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    So who has any ideas about creating a campaign or series of on e of missions for this post WWII section?


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    Once we have XM595 fully in the air either it or XH560 could be sent on a series of proper WGS-style conventional raids featuring AAA Defences and in XH560's case full countermeasures. XM595 only has partial countermeasures which should ramp up the fun nicely.

    I'm only going to be able to play one raid / two raids per week at the moment as we are very busy at Chopper Squad - also I need to work out how to escalate things so the campaign stays challenging and interesting. There is no airborne opposition here in 1/200 Scale so all hostile anti-aircraft activity will have to come from the ground. These campaigns will be played with all Boom Cards included in the Damage Chits.

    I'm currently behind with Circuits and Bumps II as well at the moment. But the next chance I get I will have a serious look into the first post-war campaign to feature on the Aerodrome - so I'll make it a good one

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    I've been working on three sets of campaigns with the current minis I have.
    Vietnam
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    Arab-Israel conflicts

    Never ran a campaign before but will keep it updated as I figure it out.

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    Neither have I Lucas and we are set to be the first Campaign Runners in this section. Breaking new ground in this brand new section.

    Keep us posted as to how your Campaign(s) shape up. Best of Luck in their development

    Latest news on the Avro Vulcan B.2 front is that XH560 (Pioneer 560) and XM595 (Thunderball 595) are now both fully operational thanks to their stands arriving from AA on February 23rd. We will be going with the pilot names Coldwore / Victor-Valiante from 560 and actual pilot names Doyle / MacRae from XM595. The Wife (as technically she owns XM595!) will hopefully lend a hand in flying the missions - the first three of which will be based on XH560's 2015 exploits but with added nasties this time such as AAA defence and if we can work out how to represent it SAM Missile batteries.

    But following a sub-development on the XL321 programme (currently under construction) and bearing in mind which era XM595 is from ... WE HAVE GOT A BOMB! Yep. A 1/200 Scale rendition of the British Blue Steel missile with RAF insignia on it and everything. All we need to do now is ... Work out which manoeuver deck is applicable to this to make it fly! OK being able to fire a NUKE is a bit of a game-killer (that is if I can develop the idea successfully as mentioned) but more to the point departs from the aircraft ethos of being fully WGS compatible. But it would be carried out at least once even if it's just to say that I have done it.

    Just quickly as I don't want to drift off topic - the kit I am building XL321 out of also contains two 1/200 Scale pilot figures ... They are TINY but very interesting to see at the same time

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Ninja View Post
    I've been working on three sets of campaigns with the current minis I have.
    Vietnam
    Falklands
    Arab-Israel conflicts

    Never ran a campaign before but will keep it updated as I figure it out.
    Falklands sounds interesting as my daughter was born smack in the middle of it


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    Be nice to work on the early Korean War. Still open to late war aircraft before the jets arrive en masse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skafloc View Post
    Be nice to work on the early Korean War. Still open to late war aircraft before the jets arrive en masse.
    Neil, was the Grumman F8F-2 or 3 Bearcat ever in World War 2? I hear a lot about these at the moment - there is apparently a very nice Skymax model of this aircraft.

    Also hear lots in general about the Douglas A-1D Skyraider though these were not WW2. Unlike the Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair with the four blade propellers which were rebuilt and upgraded F4U-1D three blade propeller aircraft.

    All three served in Korea.

    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonx View Post
    WE HAVE GOT A BOMB! Yep. A 1/200 Scale rendition of the British Blue Steel missile with RAF insignia on it and everything
    I can remember as a child when an Antar tank transporter broke down immediately outside our house. Under the tarpaulin was the unmistakeable shape of... A Blue Steel. And the reason for the military escort having kittens was another object being transported with at - a cylinder about the size of 2 oil drums welded together.

    Into each life a little rain must fall. Or in this case, the promise of a pailful of Instant Sunshine. About 1.5 Megatons worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoe Brain View Post
    I can remember as a child when an Antar tank transporter broke down immediately outside our house. Under the tarpaulin was the unmistakeable shape of... A Blue Steel. And the reason for the military escort having kittens was another object being transported with at - a cylinder about the size of 2 oil drums welded together.

