Looking for plane & management cards.
I'm looking for the cards for the Altaya CANT Z.506 Airone Floatplane Regia Aeronautica 171 Squadriglia, 31 Stormo and the Blomm & Voss BV222. I've looked in the usual places, but I'm either blind, or nobody has done these yet.
Save a second post, I'm also looking for the cards for the Caproni C.3 from Altaya too.
Anyone?
Steve, I came across this for the Altaya Caproni C.3 on E-Bay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Altaya-1-1...0AAOSwMmBVqW65
It's in 1/144 Scale and I have bought from this Seller before - they are excellent. Hope this helps you out
Try this thread for the B & V 222 Viking: http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...Stats-Card-etc
Cheers, just resurrected that thread, as the workings there are a bit off.Originally Posted by clipper1801
But the base card will help.
One down, two to go.
Sorry Barnaby, I missed your post. I already have one, it is lovely. I was just feeling lazy, and seeing if anyone else had done a card.Steve, I came across this for the Altaya Caproni C.3 on E-Bay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Altaya-1-1...0AAOSwMmBVqW65
It's in 1/144 Scale and I have bought from this Seller before - they are excellent. Hope this helps you out
That's great to know Steve as from what I can tell it's a very nice model - Altaya offerings usually are
It's Amercom which turn out some total stinkers at times!!!
If someone really, really, REALLY wanted a card for a plane, I would think they'd want to make sure it was sooo easy to help that the person could whip up a card in a moment or two.
They'd, perhaps, post some stats, name a unit or squadron (thank you!), name some crew, maybe even post a top-down image of their desired colour scheme.
That way, the person doing the cards wouldn't have to guess what was wanted, or scour the 'net scraping up the info, only to be wrong.
I have found and drafted up a template drawing...
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
That person sounds like a true Gentleman, I'd shake his hand if I ever met him.
For colour scheme, this is the plane...
http://www.jumbliesmodels.com/diecas...00-scale-p7082
Would you ask him nicely if those pictures are good enough?
Regia Aeronautica 171 Squadriglia, 91 Gruppo, 31 Stormo
Stats as I would like them:
Bomber Base
Deck: Rsb (sb are subscript capitals)
Damage: 28
Engines: 3
Gunnery:
Dorsal turret, 360, level to high, with a front arc blind spot A/A
Ventral gun: rear arc, low, A/A
Waist guns (often not present): 3:00 to 5:00, and 7:00 to 9:00, level, A/A
The deck name is how I have them marked up in my custom designed slow deck. (linked)
Otherwise, how is your He.177 coming along?
Last edited by Foz; 12-11-2015 at 16:58. Reason: Wrong no of engines
Now that is really useful Steve.
Thanks Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
I cheated a bit, the base stats are just copied from the documents on here. Though I did work them through, just to make sure they made sense to me.
Well, if you're gonna ask for a difficult paint job, you'll never get what you want...
I'll see what I can do...
And your slow deck looks like something I took a stab at a while ago...
Swordfish Maneuver Deck (Indefinitely postponed.)
The He.177 cards are in this thread: How to do a Heinkel 177
And the special XBF deck for it is here: XBF Deck Album
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Aaah, yes, I knew I'd seen the ideas before somewhere for the slow decks. As I said, it was a refinement of various ideas I had seen around.Well, if you're gonna ask for a difficult paint job, you'll never get what you want...
I'll see what I can do...
And your slow deck looks like something I took a stab at a while ago...
Swordfish Maneuver Deck (Indefinitely postponed.)
The He.177 cards are in this thread: How to do a Heinkel 177
And the special XBF deck for it is here: XBF Deck Album
Well thank you for part of the idea
When does pretty much plain grey constitute a difficult paint scheme?
Though now you have shown me that C.202 card, I'm going to have to try and paint one of the ones I have coming like that.
I think your card making skills are better than my painting skills.
Further along...
I'm thinking three engines for this version?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Yep, you're right. Engines was a tired typo. I should sleep soon.
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Did you mean like mine! A very simple colour scheme.
Stats unknown, unit 171 Squadriglia. Prefer unknown crew.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Well, there is this one...
190 Squadriglia, 86 Gruppo, 35 Stormo Bombardamento Marittimo
Although, it may be a Z506S version for Air-Sea Rescue, so no guns.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Interesting paint scheme though. Possibly similar in thought to the dazzle pattern the RNAS used in WWI to make the plains visible at sea.Well, there is this one...
190 Squadriglia, 86 Gruppo, 35 Stormo Bombardamento Marittimo
Although, it may be a Z506S version for Air-Sea Rescue, so no guns.
Are these acceptable?
[Edit: Added Index and Arrow. Sorry I missed those.]
Being that more than one person has this scheme, I'm making more people happy. I would have gone with the forward ventral 12.7mm and no waist gunners, but there weren't many drawings of this plane with other than the dorsal turret as armed.
There were a few of the Z506S, but it was the unarmed version. I do have a splinter Luftwaffe scheme I could throw on this template, too?
Last edited by OldGuy59; 12-13-2015 at 14:08.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Very acceptable.
Other colour schemes would be interesting, for future paint schemes.
I would love to know all the details of making these cards. Especially which fonts?
My cup runneth over Mike.
I must say you have excelled again.
Rob.
(memo to self:- Remember to put less Tonic in cup.)
Kyte.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Very nice cards Mike
Run for your life - there are stupid people everywhere!
Mike as I have one of these too, courtesy of the WingCo, may I also thank you for a job week done.
I may have to PM you with some requests for some Sino-Japanese schemes. All details will be provided although top downs may be hard to find. I will try my best.
Neil
See you on the Dark Side......
Well now you mention it, there is still the Caproni CA.3
1 Squadriglia, 4 Gruppo, Unknown crew.
http://www.jumbliesmodels.com/diecas...44-scale-p7090
Now I have 2 of those and they are rather nice if I may say so.
See you on the Dark Side......
I only have the one, I found a seller doing a 3 for 2, so I got one of each
I may get more in time, but then they'll need painting.
Indeed; I have two as well.
And for those doing the Luftwaffe version...
No management card for this plane, as it has one pilot, and no firing arcs. It was supposed to be for Air-Sea rescue.
Please note the revision on the above RM card. I added the blue index and arrow that should have been there.
There is an all-white paint scheme with large red crosses, both RM and Luftwaffe. And I found a Spanish Civil War scheme, too.
The Caproni Ca.3 has an official card, so I'm not inclined to do that. Sorry.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Very nice, thank youAnd for those doing the Luftwaffe version...
But it's a different colour scheme. I like my cards to match my planes. Can I bribe you with a nice cup of tea?
What might this lead to?
Don't hold your breath, there are other projects waiting...
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
It would be appreciated, but no hurry.What might this lead to?
Don't hold your breath, there are other projects waiting...
Cheers.
Shifting this Caproni thing to a different, more appropriate thread?
Caproni Ca-3 - Paint Schemes
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
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