Assembly questions re: Federation cruisers

ecs05norway · Post by **ecs05norway** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 4:44 pm

Well, so far, including the Squadron Box I just received, my Federation fleet consists of:

2x DN
3x BC
1x CF
2x CS
3x CA
4x CL
2x FFB
5x FF
2x POL

Plus whatever I may decide to improvise from other sources (some old FASA Larsons subbing in for the classic lollypop DDs, for example).

ecs05norway · Post by **ecs05norway** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:30 pm

Ugh. I'd forgotten how much I utterly loathe the Condor.

mdauben · Post by **mdauben** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 2:16 pm

ecs05norway wrote:Ugh. I'd forgotten how much I utterly loathe the Condor.

Do you have the original resin Condor? I had two of those and it was a bit of a bear to get them cleaned up and prepped. I'm not sure how the current metal Condors compare.

ecs05norway · Post by **ecs05norway** » Thu Nov 13, 2014 3:25 pm

I have a 2500 Condor in resin and a 2400 Condor in metal.

It's not the casting. It's the sculpt. I just despise it.

ecs05norway · Post by **ecs05norway** » Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:43 pm

Ugh. Bought a set of Romulan Squadron Box 12, all metal except the hull of the KC8... which is resin. And has a gigantastic plug of resin sitting right on the underbelly of the main hull.

Gonna take a looooot of sanding. Where'd I put my dremel....

Post by **Steve Cole** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 4:34 pm

That's how Mongoose did them before they abandoned resin casting (due partly to customers complaining abut the big lugs on them).

We're converting the resin ships to metal, but we're not finished yet.

ecs05norway · Post by **ecs05norway** » Fri Dec 12, 2014 9:25 pm

Thanks.

(It still doesn't fix the mind-staggering ugliness of the Condor sculpt, but nothing can fix that. Anyone want one? I have both scales, willing to trade for 2500-series Hawks...)

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:35 pm

ecs05norway wrote:Ugh. Bought a set of Romulan Squadron Box 12, all metal except the hull of the KC8... which is resin. And has a gigantastic plug of resin sitting right on the underbelly of the main hull.

Gonna take a looooot of sanding. Where'd I put my dremel....

Actually, if you grab it with a pair of pliers and bend, it snaps off fairly flush with the hull (or at least all four of mine did). A bit of sanding and a bit of filling and it should be good to go.

Scoutdad · Post by **Scoutdad** » Mon Dec 15, 2014 6:36 pm

ecs05norway wrote:Thanks.

(It still doesn't fix the mind-staggering ugliness of the Condor sculpt, but nothing can fix that. Anyone want one? I have both scales, willing to trade for 2500-series Hawks...)

Then modify it...

Bolo_MK_XL · Post by **Bolo_MK_XL** » Tue Dec 16, 2014 12:20 am

All that work Mongoose did, to make it their own design,
you just go and change it. /sarc

Sneaky Scot · Post by **Sneaky Scot** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 12:18 pm

Scoutdad,

Has anyone mentioned what a subversive influence you are?

ecs05norway · Post by **ecs05norway** » Tue Dec 30, 2014 8:30 pm

Hmmm. Maybe I should do up the bow bulb as a Dalek head...