The models are 1/300th (6mm or Epic if you're from Nottingham
) scale so they have an intended dual purpose as air support for the Iron Cow range as well. This makes them quite a decent size, 40-50mm in length. So far there are four finished designs that have been cast, all will be recognisable to followers of our Starmada fleets :
Eagle class Interceptor (AmRep)
Raptor class Assault fighter (AmRep)
Wusheng class fighter (CDSU)
Zhengsheng class Attack fighter
and there's more on the way :
The designs aren't precise scale-ups of the 'fleet' scale models - in most cases simply multiplying all of the dimensions by a fixed constant produced some very clunky looking results, so I've had to apply some artistic licence to tweak the proportions. Some have obviously changed quite a bit (the Eagle's swept wings for example) and we'll be feeding this back into the smaller scale models by redesignng those to match. The missile pods on the Raptor are retractable pods and are cast seperately, the model will come complete with open and closed versions.
The painted examples have custom decals by John Lerchey at Decals Express () and we plan to offer those along with the models.
The SC3600 rulebook is long since out of print, we haven't had any copies for ages, so we'll be printing an all-new edition with amended rules (but not much - they're pretty solid as they are) under the new title of Squadron Commander:Reheat. This, more than the models, is what will take us time as it will be our first self-published set of rules and we want to get it right. The current target is a late autumn release for the new rulebook along with an initial set of 16 fighter models plus accessories (decals, underwing stores etc) but I can't be any more precise than that as to date just yet.
The rulebook will be a good quality, A4 softcover with (hopefully) full colour throughout. We have a friend, Dave Shillito, beavering away doing some very nice CGI artwork for the book. No idea on pricing just yet, I'd hope for somewhere in the £12-£15 range but that will probably depend on how many copies we can initially afford to print. We haven't attempted to price the models yet either.
OK, that's it for now (isn't that enough !?). More news and more pictures as and when ...
) , but think this new SC3600 range is beneath what you usually produce. I hope you find this to the helpful and constructive criticism it is meant to be.
