"Ming Bomber" Topic

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Tango01	11 Jan 2019 9:41 p.m. PST
"Although the original Flash Gordon/Zarkov "hero" ship of the 1936 "Flash Gordon" serial was originally built for the 1930 musical sci-fi opus "Just Imagine," this intimidating enemy spacecraft had to be designed and built from scratch. Starting with the basic shape of the Zarkov rocket, the "Ming Bomber" featured a slightly raised cockpit, double-ogive tail skids, a nose cannon and, of course, those super-nifty V-6 exhaust pipes…." link Main page link Amicalement Armand
javelin98	11 Jan 2019 11:30 p.m. PST
Alfred Wong is a wizard at modelmaking and kitbashing. There's a ton of his work over on starshipmodeler.com, and he has a great website here: alfredsmind.ca
Tango01	12 Jan 2019 11:17 a.m. PST
Thanks my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand
Allen57	12 Jan 2019 12:39 p.m. PST
Love the old Flash Gordon ships. I wish someone was making them in scale with 6, 15, or 28mm miniatures.
emckinney	12 Jan 2019 1:03 p.m. PST
Did he move everything to Facebook?
Oberlindes Sol LIC	12 Jan 2019 4:57 p.m. PST
Awesome stuff.
ScottWashburn	13 Jan 2019 8:51 a.m. PST
Hydra Miniatures has their War Rocket game with some miniatures like this. link
freecloud	20 Jan 2019 1:18 p.m. PST
This is brilliant, but its 11 inches long! What size are the Hydra ones as a matter of interest – they look like c 1/2 – 3" or so

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