 August 22, 2009 - 6:14pm | Just discovered this little gem as a model at the hobby store then looked it up on the web: http://www.vectorsite.net/avplatfm.html#m2 never heard of personal flying platforms like this before. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 August 23, 2009 - 1:11am | Yeah, the American military expirimented with all sorts of crazy contraptions as these during the Fifties and Sixties, including several attempts at a jet pack. The Williams X-Jet, along with a couple similar platforms, have been on display for years at the Air Force National Museum at Wright-Pat; I remember seeing the X-Jet and, I believe the XF-85 Goblin, there when I was 13. EDIT: Corrected the name of the museum and the Goblin's designation. "You're everything that's base in humanity," Cochrane continued. "Drawing up strict, senseless rules for the sole reason of putting you at the top and excluding anyone you say doesn't belong or fit in, for no other reason than just because you say so." —Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stephens, Federation |
 August 22, 2009 - 8:36pm | I've never seen any of those. That's cool. Flying saucers, anyone? Add a couple of miniature jets on the back and you could have the ones commonly witnessed. Add guns, and you have an awesome weapon. So now I know what H. Beam Piper meant when he mentioned "airjeeps" in the Fuzzy books. View my profile for a list of articles I have written, am writing, will write. "It's yo' mama!" —Wicket W. Warrick, Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi "That guy's wise." —Logray, Star Wars Ep.VI: Return of the Jedi Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? - Felicia Day (The Guild) |
August 23, 2009 - 6:15am | I picked up a model of the "Apollo 27 rocket" I'm assuming its based off a concept drawing only but I thought it might look nice as a center piece to storming the Pirate town or a second launch facility on volturnus. http://www.pegasushobbies.com/prod%20scifi%20apollo%2027.html aside for 4 chemical engines depicted I think that it looks quite good- of course we could just say that those 4 small engines really represent on class A chemical engine. Figure with my modeling experience it should eat up a lazy Sunday afternoon. Also picked up: http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/p/pegasusHobbies/v5748btpy7ph9 to fiddle with for a gantry I'm now tempted to pick up an old school cylon raider to be a mechanon fighter craft if the above project works well Though I suspect that I could track down a cylon raider on the paper model sharing websites and then could do up 4-5 for a nice tacticle scenario of hold off the sathar to give the mechies time to launch their fighters for some air cover during the battle for volturnus. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
