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My Ol' Light Cruiser

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Posted by Woody on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 5:29 PM

Thanks guys. I need to get back to work on it.


" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Swanny on Friday, November 27, 2009 5:33 PM
Impressive
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Posted by Griffworks on Friday, November 27, 2009 4:48 PM

Man, that's really coming along nicely, Chris! 

 

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Posted by Woody on Friday, November 27, 2009 3:01 PM

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Woody on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 4:38 PM
Hey guys, sorry I haven't posted any updates recently. I got a little side tracked but I'm still moving forward ever so slowly. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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  • From: Navan, Ontario
Posted by Jagdwolf on Thursday, October 29, 2009 7:11 AM

richter111, I'll match your SFC and raise you SFC2: Empires At War, SFC2: Orion Pirates and SFC3.

EAW gives you the Interstellar Concordium, greatly improved equipment and everyone's favourites: fighters! Plus the races are now in their true territories: no more flying a Gorn and wondering why a Hydran just showed up in your zone. OP pops in with the X-ships.

Your turn. Smile [:)]

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Posted by richter111 on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:22 PM

I used to have all the old SFB stuff from the original pocket versions, to the final commanders edition

 

I also have the Star Fleet Command PC game.  It is about as realistic to the board game as you can get.  

 

I play it pretty regularly, and have a blast. You have to allocate energy, load the weapons, all those great things.  Also, all the ships from the game are included, and there are a ton of online modifications that you can put into it to make it even better.

 

It also include P/F's and fighters, drones, t-bombs, the Kzinti (called Mirak) boarding parties, ECM/ECCM, monsters and more.

 

You can find it on ebay pretty cheap.  I highly reccomend it!!!

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Posted by Woody on Sunday, October 25, 2009 5:16 PM
Thank you. Big Smile [:D] The hull parts are balsa skinned with styrene and the nacelles are telescoping styrene tube smoothed together with 3M Acrylic Blue Putty.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Buddho on Sunday, October 25, 2009 3:17 PM
Woody, is that plastic or dense foam shown in the last photos? Lookin real good...

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Posted by Woody on Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:17 PM
I'm working on the details of the inboard troughs of the warp nacelles. I'm happier today with the way they are turning out. I hope to have some more pictures soon.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Woody on Monday, October 19, 2009 12:34 PM

More pics of my painfully slow progress. LOL


" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Griffworks on Sunday, October 18, 2009 5:52 PM

Lookin' forward to more pics, Chris!

 

The greatest measure of a man is his children and what kind of people they are.

 

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Posted by Woody on Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:36 AM

Nice collection! I have many fond memories of playing SFB, D&D, Morrow Project, Avlon Hill's Airforce, and many others. Man am I a geek! LOL

I went to the hobby shop Saturday and picked up styrene for details and making the warp nacelles. I hope to start on the bridge and nacelles today. If nothing else I'll try to get some picture posted today to show where I'm at.


" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Jagdwolf on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:51 PM

Let's see...my collection includes the pocket game, the original boxed edition, the three expansions, Commanders 1-3, Introduction to SFB, the Captain's basic and advanced editions, most of the modules, Federation Space, Federation & Empire, Cadet Training Manual, Early Years, Tournament Manual, Star Fleet Missions, and Star Fleet Battle Force. Haven't tried Federation Commander yet, but intend to in the near future.

Still have the old TFG miniatures of the Federation CVA, Klingon F5 and Lyran Tiger CA. The Klingon F5 was completed 20 years ago as being in the claws of a young Space Dragon.

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Posted by Woody on Monday, October 12, 2009 5:01 PM
Hey Dan thanks. It's nice to be building again.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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Posted by Buddho on Monday, October 12, 2009 2:08 PM
Nice to see your work again, Woody!

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Posted by Woody on Sunday, October 11, 2009 9:46 PM

Ah a fellow old school SFBer! I still have Commanders I,II,III boxed sets on my game shelf but nobody to play with. My son is almost 12 and has shown a bit of interest but it's hard for a tabletop game to compete with video games. LOL

Sorry about the lack of updates but me and my wife went out of town for the weekend. I'll try to get back in the swing of things this week. I'm hoping my 3m acrylic blue putty, I'm waiting on, comes in Tuesday. I wasn't totally out of the model zone this weekend because I bought some supplies for my next project.


" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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  • From: Navan, Ontario
Posted by Jagdwolf on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 7:01 PM

Ah yes, the tough little Fed sublight cruiser that bounced with the old Romulan Warbird in the First Romulan War, strapped on a pair of warp nacelles and became the unsong workhorse of Star Fleet with its specialized variants. Thumbs Up [tup]

Woody, 25 years? Hmm, I still have the original TFG pocket edition from 1979. Cool [8D]

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My Ol' Light Cruiser
Posted by Woody on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 4:51 PM
I recently restarted a project that I've been wanting to do for about 25 years. The project is the Old Light Cruiser from the Task Force Games, "Starfleet Battles". The ship wasn't a great ship but I really liked the design and it reminds me of the many hours spent with good friends playing the game.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/71317f9a.jpg

I started with about four sets of different plans and combined these to come up with a final game plan that captured the spirit of this cool little ship.
I then decided to start with balsa wood as the material to shape the hulls from.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0823TestS7000047.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0823TestS7000041.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0824TestS7000014.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0826TestS7000008.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0826TestS7000012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0826TestS7000009.jpg

I then started on the most striking feature of this gutsy little cruiser, the gunfighter like torpedo launchers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0915TestS7000003.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v140/thetallman/2007_0915TestS7000004.jpg

I have gotten a lot more done but I need to get the camera out and get some more pictures. Let me know what you think so far.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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