That's interesting. The reason for that has something to do intellectual
property rights. The TNE ships you name below are ones that RAFM designed
and brought to us to rate as TNE ships, whereas the classic Traveller
designs plus the Clipper were IP created in Traveller. Ships designs that
they created they have more leeway to release as they see fit compared to
minis that are representations of someone else's design.
Tell me though, did they also release a TL-10 ACR as a Silent Death fighter?
> Note that the master and mold for the Barekdoldin/Javelin apparently were
> tweaked during pre-production, resulting in the model having a permanent
> twist along its length.
Jack Van Schaik gave me the masters to use when I rated them, and that
twist may have already been there. I remember being surprised both by
weirdnesses in the original masters and by weirdnesses in the later
production figures, but don't remember for sure which was which.
Dave
> Just about all of the RAFM ships that were new to TNE. The Clipper and it
> various parts is the only exception I can think of offhand. The
> Barekdoldin, Trekhyair, Cuspid, Fang, and RQS Modular Inspection Launch
> all became Silent Death fighters.
>
> Barekdoldin -> Javelin
> Trekhyair -> Hornet
> Cuspid -> Firebat
> Fang -> Rattler
> RQS Modular Inspection Launch -> Praying Mantis
>
> Note that the master and mold for the Barekdoldin/Javelin apparently were
> tweaked during pre-production, resulting in the model having a permanent
> twist along its length. If you squint you an ignore it, but it was sad to
> see such a cool model get mass-produced after such an error occurred.
>
property rights. The TNE ships you name below are ones that RAFM designed
and brought to us to rate as TNE ships, whereas the classic Traveller
designs plus the Clipper were IP created in Traveller. Ships designs that
they created they have more leeway to release as they see fit compared to
minis that are representations of someone else's design.
Tell me though, did they also release a TL-10 ACR as a Silent Death fighter?
> Note that the master and mold for the Barekdoldin/Javelin apparently were
> tweaked during pre-production, resulting in the model having a permanent
> twist along its length.
Jack Van Schaik gave me the masters to use when I rated them, and that
twist may have already been there. I remember being surprised both by
weirdnesses in the original masters and by weirdnesses in the later
production figures, but don't remember for sure which was which.
Dave
> Just about all of the RAFM ships that were new to TNE. The Clipper and it
> various parts is the only exception I can think of offhand. The
> Barekdoldin, Trekhyair, Cuspid, Fang, and RQS Modular Inspection Launch
> all became Silent Death fighters.
>
> Barekdoldin -> Javelin
> Trekhyair -> Hornet
> Cuspid -> Firebat
> Fang -> Rattler
> RQS Modular Inspection Launch -> Praying Mantis
>
> Note that the master and mold for the Barekdoldin/Javelin apparently were
> tweaked during pre-production, resulting in the model having a permanent
> twist along its length. If you squint you an ignore it, but it was sad to
> see such a cool model get mass-produced after such an error occurred.
>