Thursday, May 28, 2020

Civilian spacecraft

For the first time, in a long time, I painted up a spacecraft mini.
The Conestoga-class colony vessel was originally designed for STL intrasystem travel, and constructed without artificial gravity systems. 
Counter-rotating sections of the vehicle used centripedal force to simulate gravity for passengers and crew. 
Although the sublight engines were eventually replaced with a Bachman-Turner overdrive for interstellar travel, it was not cost-effective to retrofit with agrav.
Although the photos are a little washed out, all in all I'm pleased with this nice little model that would not look out of place in a game of Galactic Knights.

6 comments:

  1. Cool model and nice painting. Who's the manufacturer?

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  2. "Bachman-Turner Overdrive"
    Lol
    Yeah, I got it. I'm old.

    Nice mini. Nice paint job.

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  3. Thanks, y'all! I want to say the mini is from Iron Wind Metals, part of the Battletech or Aerotech line, but I can't remember any more details.

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  4. I like the model, too, and am also old enough to get the BTO reference, LOL!

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  5. I asked on the Facebook spaceship gaming minis group, and it's the Wagon Wheel frigate from Aerotech.

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