Re: small airship mini- Battle Blimp or Aeronef dig

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From: <KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: small airship mini- Battle Blimp or Aeronef dig

> Beth.Fulton@csiro.au schrieb:
> > G'day,
> >
> > > The Revell-Germany site lists a "Hindenburg" in their
> > > upcoming small, box-scale Mini-kits releases for May....
> >
> > I couldn't see an "english" button on their page sorry.
>
> There is a website by the American branch:
> http://www.revell-monogram.com/
> Doesn't seem to show the mini-kits.
>
> > So I'll ask the obvious... what scale is this?
>
> The website doesn't give a scale. The boxes would allow it to be about
> 8 cm long - unless they cut it at half-length, in which case it could
> be longer.
>
> > I got the 1/720 version
> > Its very nice (though not overly complex in the sticking together
> > area), and though I'm tempted to transform it into
> > something suitably sci-fi for my TOLEAMC idea I think I'll keep it
as
> is for
> > my WWI games.
>
> The Bandai "Queen Emeraldas" kit I mentioned recently might be a good
> alternative for an SF Zeppelin. Except for the Galleon gondola, it is
a
> quite sober design.
>
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz

I also noticed the Beluga transport plane on the Revell Germany site- in
both  1/144 and Mini- which would also make an SF Zep.

Rob Paul