The setting can be interesting, if you suspend your belief in how long fuel, ammo and food can be stored.Originally Posted by Sulring
I had a number of fun games with it, but the system is not great.
Maybe trying it with the old GDW Twilight 2000?
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
nice work on the aeg pete!
love the balloon barrage mile!
Just stumbled across an interesting 3d-printed expandable storage system. Wings/Sails potential?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...abletop-gamers
As March is coming to a close, the Easter Beagle blessed me with a painted Halberstadt CL.II. Details will follow in the painting showcase. Happy Easter!
Nice! Hope to see it in an AAR soon!
Not game related, but just threw on some wooden planks to widen our porch railings as an Easter surprise for our fuzzy little houseguests. We just had another squirrel move into our yard, and from the look of her she's either late-stage pregnant or recently delivered.
Good job on the Halberstadt, Craig, it looks great. Not that it matters, but I wonder which is the correct scheme ?
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
That's very nice Craig. One very large Snoopy too. His kennel must be one enormous bus to flyEaster Beagle blessed me with a painted Halberstadt CL.II
Dave, Here is the link on the Aerodrome that I found covering your question which was the same one I had:
https://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=72651
Also here is a contemporary photo:
Good stuff
Mike- He wasn't quite so big until after he ate all the goodies in the basketThat's very nice Craig. One very large Snoopy too. His kennel must be one enormous bus to fly
The Swordfish are now finished.
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"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
As I thought, another case of none actually knows the answer, bit like the nose of Voss's F.1. All we have are different interpretations of the same photographs of the same machine with different shades of grey. GvW summed it up well, I thought. There are a lot of things we simply will never know about the coloration of WWI aircraft.
Thanks for the link, Craig
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Since we don't have an April Bench thread, a little pic of an Easter Sunday's work for our fuzzy friends.
5 zipties + 2 scrap planks from a collapsed fence in the backyard + 3 hours with the hacksaw = 1 happy little squirrel.
Glad you like squirrels, DB. Can I send you mine
BTW: you could start an April workbench thread. no?
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
LOL Karl, you could but I doubt they'd fit in, Lefty and Mumsey don't even play well with each other lately! I suppose I could have started a new thread but I had the Ill Tempered One getting impatient about fixing something to shovel down her maw. You know how it is with aging family...Glad you like squirrels, DB. Can I send you mine
BTW: you could start an April workbench thread. no?
Karl
Ahh, enough said.LOL Karl, you could but I doubt they'd fit in, Lefty and Mumsey don't even play well with each other lately! I suppose I could have started a new thread but I had the Ill Tempered One getting impatient about fixing something to shovel down her maw. You know how it is with aging family...
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Great work there, Rob. Do you make all of your own decals and bases?The Swordfish are now finished.
Your model of Taranto will appear here too I hope
Wow Rob! Those Swordfish look perfect. I'm a little jealous! hahaha
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror! Gregory Pappy Boyington, USMC
As it is I'm tempted to go cut the zipties and UN-do my work... she somehow thought it was an appropriate "thank you" to run my little buddy and fuzzy little therapist off for good. (The Law has been laid down, "no more treats or playtime or anything fun until you go find Lefty and bring him home.")
Thanks Mike.Great work there, Rob. Do you make all of your own decals and bases?
Your model of Taranto will appear here too I hope
I decided to restrict my model of Taranto to the finished item, because I do not want to duplicate a lot of pictures here and bog down the allocation of space on the server for our photos.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Preparation for OTT FYM Mission 3 required me to paint up my Tripes. They are all Shapeways models I've had for some time but not painted until now. So two of them will all be flying for the first timeYep, we all know what's going to happen - and its "Bloody April time too
Shapeways Models by Reduced Aircraft.
