Re: Saturday at the Con. . .

>>>Yeah, and those Tuffleys were _cute_ as they puffed into little balls
of
>>>gas.  Which miniature were those?  
>>
>>Ex-inspection launches from Traveller. I believe they are now the
'praying
>>mantis' ships from RAFM for Silent Death.
>
>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? 

The latter: pointy-nosed ships with 'wings' housing what you interpret
as 3
missile tubes each (and what I interpret as forward-arc Class-2 beam
batts :)

>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.
:-)

Keen. I dinna think I have any of those Flying Torps.

Mk
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