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    Default How about 1:72!


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    If playing on the floor is your thing!

    Personally, I'm a bit long in the tooth to try this scale for gaming.
    I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!

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    Hmmm, need to assemble & paint the models first. I used to be a plastic modeler back in the 80s, wouldn't want to start again.

    Well....thinking aloud. What about sizing up everything?
    Taking inspiration from giant chess, imagine giant WoG played outdoor. 1:33 planes on 4x30 cm pegs on 50cm bases...

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    I used to play Mustangs & Messerschmitts in the 80s using 1:72 scale planes; wheeled dollies on the floor.
    I seem to remember somewhere here is a thread about a way of making the bases so they can be played with while standing.
    If you have a tiles or closed napped carpeted floor space big enough, I say go for it.
    Certainly 1:72 planes are easier to decal than 1:200
    Rule of thumb: scan and double the size of the cards.
    Karl
    Last edited by Jager; 10-11-2020 at 13:04.
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    I think I found what I remembered:
    https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sh...l=1#post483083
    If Dave (Naharaht) might remember where the club got the bases from, or how they were made?
    I can think how I might do it, but since my 1:72 collection is not large, and still mostly in pieces, and I've lost touch with almost all the M&M crew,
    my ability to do it is limited.
    Still, a visual treat for a convention
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus

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    That is damn cool. Walking around among the 1/72 scale planes...
    The things I see here continue to astound me.

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    I have seen a game at some of the HMGS cons of a WW I game that uses 1/72 scals. Way different set of home rules but it was fun to watch.

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    This is the sort of thing that is great for convention or demo games - not quite so fun for an evening game with your mates.

    It certainly has it's place.

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    1 : 72 for Examble.
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    Looks good, Boris.
    Karl
    It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus



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