Re: [Epic] New Epic IG box -mortar

From: Colen 'Not Colin' McAlister <colen_at_...>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 22:09:50 +0000

One fine day in the middle of the night, Luca Fazio spoke:
>Hi,
>greetings from Italy !
>
>I'm basing my new Imperial Guard and I was looking at the loader kneeled. He
>carries a large shell.
>That shell looks more like a mortar shell than an autocannon ammunition clip
>(at least relating to Warhammer 40k specimen).
>So I constructed a mortar with... a piece of spaghetto !!!
>I don't know about availability of pasta in other countries, but little piece
>of spaghetti makes a very good mortar. As soon as possible I'll scan a picture
>of this new IG heavy weapon !!!
>Cut a piece of spaghetto of about 7 mm with a proper angle of cut and glue it
>to a base amid two holes. Put the mortar loader on the left holes et voila' !
>Instant IG mortar !
>If you can't find spaghetti maybe you can use an electric wire or something
>else... a spaghetto is plus or minus like the gun of the wheeled autocannon of
>the same boxed set.
>Hope this can help !

How dare you! Imagine wasting pasta! ugh, it makes me shiver just to
think about it. :o) Interesting idea... you could make aerials for tanks
out of vermicelli, and mole mortars out of macaroni, and...

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