Based on the information I have for Flight "A" RNAS 10 ("A History of No.10 Squadron Royal Naval Air Service in WW1 " by Mike Westrop) the cowling, fins and wheel covers for this flight were red. Lots of detail given about "B" Flight (The Black Flight", of course, but sadly, not quite as much on A Flight. All of the aircraft used are recorded, as are the names of all the pilots. But until I trawl through the text I still haven't found any information which connects "A" Flight to specific Triplanes or their pilots (with one exception). "B" Flight were believed to have used personal identifying letters, as well as girls names, based on the initial letter of their surname. It doesn't appear to be known whether or not the pilots of the other two flights followed the same practice. So I have simply used letters A to F instead (again I have assumed there may have been 6 aircraft per flight at full strength, although this was probably never achieved). Wheel covers are another "invention" I'm afraid. The author above simply says they were red, but following the possible practice elsewhere I have made each one slightly different, for the fun of it. Neither have I added serial numbers, because apart from one aircraft, "B" in the flight, I don't know them. Incidentally, I only have a single white letter "B" decal left, so that machine has not been done, until I can get hold of more decals. "Roundels" and "Letters" used are either from Miscmini or Dom's decals (from way back and sadly the last of the latter). Paints are all Vallejo or Misterkit (the PC12 and CGL paints).
Here's to their first outing, when they will be meeting a strongly aced up Manfred von Richtofen - All the work just to be shot down huh! Ah well, you never know - its all in the cards, so luck may be on their side
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They look very swish, Mike, I hope they do you (and Uncle) proud !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Sorry Mike, I completely overlooked your question about bases and decals. Bases are from Keith. I still have a few spares to cover the few aircraft that I may still need. Iplant them on a further plastic base with an infoand firing arc printed onto an acetate sheet sandwitched between the two. Decals for FAA logo and recognition letters are home made. The others such as roundels etc are Shed Decals.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Very sharp looking Tripes Mike. The red, as in nature, will be a warning to any Hun in the vicinity!
Nice Tripes, "Le Micro"
Love the wing-spacing!
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Thanks all, and thanks, Rob, for that feedback
PS I have now found the information I needed regarding the members of each flight. It was in the text well into the book. Happy to share the info with anybody who wants it, A Flight names will be in my photo album.
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nice tripes mike!
I was going to put these in the Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Painting Thread, but surprisingly there doesn't seem to be oneAnyways, here are a couple of Pterodactyl Mk Vs, 3D prints from Plane Printer's Patreon. For those unfamiliar with the type, the Pterodactyl was an inter-war experimental tailless aircraft which showed quite a bit of potential, but was somewhat let down by a really crap engine (R.R. Goshawk). An earlier, pusher version still exists in the Science Museum in London.
I used for the most part silver dopes and chromes from the Vallejo Inter-war aircraft set, which give excellent coverage. Decals are from the sadly defunct Shed Decals, although the RAF version is somewhat speculative.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
what an extremely strange plane!!!!!
Oh my, it's as frightening as its namesake
Well done, Steve!
Very interesting planes(?) there Steve. Another in the long line of innovative aircraft that didn't make the big time.
You could always create one, SteveI was going to put these in the Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Painting Thread, but surprisingly there doesn't seem to be one
An amazing looking machine, I wonder where we would have got to with fighter technology if they'd been accepted and developed into and throughout the war ?
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Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Is that a plane?
By the time the enemy realized it was for real you would have shot them down, still laughing.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Not my Irish lads. They are sharp.
I have a vague memory of a book my father had on his shelf which listed every Westland plane including all of the experimentals. I have an even vaguer memory of a version with a turret on the back.I was going to put these in the Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Painting Thread, but surprisingly there doesn't seem to be one
I used for the most part silver dopes and chromes from the Vallejo Inter-war aircraft set, which give excellent coverage. Decals are from the sadly defunct Shed Decals, although the RAF version is somewhat speculative.
Aha - this page mentions turrets!!:
https://militarymatters.online/forgo...-wing-fighter/
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Nice wotk there, Steve.And by the way, I don't suppose anyone has noticed, given the weather we have been having lately, but perhaps it is time to start a May 2024 Workbench thread.
There is one already in existence - started on Star Wars Day....but perhaps it is time to start a May 2024 Workbench thread.
https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...-May-Workbench
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
WTF?? I must be going senile! Why the hell did I put this in the March thread??
Oh great, look who actually started the May thread... Nurse! Where's me pills?
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
I have a goodly supply of Dried Frog Pills, thanks to Flying Officer Kyte...
Can help you with a couple of those, if you wish?
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Pint of Guinness usually does the trick.I have a goodly supply of Dried Frog Pills, thanks to Flying Officer Kyte...
Can help you with a couple of those, if you wish?
We also seem to have skipped April entirely, Mike, but I've put the year on the May one that Steve had already started, maybe that'll help !Nice wotk there, Steve.
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
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