Sorry but I will not be able to make it this weekend as I have a long booked weekend Wargame in Scarborough. 15mm Battle of Liepzig so no planes or boats I'm afraid.
You will have to do the BoB without my JU88's (the single German Aircraft to cross the English Coastline at Doncaster- OK I know the other three had all been shot down by then but still!). Good luck for whatever games you put on.
Hi John - Yes XD Deck <-> HB Base. Your idea sounds much betterOriginally Posted by johnbiggles
Reg - Sorry we will not be seeing you at Derby this year. Hope all goes well for you in Scarborough.
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Banner packed........check
Zeppelin packed......check
Mats packed..........check
2 seaters packed....check
rules box packed.....check
stotties packed.......not yet!
Day pass issued......agreed but not confirmed...yet!
Map reader ready to go too......yep as long as I buy him lunch!
See you on the Dark Side......
Have a good time chaps. Be good and lethal.
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Will be as lethal as they let me.... (check for Bristols.... aaah all present and correct)Have a good time chaps. Be good and lethal.
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
The correct term Chris is "Man Boobs"!
- Neil.
The correct term Neil is "Biffs."
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Don't own a Biff but have an 'Harry Tait' or two...do they count?
See you on the Dark Side......
Might do better with a pair of Tate and Lyles.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Got them already, by god they're painful, especially when it's cold!
Might do better with a pair of Tate and Lyles.
Rob.
See you on the Dark Side......
I have a rather special plane to fly on Sunday after or before the Zeppelin game!
See you on the Dark Side......
Oooh that sounds interesting Neil.
See you in the morning matey - I will be setting off slightly earlier so that I am not tempted to fall foul of that interminable average speed section of the M1...
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Only there on Sunday Chris, but see you there. Is Trev attending? Be nice to see him again and have a longer chin wag.
See you on the Dark Side......
Right, off to bed - got an early start myself, to combat the Southern stretch of little yellow moneyboxes.....................
See you in a few hours.
Will also see everyone in a few hours with the Lady Wife - not having much luck getting to sleep because there's loads of s**t from doing Ground School buzzing round my mind like a student pilot who cannot land!!!
Safe journey everyone
ditto +1 day.
See you on the Dark Side......
Wakey Wakey everyone
Pray tell Neil sir the nature of your new plane ?
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
UFF - Unfit For Flying
Terribly sorry but I did not sleep at all last night and my ability to concentrate is shot to sh*t as a result ... Just feeling and fearing that if I attempt to play or join a large game what everybody will get from me is a below-par performance riddled with stupid / fatigued mistakes.
Maybe best to hope for a better night's sleep tonight and come along tomorrow.
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Sorry to hear that Barnaby, I do hope a good nights sleep produces the right result and you can make it to the Show.
Paul
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
A very welcome surprise gift from one of my flight leaders. All will be revealed tomorrow....and no Chris, it is not a Brisfit. Don't own one and I doubt I ever shall.
Wakey Wakey everyone
Pray tell Neil sir the nature of your new plane ?
See you on the Dark Side......
Never mind come along and pilot a Zeppelin tomorrow. We have 3 on the table! Chris you can only fly 1 Brisfit not 2, but you'd better bring the night fighter variant...hint, hint.
Neil
Terribly sorry but I did not sleep at all last night and my ability to concentrate is shot to sh*t as a result ... Just feeling and fearing that if I attempt to play or join a large game what everybody will get from me is a below-par performance riddled with stupid / fatigued mistakes.
Maybe best to hope for a better night's sleep tonight and come along tomorrow.
See you on the Dark Side......
I'm very sorry but it looks like I am going to have to miss Sunday too now. I have managed to get some rest (still don't feel 100%) but news from FT just came in. Covering Ground School next week too now as Instructor is still UFF due to appendicitis.
I need to travel up to Leeds / Bradford again tomorrow afternoon in order to make a Monday morning start so this would entail me having to leave around lunch time in order to prepare. Disappointed that I am going to have to miss out as that offer of flying a Zeppelin sounded very tempting - maybe on November 29th when I will DEFINITELY be making up for lost time
Had three cracking games on the WW2 table today,
The Italians destroyed the British airbase quite comprehensively, and I almost made it back, but Andy's (Hawkhurst) overgunned Hurricane (20mm cannon armed MkIIc) was unbeatable.
