RE: Long Overdue Kudos for ship design

>Thanks,
>I thought that I read somewhere that Jon purchased the designs, but
could
>not find the reference.
>Kudos to Paul Copeland!
>Kudos to Jon for obtaining it.

Originally they were a joint effort between GZG and CMD, with Paul (CMD)
designing the ships and us marketing them and providing the rules; when
Paul had to give up through ill health, around 1997, we (GZG) bought the
whole thing from him and now own and produce all the ranges.

Jon (GZG)
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>Brian Bell
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Oerjan Ohlson [SMTP:oerjan.ohlson@telia.com]
>> Sent:	Monday, July 09, 2001 10:41 AM
>> To:	gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>> Subject:	Re: Long Overdue Kudos for ship design
>>
>> Brian Bell wrote:
>>
>> >I was looking over the FSE ships the other day and was reminded how
much
>> Jon
>> >reused ship bodies in the FSE line.
>>
>> I think the kudos should be given where they're due - Jon didn't
design
>> any
>> of the FSE ship models AFAIK... except for the Requin (by Schoon) and
some
>>
>> of the fighters, they're all by Paul Copeland. (As are virtually all
the
>> NAC, ESU, NSL and KV ships - don't remember if he did the SV too.)
>>
>> Jon should be given full credit for the even more modular UNSC ship
range,
>>
>> though :-)
>>
>> Later,
>>
>> Oerjan
>> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
>>
>> "Life is like a sewer.
>>   What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
>> -Hen3ry