    Into each life a little rain must fall. Or in this case, the promise of a pailful of Instant Sunshine. About 1.5 Megatons worth.
    OH MY DAYS Zoe ... This sounds like everything which would be needed to launch the Blue Steel missile - without the platform required of course! Where would that have been heading and for use by what at the time please?

    Yell! We will await Neil's take on your question before I have something to add - you have asked him after all

    But what I will say for now is ... Skymax 1/72 scale diecast Grumman F8F Bearcat models are BEAUTS! US Navy / US Marines / French Navy / Blue Angels / Blue Angels predecessors' yellow livery versions are available from SM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonx View Post
    Where would that have been heading and for use by what at the time please?
    Either to the Aldermaston nuclear weapons assembly site (nearby), or one of the many RAF dispersal bases around the area. Vulcans carried them, though we were more used to seeing B-52s flying overhead from the SAC base. They carried a pair of Hound Dogs each at the time.

    A wing formation of 24 in 4 waves of 6 flying overhead at 200 feet was impressive - but very polluting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoe Brain View Post
    Either to the Aldermaston nuclear weapons assembly site (nearby), or one of the many RAF dispersal bases around the area. Vulcans carried them, though we were more used to seeing B-52s flying overhead from the SAC base.
    Zoe - Was this Aldermaston in Berkshire by any chance? This would have meant that your nearest SAC base was probably Greenham Common. Though now long disused I remember flying over Greenham Common during descent into Bristol from Brussels Liege in 1999 and there was still enough of the runway left to tell that it was enormous! Only beaten by the size of the runway at Beek in Germany which I overflew the following year with Air Traffic Control cover from Buschel. Beek I was told would have been one of three possible landing sites if the NASA Space Shuttle had ever made a landing in Continental Europe explaining the size of the runway.

    Now rather familiar with the Blue Steel nuclear missile or as one of these will end up as The Joker attached to our WGS Avro Vulcans XL321 & XM595.

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    Yell - The Grumman F8F Bearcat was a single-engine American fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It went on to serve into the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations. It would be Grumman Aircraft's final piston engined fighter aircraft. First flown on August 21st 1944 the aircraft entered service in 1945.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonx View Post
    The Grumman F8F Bearcat was a single-engine American fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It went on to serve into the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations. It would be Grumman Aircraft's final piston engined fighter aircraft. First flown on August 21st 1944 the aircraft entered service in 1945.
    Best piston-engined fighter to serve with the USN and USMC. Short legs, but responsive, quick to altitude, and a damn fine machine. Although originally armed with 4 0.50 cal Browning MGs (a response to the fragility of Japanese aircraft), they were up-gunned to 4x20mm cannon and saw service in French, Vietnamese, and Thai service into the 1970s.

    Modified (up-engined) Bearcats hold fastest piston-engined aircraft (528mph) and time-to-climb (6,426 fpm) world records.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fast.git View Post
    Modified (up-engined) Bearcats hold fastest piston-engined aircraft (528mph) and time-to-climb (6,426 fpm) world records.
    Hi Christopher. Do I gather correctly that a few Bearcats are still flown as Warbirds? There is N600M on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 which claims to be a modified F8F-3 in an all-over gold with blue line colour scheme ... Gordon BENNETT does that go like a bat out of hell and so much I haven't dared fly it below 1,000 feet AGL!

    Nice diecast model of one currently available in 1/72 scale from Skymax if you collect those sort of models

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    Might be interesting to look at a "limited Cold War Goes Hot"--call it a 1950's or 60's-retro version of Red Storm Rising.
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    As far as I understand it, yes, this is the case. It's been a popular "Warbird" and a regular competitor.

    I don't collect such... my WGF collection is obscene, WGS is not much better (though I've been toying with its liquidation), and my current obsession (books) precludes me from such activities. Oh, and I'm saving $$ for the kids to have the option of attending University when they reach the appropriate age.

    To much stuff, too little $$.

    It's come to the point that I've yet to pre-order the most recent series for WGS... the first such event since this addiction took hold.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diamondback View Post
    Might be interesting to look at a "limited Cold War Goes Hot"--call it a 1950's or 60's-retro version of Red Storm Rising.
    I would play that!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonx View Post
    Zoe - Was this Aldermaston in Berkshire by any chance? This would have meant that your nearest SAC base was probably Greenham Common.
    Correct. That part of the UK was a "target rich environment". Rather than allocating weapons to individual places, it would make sense to just bomb on a 5km triangular grid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fast.git View Post
    To much stuff, too little $$.