FO Kyte vectored a pair of Mosquito FBVIs onto the Gestapo compound to devastating effect, destroying a 109 on the way. The supporting Spit IXs were massacred by the inbound Fw190s, but they were in turn destroyed by the Mossies on the way out. The last german pilot was a game 190 which went head on against a Mossie with fatal consequences.
The last game was BoB.
A huge swarm of Huns were met by a galant few, 16v8. Mallory's big wing (10) finally stopped the German push just short of the 111s drive on Tangmere. At 1600hrs, I called time (the kettle was on for tea). A moral victory for us, most of the German bombs had hit Radar installations, only one pub was hit, leaving the Red Lion, both NAAFI vans and the first aid posts untouched, and just the outlying mechanical workshops at Tangmere damaged, both runways still operational.
A day at the seaside, followed by some rhubarb crumble tommorow, then back to the seaside for some yachting perhaps!
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And now some pictures
first, the Italian Job: the last few seconds.
Next the secret policemans nightmare
First exchange of fire for the battle, why you don't take on a Mosquito head on at close range.
and last but not least, the assault on Ventnor (according to Rob)
The large plastic box lid with a single Spitfire represents Mallory's Big Wing of 10 Spits in formation. A useful conceit considering we were getting pasted otherwise.
Much thanks to Rob for putting on the first game, and to Andy and Rob for running the damage chits and score keeping while I drove the bomber fleets and called out the shooting results.
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John, something has gone wrong with the photographs you attached. I cannot see them. Your post just contains Attachment 177684 etc..
Yep.
Same for me with the invalid attachment notice.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
still no pics
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Looks like the forum software has eaten/lost the attachment files, which is why the post now just contains links to non-existent file references.
Probably better to use a dedicated image hosting service and just link to the photos.
- Neil.
Neil did you pass on Andy H 's prize to him at Derby ?
See you are propping us up again at the bottom of the league.
6-1
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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
Great day on the Saturday - bought another very pretty 23 Squadron Spad VII and immediately had it join the other three in a scrap against the dastardly Hun in his obviously over gunned Albatross D.IIs. Hmm on the back of a 3-0 victory for the Tim and his Huns I am left pondering... in the last three scraps where the Spads have taken to the sky they are 0-10 against the Germans, very pretty, very fast, no turn and only one gun... not a recipe for success. They also are a bit flimsy... who draws a boom card for a slight collision - I mean honestly ? and Trev hadn't even arrived at that point, so couldn't blame the result on some bottom deck dealing.
A bit of close order flying admiring each other's planes before the Hun interrupted...
Bit quieter on the WW1 table in the morning with the Wing Commander and the honourable Mr John Biggles monopolising the punters on the WW2 table.
Perked up after lunch with a bit of a scrap between Brisfits and D.VIIs - finally a win for the RFC with my brace helping us to a 3-2 win.
Had a very profitable day at the bring and buy and despite leaving my camera at home (sorry Tim) it was a most enjoyable day, plenty of polo shirts about to keep the action flowing thick and fast all day. Sorry I can't be with you all on the Sunday, have a great day and let me know what Neil's mystery plane is...
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Stick to your Bristols Chris , they never let you down
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
May you post more pics, chaps? John, your links do not work...
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Right I've started reloading the pics, seem ok, but now I have to play with my family a new game purchased at the show.
I will finish re-loading the pics later.
Glad show has been successful. Will look at pics when able to.
Train D-> Leeds interesting sat opposite retired Spitfire F.Mk 22 pilot from 603 City of Edinburgh Sq RAF. Told him about game.
John what is new game bought at show please? Hope you & Family enjoy it.
Ok, thats day one reloaded, now for day two.
We started with the Rhubarb, A nice gentleman (ex RAF) joined us to pilot a Whirlwind.
Ruth took the second Whirlie, whilst Von Kytel and Von Hannah flew a couple of 109e.
