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Re: [GZG] More SALUTE teasers - for FT....

From: Robert Jones <robert@h...>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:17:33 +0100
Subject: Re: [GZG] More SALUTE teasers - for FT....

And the lead ship, SS Gruntfuttock leaves the shipyard after being 
christened by
Her Royal Highness, Princess Buttercup under the watchful eyes of the 
Honourable
Douglas Smith and His Excellency Kenneth Horne

Robert Jones

> After a hectic few days days of sculpting/building, mouldmaking and 
> last-minute casting, we have some new FT ship releases ready for 
> SALUTE this Saturday!
> 
> We promised to do our best to have the ScanFed Dreadnought ready for 
> the show - and we've made it! This afternoon the name-ship of the 
> VALHALLA class left spacedock on its shakedown cruise.... we will 
> have TWELVE of these Nordic beauties in stock at the show, so if you 
> want to grab one make sure you come and see us early - no pre-orders, 
> it's first come first served.
> 
> Similarly, but in even shorter supply, we'll have just a FEW special 
> sets of our infamous "Mystery Fleet*", complete with two NEW ships 
> AND some fighters! We've bundled these into special deal ?25 fleet 
> sets - as of tonight we have just four sets for sale, there might be 
> a couple more IF we have any spare time left tomorrow.....
> Each pack consists of 4 Destroyers (a NEW addition), 4 Heavy 
> Destroyers and 2 Battlecruisers (both of these previously-released 
> classes), one NEW Light Carrier (CVL) and two groups of NEW fighters 
> complete with FT002 fighter stands.
> (* No, we still haven't sorted out who or what these are, so they are 
> still a mystery....)
> 
> Finally, we have the fleet auxiliary that no-one ever talks about, 
> even less wants to be posted to...
> Most starships, civil and military, have environmental recycling 
> systems that are very efficient - but sometimes, there is stuff left 
> over that is just too impractical to deal with onboard. So, skulking 
> along at the tail end of the fleet, we have the J.PEASMOLD CLASS 
> WASTE REPROCESSING SHIP, a flying repository for all the worst 
> sludge, slurry and unmentionable detritus that all the other ships 
> need to get rid of.  In space, no-one can hear you gag.....  ;-)
> 
> Actually, joking aside, the Peasmold can be used as any kind of 
> tanker, refinery or supply ship you like - we just wanted to give it 
> some "colour" (probably a greenish-brown.....).
> 
> I have just taken some pics of all these, but I don't know when Paul 
> will be able to upload them for me - in the meantime if anyone wants 
> to host them somewhere so other folks can take a quick look, feel 
> free to email me direct and I'll send you copies over.
> 
> 
> Jon (GZG)
> www.gzg.com
> 
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