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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: fastolfrus on 07 October 2021, 12:01:17 PM
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Has anyone built a model of War Rocket Ajax from Flash Gordon?
If so, do you have any hints. Or more appropriate, have you found any blueprints?
Considering it as a project for sometime in the New Year as I seem to have acquired a few FG style figures and thought it might be a good gaming background
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Not sure if this is the right board for this question, please move it if it isn't.
Has anyone built a model of War Rocket Ajax from Flash Gordon?
If so, do you have any hints. Or more appropriate, have you found any blueprints?
Considering it as a project for sometime in the New Year as I seem to have acquired a few FG style figures and thought it might be a good gaming background
Bombshell Miniatures did one as part of their last rocketship kickstarter.
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I considered doing one last year when I painted up the CD pulp-fi figures for my collection, but never quite got around to it.
I think I still have a Martin Bowers article on building it from a 1993 magazine which I could scan for you if you are interested, since, sadly, his website seems to have gone the way of the Mongonian dodo. Edit: sorry, must have been a 1998 issue which I may have gotten rid of in the meantime, but the pictures were rather poor and grainy, anyway.
There's also a pricy collectible model, which looks beautiful, though. A number of high quality pics of that one here: https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/flash-gordon-war-rocket-ajax-chronicle-collectibles-903522
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I considered doing one last year when I painted up the CD pulp-fi figures for my collection, but never quite got around to it.
I think I still have a Martin Bowers article on building it from a 1993 magazine which I could scan for you if you are interested, since, sadly, his website seems to have gone the way of the Mongonian dodo.
There's also a pricy collectible model, which looks beautiful, though. A number of high quality pics of that one here: https://www.sideshow.com/collectibles/flash-gordon-war-rocket-ajax-chronicle-collectibles-903522
I have Ernst sculpting some suitable trooper crew for this too....
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I have Ernst sculpting some suitable trooper crew for this too....
Glory to Ming! lol
That said, I think I shelved the project since even in a condensed scale, it would have to be a huge piece. On the other hand, the glorious Pulp Zeppelin by the Scottish Connection showed how it could be done as a proper wargame board in it's own right.
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Tony( damfpanzerwagon) made a Pulp/ Gorden inspired one, a couple of years ago. Drop him a PM.
I have to agree with Chris building the Ajax is a tricky one for Scale compression.
My 'simple' flyer is just shy of two and a half feet.( the board is 3'3" wide)
I definitely think you could make either one of the smaller ships or one inspired by the Ajax.
Infact you couldn't have picked a better time to start collecting bit for a build. Christmas decorations are a god send. ( also good for onion domes on Islamic and Russian buildings.)
Decrotative bell's make for plausible engine nozzles.
If I remember rightly Tony used plastic wine glasses as a starting point.
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Didn't they do an article on building one in WI in the last (I think) year or two? I think I have it still, if so I'll let you know which issue.