Some dodgy card fumbles led to an early score by Hannah
aircraft start to go down
and down
but the nice man from the RAF lined up perfectly
exit train
All together a good first game.
The chap came back later to tell me he is defintely going to get a copy
We followed up with a convoy attack, Ju88s in the lead, a Mosquito and a Bolton Paul Defiant defending
The Defiant sets an 88 on fire, but it still hits the first ship a glancing blow
repositioned for more grief
and down we go while I thump an other vessel further along with 88 no 2
meanwhile, a chap has joined us to have a try at WWII, (joined the forum in the early days, but hasn't been active for some years)
He is bringing in a 110
despite flak from the escorts, he sinks the lead merchantman
unfortunately, at this point I collide (2nd 110) with the mosquito and go down in pieces.
final result is Kyte, 4 kills Myself and the new chap, well we stopped the convoy for a day.
In the afternoon, some strange game involving ships?? Sails is it?
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Nice pics John, and thanks for being so kind about the von Kytel sudden exit!
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
John you haven't just gone and bought Sails have you? Those photos of yours that I can see on my phone are looking great.
John first set of pics have gone Westminster the second convoy game ones are ok.
Paul no show from Andy, will have to post it on.
Pics to follow of Zeppelin game.
Unfortunately did not have a chance to field new plane. You'll have to wait for the tantalisingly good pictures of a fantastic gift.
See you on the Dark Side......
Oh and bought some nice islands for SoG, so too did Rob and Chris I believe. One of many good hints and ideas from Tim this weekend and you should have seen the size of the one he had in his hands too and I can quite categorically state it had no sails! (Did it Tim?)
See you on the Dark Side......
Yes, I should have taken client-finding commissions from several vendors this weekend; no sooner did I suggest a possible supplier of a given item, then off folks marched and returned laden down with stuff!
And, no, there were indeed no sails on the big-ass two decker that Neil tried to saddle me with! 3 masts, lots of gun ports, but NO SAILS!!!!
No, I did not buy into sails. Hannah bought a little dice game called Dungeon Roll. Nice game, simple to play once you have seen the YouTube tutorial
I mostly bought 6mm train and tanks for the Rhubarb scenario. Robs train (see pics above) finally convinced me to invest. Hannah and Ruth bought 3 games that I know of, I have yet to see them all
6mm train sounds like Irregular Miniatures. Believed they had trade stand at DWW and was going to look into them for the same. Please could you bring with Shapeways and Aim stuff to Galactic Models on November 29th as v interested.
Loads of people loaded down with game stuff sounds brilliant. Sounds like Derbyshire needs a full-time stockist. Will inform GM on my return home gotto pick up from there at the mo
Oh and I picked up 3 planes too.................another pointer from Tim or was it Simon? I'm confusticated must have been the 12 hour day up at 5, away by 6 and home by 8...now, what did I do in between? I feel like I was in a very large balloon with birds or bees buzzing around me.....la, la de la.
See you on the Dark Side......
Too right Paul, but Chris and Tim wouldn't let me fly them against the D.IIs - you know how it is with the Imperial Power bullies...Stick to your Bristols Chris , they never let you down
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Thanks for that Neil
I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
You are correct Barney, Irregular Miniatures it was.
They have a good web site, and will sell anything you can identify from their pictures as an individual piece. You don't have to buy a set.
The trains are in their 6mm Accessories section.
I bought some PzIIIs, PzIVs and StugIIIs, plus two Bofors, to go with the locomotive and tender I got.
Unfortunately Tim had preceeded me to the stall, so all the flat cars had gone. In fact almost all the rolling stock suitable for 20th C europe had gone.
Irregular Miniatures are based in York and manufacture unpainted railway tracks as well as rail vehicles in 6mm scale. Would definitely be interested in taking a closer look at these in real life being a 3D scenery fan.
BTW on subject of Shapeways and AIM
So it's not just WGF for Tim then ...
Perhaps you SOG players should be glad he is so adamant about No Sails
I finally decided to get something for myself, rather than just point it all out to the rest of you, and then find there was nothing left for me!
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