[OFFICIAL] New ESU ships: NAMING HELP REQUEST!

Hi all,

Well, the master moulds are made for the first batch of new ESU 
ships, and all of them have come out OK - so I can now confirm what 
is available (or will be in a day or two once the production moulds 
are made and we start to spin some out....)

We have....

FT 232	  New Scoutship (pack of 3)				1.50 GBP
FT 233	  New Corvette (pack of 3)				2.00 GBP
FT 234	  New Frigate (pack of 2) 
	2.00 GBP
FT 235	  New Destroyer (pack of 2)				2.50 GBP
FT 236	  New Light Cruiser					2.00 GBP
FT 238	  New Heavy Cruiser					3.00 GBP
FT 242	  New Superdreadnought (includes NEW stand - see below) 12.00
GBP
FT 244	  New Heavy Carrier  (includes NEW stand - see below) 
	12.00 GBP

More classes to follow once Salute is out of the way!

Now, as you'll have noticed, none of these have names yet - so I'm 
asking for suggestions from you guys on the list.... obviously they 
need to be in keeping with the original ESU class names, a mix of 
Russian and Chinese - so, any good ideas?

Oh yes, PICTURES..... all being well I'll be taking some later today, 
and will obviously be emailing them over to Paul for putting up on 
the GZG site ASAP, but as that may take a while to get done if there 
is anyone else who'd be happy to put them up on another suitable site 
straight away for the listers to see (Dean...?) then please let me 
know.

One thing you will notice as soon as you get to see the pics is the 
STAND under the big ship classes (SDN and CVH) - at last, I've got 
round to doing an ALL- METAL LARGE HEX BASE for bigger ship classes - 
it's approx. 50mm diameter (42mm across flats), has a very solid cast 
metal mounting post (non-tapered, so it can easily be replaced with 
brass rod if you prefer) and the base is marked with the 6 fire arcs 
plus additional tic-marcs at all the "clock-face" points. The new ESU 
ships, though BIG, are very stable on these new stands - and they 
should work well for the other big ships in the FT range too. They 
will be INCLUDED in the price of the new ESU large classes as noted 
above, but will also be available separately to use for any other 
large models:

FT 003	    Large hex stand (metal) - single		1.50 GBP
FT003A	  Large hex stand (metal) - pack of 4	5.00 GBP

These will be available in a few days, along with the new ships, and 
we'll have stocks of them at Salute!

Best,

Jon (GZG)