I've been playing around with the naming convention for these Flash Gordon space ships and think I have a workable system. It's not carved in stone and should new variations arise then it'll need to be revised, but I'm okay with it for now. Here's what we've covered so far:
9” Variants
9” Darts v.1
- Hard plastic
- Made by Premier Plastics
- 9 windows behind cockpit
- 3 free rolling wheels in tricycle landing gear
arrangement
- Backward #2 underneath fuselage
9” Dart v.2
- Soft Plastic
- Knock-off
- 9 windows behind cockpit
- 3 struts instead of wheels
- Backward #2 underneath fuselage
9” Wide Body’s v.1
- Hard plastic
- Made by Premier Plastics
- 8 windows behind cockpit
- 3 free rolling wheels in tricycle landing gear
arrangement
- #1 underneath fuselage
9” Wide Body’s v.2
- Soft plastic
- Knock-off
- 8 windows behind cockpit
- 3 struts instead of wheels
- #1 underneath fuselage
5” Variants
5” Darts v.1
- Hard plastic
- Made by Premier Plastics
- 7 windows behind cockpit
- 1 strut underneath nose and 2 free rolling wheels in
tricycle landing gear arrangement
- Backward #2 underneath fuselage
- Stiffening ribs between windows
- Platform molded above engine nacelles to accommodate
spaceman
5” Darts v.1a (Not posted on blog - same as v.1 except for no stiffening ribs and no number underneath fuselage)
- Hard plastic
- Made by Premier Plastics
- 7 windows behind cockpit
- 1 strut underneath nose and 2 free rolling wheels in
tricycle landing gear arrangement
- No number underneath fuselage
- No stiffening ribs between windows
- Platform molded above engine nacelles to accommodate
spaceman
Today we're taking a look at the 2nd hard plastic variant of the 5" Darts, the one without a platform for spacemen to stand on.
5” Darts v.2
- Hard Plastic
- Made by Premier Plastics
- 7 windows behind cockpit
- 1 strut underneath nose and 2 free rolling wheels in tricycle
landing gear arrangement
- No platform molded above engine nacelles to accommodate
spaceman
Enjoy!
