I downloaded this paper model from Reverisco's free model download ages ago. They used to rotate the free model each month but lately I've been only seeing the starship corrider downloads.
The model was designed by Jim Neal and redrawn and colored by John McEwan. It's a nifty little model scaled at around the old 25mm scale -- that is to say it seems compatible with Reverisco's Starguard line (the setting it was designed for) as well as 1/72 models. The hull is similar to most modern gunships like the Cobra and Apache. But instead of rotors, the Gnat has two rotating thrusters on either side. A weapons pod is located at the belly and I've been thinking of the other stuff I could scratchbuild for different payloads.
The game setting & rules published by John McEwan is around 40 years old --making it the oldest commercially available miniature Science Fiction wargame! What began as a simple skirmish game inspired by Robert Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers has since grown to a full-fledged science fiction skirmish game involving everything from jump troops and interstellar infantry to tanks, robots and all sorts of futuristic war machines. Check out the rules & models at Reverisco's site.
When I first downloaded the kit, I made a few models for my growing sci fi 25mm infantry. Since then, I've used a custom texture more in line with my 28mm Void Junkers and reimagined as Nova Romans. Here's the model with a different set of textures for this army.
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