Very nice work Rob - 'bout time the Stringbag featured here !
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
Very nice, Rob. And inspiring for when my own FAA planes hit the bench (not Swordfish, but something of a surprise).
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Your Swordfish look great! It is much better to use them than to do what I have done and use Gladiators as stand ins.
I mentioned in the B.17 thread another of the games I have put together. These pics are my repaints of F-Toys to represent Swordfish from 815,819,813 and 824 squadrons at Taranto.
Each aircraft is identified and the game participants had playsheets with breif details of the crews and their performance on the night.
The participation game was played at several shows during 2011 and some of you may have seen the write up in Miniature Warfare. The game was very popular and we picked up the Salute Challenger trophy for it.
815 squadron aircraft had temporary black undersides since they had been engaged on night raiding during their deployment. Surprisingly the red/white/blue roundels were not overpainted on the underwing! The other aircraft taking part in the raid were in the standard finish.
This was my first forray into 1/144 scale and my first attempts to make some of the transfers. I had to do that since the original F-Toys were painted silver.
The absence of one crew member and the defensive machine gun can be noticed and in their place a long range fuel tank is fitted into the cockpit. Totally terrifying because they were a bit leaky.
Rusty (Tim)
Glad to have some company at long last Tim.
It was getting lonely up here.
A very smart bunch they are too.
I only have six myself, but once again a post moves me to action. Now where are those Albacores?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Morning all
Your models look stunning
I am planning a game and wondered if anyone has a card for a swordfish mine do not look as good as yours but they will do the trick for a game if I can get a stat card?
Regards Kev
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Way too long in getting this done, sorry.
From the USC WWII Notes file:
Link: Very Slow AircraftAny maneuver deck with the modifier (Z) uses Zoe Brains system of moving just the length of the arrow on the card. These are for very slow planes, and may be further modified.
Note 3 applies: Radial engines: these aircraft have radial engines.
Link: Slow Aircaft Rules (without special cards needed)
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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
There are now 9 specific Swordfish cards for Taranto in my WWII Seaplane Album, if someone wanted them.
WWII Seaplanes 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
Very well done! Just what I need for my second Glorious. . .
Hi Mike
After all your hard work please see attach pictures from Taranto we had a great game
Thanks Kev
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Blimey they are seriously nice, well done that man
Never Knowingly Undergunned !!
Nice work Keith.
I did not know Skytrex were still doing them Keith.
Thought Red Eagle had bought them out.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Very nice Keith. I will have to get a couple eventually for Operation Cerberus which forms part of my Polish campaign.
Skytrex are still making the 1/200 WW2 range but Red Eagle have bought out the 1/144 WW1 range.
Skytrex 1/200 WW2...
http://www.skytrex.com/12-action-200-aircraft
Red Eagle 1/144 WW1...
http://redeagleminiatures.co.uk/ww1%20air.html
//Keith
Thanks for that info Keith.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
We did the Channel dash a couple of years ago. Be prepared for a very nasty scenario. We did better than the real action, but only by one aircraft Keith. it really was a suicide mission.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
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