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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: Yankeepedlar01 on November 28, 2007, 10:47:23 PM
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I've added a picture to my Pulp Adventures Gallery ~ of a work in progress ~ ME 207, an experimental German Flying Saucer for our 1935 Pulp Middle Eastern game. {The legs are from Ground Zero Games, thanks for casting me four up Jon; the hull from two vacuum formed plastic 'features' I got at Warfare, no idea what they were meant to be. The door I made from milliput, while the transfers are fom Company B ~ the U Boat set. The ladder way is from an OO scale train kit.}
http://www.freewebs.com/talesfromghq/index.htm
Any suggestions ~ helpful of course, welcome.
David
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The only thing I see missing is some kind of armament, like a ray canon on the top or bottom.
Otherwise, VERY cool.
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Not sure about the eyes.... it seems to have a hazy resemblance to the McDougall's flour-sifter (either it's too late at night for this type of thing or I need to get my glasses changed :~} )
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Nice stuff as usual, although I agree about the eyes. Just for interest the real German Saucer project was the BMW Flugelrad:
http://tanks45.tripod.com/Jets45/Histories/BMW-Fv1/BMW-V1.htm
http://www.fantastic-plastic.com/BMWFlugelradV2Page.htm
http://www.geocities.com/unicraftmodels/germ/frad3/frad3.htm
Sadly no kits in 1/56, 1/48 or 1/43
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nice one but I think the eys are to much .
207 did that mean we have 207 f these Ufo´s :mrgreen: we must win the war then :roll:
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nice one but I think the eys are to much .
207 did that mean we have 207 f these Ufo´s :mrgreen: we must win the war then :roll:
Sadly, no, Grimm, it does n't mean you must win the war! :wink:
Just chose ME 207 as a type number for fun.
As to the eyes; well, its for a Pulp game and I like them, and, they go with the eyes on my U Boat to keep the pulp theme going.
David
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Works really well as a German moon lander too!
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Works really well as a German moon lander too!
Oh hell. That's me thinking about a whole new project already then. :roll:
Yankeepedlar, that is a great little device, I really like it. :love:
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Hello Yankeepedlar01
I get a PM from Alex and he says me that the ``Must Win...`` could be misunderstanding .
So I want to say sorry for that .
What I want to say ist that if the germans have a armada of Ufo´s ,in ww2 ,than they would have win .
My english is not the best and so I am sorry about that .
I am not a Nazi or such stuff and I am happy Germany diden´t ``win`` in WW2 .
So I am happy when you send some Pulpy Comandos to destroy that Ufo and save the world . 8)
Sorry Grimm
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No need to apologise. In wargames we all like the side we are playing to win...the point being its a game not reality...
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Yes you are right TadPortly ,thanks for your sympathy :)
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Grimm, it never entered my head that you meant anything other than a joke! No need to apologise. Your English is much better than my German, so no need to apologise for that either!
For our generation the war is history to be played out on the table top, so, sure, the results can be unhistorical without doing anyone any harm. We have all moved on I would hope, at least we Lead Adventurers have, and can be grown up about Pulp Nazis, flying saucers, construct troops and death rays!
By the way, in our ongoing games, Phil ~ the evil Nazi ~ is 2 - 0 up in wins! But, ever the game Brit who does n't know when he is beaten, I am looking to win the next game on Wednesday!
David
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OK good that there is no trubble .
I wish you luck for the next game and hope t see a Game repord here in the Forum
Cheers Grimm
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That german saucer reminds me of the craft in The Incerdibles cartoon
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I like it - it has that certain Vril flair. Those eyes, though, I think it was mainly an Anglo-Saxon thing (for their tanks, having borrowed the idea from Chinese Workers in ww1 who asked "how does the tank know where it is going if it has no eyes?")...
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Thanks Chris! The eyes seem to have divided opinion, but I like them, so they will stay. {Did n't Anglo Saxons come from Northern Europe to Britain?}
I've added two differently shaped plastic 'observation' domes now, but no luck on a death ray array yet!
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The submariners of the Kaiser's Navy painted eyes on their UB-class U-Boats, Trireme-style, so it is not entirely without Germanic precedent.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y40/Plynkes/Copyofubtype12.jpg)
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Whoa, never seen that one, so please ignore the exclusivity aspect of my former post... :o
I still think, though, that they look somehow strange. But if you like it, keep it!
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Thanks for that photo, Plynkes, I feel reassured in my choice of eyes!