RE: Full Thrust line drawings

The Minerva FF is a re-worked Miyazaki FF. The Miyazaki has an extended
wing
that was cut when refitted (remodeled) into the Minerva (from looking at
the
line drawing in the Fleet Book). To see a picture of the Miyazaki visit
the
Geo-Hex web site at http://www.geohex.com/vift104.htm. IMHO, I like the
Miyazaki better. I have grown to like asymmetrical designs such as the
Miyazaki and Avalon (even if it falls over quite a lot).

I do not have the Huron CL or Hoshino CL. From viewing the picture of
the
Hoshino CL on Geo-Hex's web site (http://www.geohex.com/vift106.htm) I
cannot tell the difference between it and the line drawing of the Huron
CL
in the Fleet Book. I tried the GZG Online Catalogue but the Huron was
not
pictured. And I could not get to the Eureka Miniatures page this morning
(timed-out). Perhaps Jon T, KR, or Nic could comment on the differences
in
the miniature (if any) [Or anyone else who has both].

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.xoom.com/rlyehable/ft/	   
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Francis [SMTP:tony@glassghost.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 3:02 AM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	Re: Full Thrust line drawings
> 
> Greg wrote:
> 
> > Hello.  This is my first posting to the list.
> >
> 
> Welcome aboard
> 
> >
> > Does anyone have any line drawings of the other Full Thrust ship
minis
> > that are not illustrated in the Fleet Book?  E.g. both typs of
medium
> > freighters, or the older NAC minis like Miyazaki and Hoshino (sorry
for
> > the butchered spelling).
> >
> 
> If I remember correctly, the Hoshino is what the NAC Huron light
cruiser
> used to be called, similarly the standard NAC frigate was previously
> called
> the Miyazaki. There has been a distinct 'racial cleansing' of NAC ship
> names to remove unwanted Japanese influences (presumably to open the
way
> for a separate range of Japanese ships sometime in the future). Some
of my
> FT models go back a long way, I bought my first Hoshinos from Jon at a
> show
> in Lewisham in about '91 when they were initially released. I remember
him
> showing me the Ark Royal model and being blown away by it.
> 
> Tony
> (who's obviously been buying spaceships for far too long now)
>