    It's come to the point that I've yet to pre-order the most recent series for WGS... the first such event since this addiction took hold.
    You and me alike Chris - you are not alone and my WGF collection has yet to reach ten in strength but WGS-wise the picture is much brighter

    Kids wise I have none and I'm afraid that's unable to change but I still have two Nieces - one of whom made a birthday card I posted on here because of what she decorated it with. The other Niece bless her is just like me academically and I swear she's heading for the Armed Forces straight out of school same as I did!

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    It would be pretty easy to run a good Arab-Israeli 1948 campaign just repainting the aircraft we have now - Spitfires (both sides), Mustang (IAF), Avia S-199 (IAF, use the 109K), B-17 (IAF), Beaufighter (IAF). The Egyptians used the Stirling bomber, you could sub a repainted Lanc, or there is AIM which makes a Stirling I believe. There were also C-47s, C-46s, Harvards, Austers, piles of different types.

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    I now have one: If ANYBODY tells my Missus (wife) that I am back on here then there will be a one-off mission to remember

    Maybe a definite case of Don't go there ...

    Namaste

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carl_Brisgamer View Post
    It would be pretty easy to run a good Arab-Israeli 1948 campaign just repainting the aircraft we have now - Spitfires (both sides), Mustang (IAF), Avia S-199 (IAF, use the 109K), B-17 (IAF), Beaufighter (IAF). The Egyptians used the Stirling bomber, you could sub a repainted Lanc, or there is AIM which makes a Stirling I believe. There were also C-47s, C-46s, Harvards, Austers, piles of different types.

    For example:
    The S-199 would be more in line with the H Deck. It's speed topped out at 590kmh/370mph. Also had lost any agility left in the design from the use of a bomber engine and propeller. I'd give it H Deck, 18 hit points, BCC close range and AC long.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Ninja View Post
    I've been working on three sets of campaigns with the current minis I have.
    Vietnam
    Falklands
    Arab-Israel conflicts

    Never ran a campaign before but will keep it updated as I figure it out.
    1948 Arab/Israeli war would be interesting, and pretty much the easiest to do as most of the planes are late WWII vintage.
    Korea would be lots of very long tables and straight lines.
    1958-1980s & something, dogfighting goes out of the window with missles and planes that are fast, but can turn for crap.
    Then we have the dogfighting renaissance, at least in the USSR with the SU-27, but the US planes still can't keep up, and that's still pretty much the case today.
    I'm still of the mind with this system anything after missles would be boring, and Korea is tenuous.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tonx View Post
    I now have one: If ANYBODY tells my Missus (wife) that I am back on here then there will be a one-off mission to remember

    Maybe a definite case of Don't go there ...

    Namaste
    I'm sure you're allowed to window shop, the same way as she does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Ninja View Post
    The S-199 would be more in line with the H Deck. It's speed topped out at 590kmh/370mph. Also had lost any agility left in the design from the use of a bomber engine and propeller. I'd give it H Deck, 18 hit points, BCC close range and AC long.
    Definitely. I meant use the 109K miniature when it comes out - not exactly right but at 1:200 scale close enough.

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    Easiest way to convert a G-6 variant to a S-199, (haven't tried it but it's what I am planning to do), take the nose cone off of the mini, sand the "base" and take some of it off, re-attach it to the front of the plane. If done correctly it should have roughly the look of the front of the S-199. Click image for larger version. 

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    Though it will need some cannon gondolas.

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    I'll have a fiddle with my Bf.109 models. I didn't realise the S.199 was that different. Shouldn't take long to add cannons & tweak the engine details.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Ninja View Post
    Easiest way to convert a G-6 variant to a S-199, (haven't tried it but it's what I am planning to do), take the nose cone off of the mini, sand the "base" and take some of it off, re-attach it to the front of the plane. If done correctly it should have roughly the look of the front of the S-199. Click image for larger version. 

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    One other major change I've noticed is the intake is on the other side.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Foz View Post
    I've got a bit of finishing up to do on it, so it should be up tomorrow evening...
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    Did you recently change the name of your shop on shapeways?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord_Ninja View Post
    Did you recently change the name of your shop on shapeways?
    Yep, I thought it needed to sound a little more professional.



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