As an old Grognard wargamer I never hold my breath ......lest I pass out!
As an old Grognard wargamer I never hold my breath ......lest I pass out!
The prototypes look great! Will be a nice compliment to the fighters...whenever ;-)
Jim!
I am just waiting for the box, 1:144 planes i have in abundance. If patience i a virtue, i am very virtues!
Rich
There IS a beaufighter in one of the pics next to the ME 110. What are those metal ones, early prototypes?
Looking at the second of Col. Hajj's photographs at the top of this thread, the other aircraft in the photograph with the Me110 is a Bristol Beaufighter. That is great! It looks like an early version because there is no rear firing machine gun, so no torpedo bombing yet.
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/6297...-pilots-please
Well, taking a wild stab in the dark it looks like BR.20, Do17E, Ki-45 are a jolly good bet.
Havn't managed to find out about 2nd Sqdn RAAF.
The Finnish one could be anything, according to Wiki they had 1 Do17 but they were largely Blenheim....
Interesting
Dave!
That was my first thought yesterday, when i saw his post!
Rich
I love this sort of thing, I learn so much by rooting around
2 Sqdrn flew Ansons ('37), Hudsons ('41), Beaufort ('43) and then Mitchells ('44), good stuff!
The Anson saw little use afaics and was largely deployed as a trainer which edges us in the direction of the Hudson which saw plenty of widespread use as did the Beaufort.
The beaufort is related to the Beaufighter which we know is in, the propects of them having the same handling and therefore the same deck pushes me in that direction.
Speculation is fun.
Last edited by Stormkahn; 03-14-2011 at 08:36.
p-61!!! p-61!!! oooo !!! Oh and by the way I vote for a P-61 Black Widow!!!
The Avro Anson was used at the start of WW2 by RAF Coastal Command to carry out anti-U-boat patrols over the North Sea. They could carry a couple of depth charges.
William,
Welcome to the aerodrome...don't forget to post a note in the "reporting for duty" section...all the best...
I'm hoping for the types that fought the Battle of Britain and the Savoia-Marchetti SM.79. The US medium bombers (B-25, B-26) would be cool too.
Welcome aboard Beldavi, please check out the reporting for duty thread, great to have you
The list so looks like;
He111
Bristol Beaufighter
Bf110
BR.20
Do17E
Ki-45
B25 Mitchell
Most sets thus far have had ~8 aircraft in them, there may be others but it's starting to look unlikely. I'd love the SM.79 to be included too.
cheers,
Dave.
I notice the boxed sets have roughly equal number of allied and axis types. My guess is that there is two more allied types in Rain of Destruction. The Blenheim seems likely to be one of those two.
It is amazing that the pilot was able to land those two Avro Ansons.
Before July?!
thank you
On BoardGameGeek are descriptions and photos. We already know that the 8th plane will be Russian Pe-2.
WOOOOO!!! Dance of Joy!!!
Here we see sample of bomber card
Are these official sample bomber cards or ones you have made, please?
Any idea on the scale for the cards? I've got to design a new hangar for all these bombers.
-Bri
Exactly. I use Deckcard sleeves. For fighters fit the European Mini. Which will be fit for the bombers?
Brian!
You have asked asked the Million dollar question! They have to be the standard length and maybe twice the width!
Rich
P.S. We may find out some day!
Judging by "Flight of Giants" the cards fro the WWII bombers will be huge.
What are the sizes of the FoG cards?
-Bri
What about the Douglas A20 Boston/Havoc; they were available at the start of the war; any chance that they might be included?
David !
The wish list is endless!
Rich
We don't know what the blue dots are for Feel free to speculate!!
It's a prototype though so they may not have made it through, my guess is it's a target for other aircraft, why else have one on the tail?
cheers,
Dave.
The blue dot is the center of the card.
The yellow dot seems to be the MG below the Heinkel.
Strange is the ret dots fire arc of the center MG. IIRC it could only fire backwards. The fire arc on this card is to wide.
The bomber cards i FoG depend on the size of the aitrcraft. Small bombers are double the size but the big ones are as large as four cards.
The rear blue dot (instead of the center blue dot) is used to determining Tailing.
I woud say Larger Airplane more target Points Its easier to Shoot down a Bomber then a Fighter
I've updated the first post with the new painted prototype photos.
Keith!
Was there a release date for the box or minis?
Rich
At the start of the year, Nexus said June for the minis... but we all know that is not going to happen. My personal guess would be October
I want then now (arms crossed foot being stamped into the ground) Well I guess October will be ok then my children can buy them for me for my Birthday!
Another prototypes on boardgamegeek, this time we see a 2 miniatures
The Bristol with the rear Turret was the Bristol Beaufort, if it a Beaufighter then it should be a topedo version, or if I remember my airfix days some sort of gunbus or tankbuster. Unless of course someone else knows different. Im going back a few years now so any info is good eh
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