Re: FT: 2 ships from TV

On Wed, 9 Feb 2000 01:24:02 -0000 Robin Paul <Robin.Paul@tesco.net> 
wrote:

> I'm currently expanding my fleets a bit, and today I got from 
Irregular an order which contains 2 ships from the telly: DYC8, 
"Confederation Dreadnought/Supercarrier Guardian Class Enforcer" is the 
Battlestar Galactica, about 75mm long, and £2.40, while for those of us 
raised on Gerry Anderson, DYO16 "UNSC Backdraft Patrol Cruiser" is 
Fireball XL-5, 41mm long and £1.00. <

No arguments about the not-XL-5, but how close is the Confederation 
ship to the Galactica? I have an Irregular ship that is very similar to 
the BG in general configuration, but quite different in detail -- 
much skinnier landing bay pylons (and only 2 of them), "gun turrets" on 
either side of the nose, etc. If this is the same ship, then it always 
struck me as being more like an earlier generation of Battlestar -- 
slightly smaller and with older technology. But it would make a good 
escort/support ship for a Galactica-type Battlestar; now, if only the 
Comet mini was bigger...

Phil, wondering if there is a nice manufacturer out there who'd do, 
say, a 100mm long not-Galactica... <g>
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