mikelosaurus
Mongoose
Anyone have any ideas as to where I can get a jump gate from? Neither IWM or FRP Games seem to have any... *scratches head*
Searching for jump gate
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Why don't you have a look at the Ground Zero Games jump gate. It's only a fiver:
http://www.gtns.co.uk/store1/commerce.cgi
Do a search for 'Jump Gate' on the page and it will bring it up.
http://www.gtns.co.uk/store1/commerce.cgi
Do a search for 'Jump Gate' on the page and it will bring it up.
mikelosaurus
Mongoose
Sadly I'm a stickler for canon detail. I've picked up a copy the old Revell B5 station kit and need a 'proper' jump gate to go with it... 
Judging by this picture, a jump gate consists of four struts each with six panels. You would need four pairs of GZG gates; and you would need to cut down the bases for the lower pair, while working out how to support the top pair. And then you'd have something more canon than Mongoose's model, which has seven panels per strut plus an assembly at the back to hold the struts together.
The Mongoose one, even though it looks nice, is a pain to assemble and if you just look at it worng will fall over ont he table. Then you hav ethe chance of it falling apart. I have one, and it has been on the table once. Not really worth the repair time if it does fall over.
The GZG looks close enough even without top panels.
just my 2 cents
tschuma
The GZG looks close enough even without top panels.
just my 2 cents
tschuma
Agree with most of the comments above on the Mongoose gate which is of course intended as a convenient home gaming mini although it is fragile for transport though.
A more general issue for me was its size in comparison to the ships funnily enough also brought to a head by my own purchase of Revell B5 station so I started constructing this.
Don't worry AdrianH the sixth spar, MIA, is rumoured to be shortly meeting some silicon, a very tedious build otherwise.
To give you an impression of size the brass rod through the centre is 8 inches long. never intended to be an exact copy of canon, I used various bits & pieces I had lying around to construct.
A more general issue for me was its size in comparison to the ships funnily enough also brought to a head by my own purchase of Revell B5 station so I started constructing this.
Don't worry AdrianH the sixth spar, MIA, is rumoured to be shortly meeting some silicon, a very tedious build otherwise.
To give you an impression of size the brass rod through the centre is 8 inches long. never intended to be an exact copy of canon, I used various bits & pieces I had lying around to construct.
AdrianH said:But I do wonder whether a jump gate model could be used as a TV aerial. Or vice versa, if you find the right TV aerial.
Hey maybe the real gate at B5 is also a tv aerial where they pick up their favorite soap, set in an alternative historical universe.
"Gaming life in 21st Century Earth" cue cheesy theme tune.
CheesyRobMan
Mongoose
If it's a TV aerial I can imagine it wouldn't just be used for daytime soap operas. Vir goes walking into Londo's quarters only to find him watching Bald, Bad & Bodacious: Naughty Centauri Girls In Action Volume 7 :lol:
(I suppose the B5 universe opens up whole new meanings for inter-racial scenes... :shock: )
(I suppose the B5 universe opens up whole new meanings for inter-racial scenes... :shock: )
CheesyRobMan
Mongoose
Burger said:
Great Maker... Fetch me the brain bleach! :shock: :lol:
talonspiritcat
Mongoose
Wasn't that the infamous SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN NARNS?
lastbesthope
Mongoose
AdrianH said:
I have that CD!
Bought it at a Glasgow Con years back in a charity auction, annoyingly my friend bid against me without knowing who I was.
Funny story (In explanation I was very new to B5 back then)
I asked why the CD was called Volume 5, one of the group who produced the CD told me (deadpan) that Volumes 1 through 3 were accidentally destroyed before completion, and that Volume 4 mysteriously disappeared shortly after they finished it.
I took him at his word and thanked him, heading on my way.
Years later at the Glasgow Uni SF club, cue a dawn of realisation with much "D'oh!" and forehead slapping as I suddenly realised what he'd said.
Oh the embarassment.
Needless to say I would not make the same mistake today.
LBH
lastbesthope
Mongoose
AdrianH said:On a similar note, you may have observed that Track 17 Is Missing.
I had at least noticed that yes :lol:
So is that you on the CD cover then Adrian?
LBH
I'm one of those on the cover, yes. I also plead guilty to the lyrics for "Dad's Army of Light" and some of "Michael Stitched Him Up A Treat".
There would have been more on the CD but we had to get permission from copyright holders of the original songs we modified. Some were more co-operative than others, and that's why such gems as "Don't Search For Me Warren Keffer" (based on "Don't Cry For Me Argentina") aren't on there. And, although we got to do a B5-related CD, Warner didn't let us use "Sheridan And Delenn" (based on "Pinky And The Brain"). The Proclaimers wouldn't let us rip off "The Northern Lights of Aberdeen" either, but the guy who had the idea really wanted a song about flaming Narn, so he went the whole way and wrote that one from scratch, music and all; the result is "The Battle Hymn of the Centauri Republic".
I also plead guilty to the lyrics for "Dad's Army of Light" and some of "Michael Stitched Him Up A Treat".There would have been more on the CD but we had to get permission from copyright holders of the original songs we modified. Some were more co-operative than others, and that's why such gems as "Don't Search For Me Warren Keffer" (based on "Don't Cry For Me Argentina") aren't on there. And, although we got to do a B5-related CD, Warner didn't let us use "Sheridan And Delenn" (based on "Pinky And The Brain"). The Proclaimers wouldn't let us rip off "The Northern Lights of Aberdeen" either, but the guy who had the idea really wanted a song about flaming Narn, so he went the whole way and wrote that one from scratch, music and all; the result is "The Battle Hymn of the Centauri Republic".
