him about it!

Jon (GZG)
>
>
>-----
>Brian Bell
>bkb@beol.net
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>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Ground Zero Games [SMTP:jon@gzg.com]
>> Sent:	Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:17 AM
>> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>> Subject:	RE: [FT] UNSC DD
>>
>> >No. It does not sound exactly like that. This is boxy with 2 stubby
>> wings.
>> >It has a circular receptacle on the back that acts as engine cowling
or
>> >would fit the CL engine pod (but engine pod was not included).
>>
>> When you say it has "wings", do you mean solid side pieces (squarish
>> "sponsons)"	or struts ending in small pods? If the latter, then this
>> isn't
>> the DD; it is the Patrol Cutter type 2. If it's the former (and there
is a
>> noticeable cutout in the bottom of the hull, with a drilled hole in
the
>> centre of the cutout) then it sounds like it's the DD forward hull
minus
>> the engine pod and weapons unit.
>> >
>> >When I got them, I thought that they should have an engine pod (as
they
>> are
>> >a little small in comparison with other DDs [larger than Walburgs]).
But
>> as
>> >I said, I double-checked with KR (GeoHex), and he indicated that the
>> >Destroyer was one piece. I know that it is not the Battle Corvette
(see
>> >http://www.geohex.com/vift1103.htm) or Type 1 Patrol Cutter/Frigate
(see
>> >http://www.geohex.com/vift1104.htm). GeoHex, Eureka, and the GZG
Online
>> >Catalog do not have pictures for the Type 2 Patrol Cutter/Frigate or
the
>> >Destroyer.
>> >
>> >If you have pictures of these, please post a link. Thanks!
>>
>> There SHOULD be a pic of the DD on the online cat site - there is a
pic of
>> the smaller UN ships, including the 1104, 1105,1106, 1108 and 1110;
the
>> 1105 DD is the ship at centre bottom of the pic. If you can find
this, see
>> if the front half of that looks like what you have.....
>>
>> Jon (GZG)
>> >
>> >
>> >-----
>> >Brian Bell
>> >bkb@beol.net
>> >http://www.ftsr.org
>> >-----
>> >
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From:	Charles Taylor [SMTP:charles.taylor@cableol.co.uk]
>> >> Sent:	Tuesday, February 13, 2001 1:44 PM
>> >> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>> >> Subject:	RE: [FT] One-shot Pulse Torpedos -- any playtested
stats?
>> >>
>> >> In message
>> >> <9DB05BB477A8D111AF3F00805F5730100D10081C@exchange01.dscc.dla.mil>
>> >>		"Bell, Brian K (Contractor)" <Brian.Bell@dscc.dla.mil>
wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hmmm.
>> >> >
>> >> > I think that perhaps you did create a new UNSC DDH.
>> >> >
>> >> > The UNSC Destroyers that I got from KR were single piece (not
even
>> >> engine
>> >> > pods).
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > -----
>> >> > Brian Bell
>> >> > bkb@beol.net
>> >> > http://www.ftsr.org
>> >> > -----
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> Are you sure those are not 'Patrol Cutter/frigates', of which two
types
>> >> exist (one slightly larger than the other) - Hull with cylindrical
>> >> engine and two side pods - all on molding? - these are the largest
>> >> single section UNSC ships I've seen.
>> >>
>> >> The UNSC Destroyers I got were in 3 pieces each, - main hull,
engine
>> >> section, and the '3 cylinders in a row' piece that started this
>> >> discussion.
>> >>
>> >> Charles
>>
>>