Hello ,
I too recently started playing Glory's wings, i was offered a small figurine of D.520 in 2010 that I had put on display next to the 1/72 and 1/48 models, it took a friend to convert me at the" play mat" only in 2018 !
I just hope that my English and the translator will be correct to explain what I see on this subject
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After a nice discussion on the subject "quality of miniatures in 2020 with " monse " and "ABS" during our last part, (as i was also project manager for a French die-casting company on a new aeronautical range 1/72 , 1/48 ) a study for a year :
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I was curious to understand how these models Wings of War / Glory were made ?
On the 1st
WOW /
WOG models, the fact that some of them were probably painted in the factory with an airbrush by hand, their rarity gives them today a certain value of collection and even if this basic paint is far from the quality of plastic airplane model :
http://www.maquetland.com/v2/images_...ncaster-18.jpg
Perfect "patina" is surely not the 1st goal sought by the brand either. There must be a compromise between a playful and historical aspect for the figurine which moves, sometimes being roughed up on the play mat, I suppose that a design study was carried out on its weight, the various materials for its manufacture, its maneuverability , its resistance, its base then the 3D study for the correct shapes of the device ... etc
Photo :Wings of Glory Aerodrome
With this revolutionary, playful conceptual miniature miniature, since its creation, we are far from the classic Wargame metal model :
https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2918/...ecc2af19_z.jpg, enough heavy, unwieldy.
Or that in plastic from various other aeronautical table games:
https://twtrb.blogspot.com/2017/09/b...d-mustang.html (sometimes without propeller) ) which often are not realistic and fly away at the slightest gust of wind !
Photo : Giants of the Sky You tube
Example of a complete painting on an old Wings of War model the Dewoitine D.520 Thollon * Nexus 2009
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The camouflage spots, the red diamond were most probably made with an airbrush cover:
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On the P.47 D from Mohrle a Wings of Glory * Ares 2016 model
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By enlarging we can clearly see an adhesive film which replaces the paint:
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On the other hand this "macro" adhesive film allows a greater precision of reproduction on the decorations, logos and roundels of the devices which would not be possible in painting with the cache on this scale, it is also less expensive than a new painting on a reissue or a recent edition for the brand and the junction at the end of the wings is surely not "mechanically" allowed by the machine which therefore leaves the edges of a gray "plastic" color.
So Nexus miniatures, Ares ? , a quality of form and "decoration" that would drop in 2020 ? paints or adhesive films ? :
These two methods are good for figurines of play, they have their defects and their qualities, to acquire them will then depend on the tastes of each one and the use made of the plane (some undoubtedly expose them also in window) and for me blending them harmoniously by putting beautiful clear canopies and sometimes joints between the wings / airplane fuselage on some models would not be a bad thing in itself, but rather a good idea because in general (with a few exceptions), they are rather aesthetically good successful our little flying wonders on the table !
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Ps : Please note to new players, if you no longer have the packaging and want to know quickly if your model is a Wings of War or a reissued Wings of Glory?
Look on the base of the arc of circle if it is red it is a Wings of Glory model and if it is black a Wings of War model :
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