While Dom's Decals has demised, folks might find his suggestions for painting N.124, N.3, and Jasta 15 interesting. He has many suggestions for matching Vallejo paints for these units. I did a bit of clean up and formatting, otherwise this is all Dom!
Dom's Paint Suggestions.pdf
Wings of Glory. Members welcome message.
I would just like to extend a warm welcome to you from the Aerodrome.
If you are unable to answer your questions about the site, do not hesitate to drop me a P.M.
May I also remind you to sign in on the Welcome sub Forum.
Just Post a New Thread, and drop the members of the Drome a line introducing yourself, telling them where you are from, and maybe a little about yourself and your Flying experience...
You will find
Hello everyone. As with most of us, I’m just learning (all over again). So hang in while I try this. I have recently added detail and rigging to some of my planes.
New to the site, and I'm having difficulty navigating. Home takes me to a Forum page, and shows me next to nothing. If I'm not logged in, I see someting very different. Also, I can't access any of my albums. There is some indication I have albums, but there are no navigation tabs or links to them on any page I can currently reach. Am I in Novice or Unsubscribed mode?
PS: Tapping the + sign at the top of the page only gives me a 'Create Blog' option. So, attempting to add a threa
Well, it is here. We changed the place where we meet together after 15 years. A lot of things changed - game publisher, planes, several more Andrea's games were added, many sons, doughters, grandsons and granddoughters. And, of course, several of our friends are patrolling eternal skies these days. Let's continue with the best experience from "the Old Aerodrome" and keep our game alive.
Raise your glasses and cheers:
to our beloved,
to our friends,
to pilots of t
While I have many blog posts here on the "drome, I have decided that any new content will appear on my Checking My Six blog.
https://checkingmy6.blogspot.com/
I have been working a bit with camelbeagle on a Voss scenario. Well, Dan has been doing most of the work, but I have been making a few suggestions about setup, aircraft, using more accurate climb rates, that sort of thing. For those who do not know, I have a side business - I give tours and talks related to the Civil War - American that is. So, historical accuracy is fairly important to me. Dan has planned a four on four fight, simply to keep the amount of players around the table at a reasonabl
While not a lot has happened on this front in terms of getting aircraft painted, I was able to grab a Sopwith Camel repaint that camelbeagle picked up I believe from an eBay purchase (if the Camel in the picture was painted by one of the members of this forum, please let me know!). I know of at least one Camel in the Kościuszko Squadron that was brought in by one of the British members of the unit, however the artwork I have seen has the squadron insignia closer towards the tail, and does not sh
While not a lot has happened on this front in terms of getting aircraft painted, I was able to grab a Sopwith Camel repaint that camelbeagle picked up I believe from an eBay purchase (if the Camel in the picture was painted by one of the members of this forum, please let me know!). I know of at least one Camel in the Kościuszko Squadron that was brought in by one of the British members of the unit, however the artwork I have seen has the squadron insignia closer towards the tail, and does not sh
Blog Part VI
On to ‘Origins’
We surfaced bright and early, and after a cup of tea brewed by Jackie I settled into Jim’s car and we departed, with Peter following in his car.
The day was bright and sunny, the traffic was fairly light, and Jim and I chatted all the way to Columbus – so much so that I didn’t think to take any photographs! Columbus is not very far from Dayton, only around an hour or so by Interstate 70.
I was amused to notice that we passed by a place called London – it
Philadelphia International Airport
Philly Airport’s passenger building is shaped like a huge banana – Terminal A West is at one end, and Terminal F is at the other. I arrived at the former, and was to depart from the latter, so I needed to travel the entire length of the building; about a 30 minute walk. There was an airport bus service available, but I thought I’d see more if I “hoofed it”, and, anyway, I had hours to kill before my connecting flight departed.
I took my time, viewing all
Down to Earth – with a Chump!
Arriving at Philadelphia International Airport, I faced the ‘Ordeal by Incivility’ which apparently is the Modus Operandi of the Passport Control Security Officers.
Beckoned forward from the front of the queue by a large, angry-looking individual, I was then ordered to “Halt!” at his glass booth, and the Interrogation began…
Q “Why are you entering the United States?” A “To go to the ‘Origins’ Games Convention in Columbus, Ohio.”
Q “Where are you going?
Part III
Flying – For Real!
I had no interest in buying anything in the myriad shops along my route to the departure Gates; aside from being forewarned by various online articles about the grossly inflated prices of all commodities on sale at airports, I had no wish to add any extra items to my carry-on luggage. If I was to buy anything extra on this trip, it would be to bring back home, not to export to the U.S.A!
Arriving at the indicated Departure Gate, I settled back with my Ki
Yeah, I need an intervention as I have plenty of projects to work on, but this one intrigues me. At one time I was going to do a 1792 Russian-Polish War project in 15mm, but alas the company that started making the figures never released more than a few packs, and the project withered on the vine. But as part of that project I read a bio on Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko and find the chap fascinating. Since I cannot game the 1792 affair, I CAN game the 1920 war, in which American and Bri
Paul F. Baer in front of his SPAD S.VII
As members of the forum may know, I have some great interest in the Escadraille Americaine/Lafayette Escadrille/103rd Aero. I have a few planes to represent the various stages of this squadron, ranging from two Nieuport N.11 repaints, to the Thaw/Lufbery Nieuport N.17, to four SPAD S.VIIs for the 103rd Aero. Also, one of the interesting American pilots of the war, and one who was the American Ace of Aces for a short spell, was a member of the
Part II – Tuesday June 20th
Departure
I pretty-well leapt out of bed @ 05:00! – I was determined to be ready for the taxi @ 06:15.
When I had travelled to Prague back in April, my taxi had arrived over half an hour too early, and I had still been in the shower! Back then, I had rushed my exit from my house, trying not to keep the driver waiting, and had felt very dishevelled and disorganised – this time around, I wanted everything to be more controlled and relaxed.
Ready by 05:45, I
Tossing around the idea of the Wright Flight hosting an all day event at Dragon's Guildhall near Dayton and using the blog to capture preliminary thoughts. Perhaps some prizes or an "Ohio Cup" for the player with the most points at the end of the day. This would be held on a Saturday (thinking late fall or early winter) and go until 6 or 7ish to allow players from a bit further afield to attend and make the drive worth their time. Fellow Wright Flighter camelbeagle I believe has a point system t
The Prologue:
The Long and Winding Road that was the 3.5 Year Run-Up to my ‘Origins’ trip.
It was back in late October of 2019 that Matt56 (Harry Materne) sent me a PM, informing me that I had been chosen as the 9th Lend Lease Participant, and that I had been invited to go to the ‘Origins’ Game Fair to be held in June of 2020.
It was a great honour to be chosen – I at once arranged holiday (vacation?) time from work, and then accepted this amazing offer. Matt kept me up to date with re
I recently received a few of the Gray PA12 planes from Shapeways to start working on. Alas, for four orders in a row Shapeways has jacked something up, in this case sending a second Halberstadt D.V instead of the Albatros C.I I ordered. At least their service has been good when handling these errors, but they could charge less per plane if they didn't have such errors adding into their costs!
The rest of the order consists of a Nieuport N.17 (will be painted Russian), a Nieuport N.23 (Belgian
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