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  1. #101

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    Quote Originally Posted by afilter View Post
    Any 1/200 options out there.

    I have searched many times and best I could find is the AIR/200 models at my LGS

    http://www.lastsquare.com/



    Require a bit of work, but turn out nice and the price is good at $7 for a 2pk of fighters or $6 for a Val/Stuka.



    A cheap way to increase the numbers in your air force as many of the current planes in DoW and fire form the sky are available.

    They lack the detail of the WoW models, but I just cannot bring myself to repaint a WoW model when I can get 3 planes for the same cost with Air/200.
    Sorry, I seem to have missed this posting! You an find excellent 1/200 scale aircraft at this link, and most are available in kit form, or finished, but either way, they're not cheap.
    http://www.helmet-aircraft-200.com/e...e3_Shop2318.sf
    Hope it helps,

    John.

  2. #102

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    Quote Originally Posted by warrenn View Post
    well if any one can translate dollars to yen i found a cool japanese site that has 1/200 aircraft and a whole lot more http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~konishi/
    Today's rate seems to be
    1 Japanese yen = 0.011275 U.S. dollars.
    Which averages about $30-$35 per miniature.
    John.

  3. #103

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    Default 1/ 144 planes online

    If you are looking for 1/ 144 planes prepainted and at decent prices check these two out!

    http://www.badcattoys.com/21cetodrmo1d.html

    Be sure to check out the the 21st Century stuff Ultimate Soldier palnes- they also carry F-toys, and sevearl other nice brands.

    http://store.foxholetoys.com/11442.html

    Same here - Check them out

    I game in both 1/ 144 and 1/200 but since my last outting when I brought the wrong planes I am going to just one scale

  4. #104

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    Thanks for the links John, and welcome to the site.

  5. #105

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmpltd View Post
    If you are looking for 1/ 144 planes prepainted and at decent prices check these two out!

    http://www.badcattoys.com/21cetodrmo1d.html

    Be sure to check out the the 21st Century stuff Ultimate Soldier palnes- they also carry F-toys, and sevearl other nice brands.

    http://store.foxholetoys.com/11442.html

    Same here - Check them out

    I game in both 1/ 144 and 1/200 but since my last outting when I brought the wrong planes I am going to just one scale
    Thanks for the links!

  6. #106

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    I own a Furuta 1/200 scale Nakajima J1N Gekko (Irving), which is pre-painted. I bought it on eBay.

    It would be difficult to use this plane in Wings of War because it was used mainly as a nightfighter with obliquely mounted 20mm cannon, 2 firing upwards and 2 firing downwards. However, there was an earlier version, which was unsuccessful as a long-range escort fighter armed with one 20 mm cannon and six 7.7mm machine guns firing forwards.

  7. #107

    Exclamation F Toys A bit crappy

    Quote Originally Posted by usmc1855 View Post
    I would say yes. Our group had played WW2 air miniatures several times in the past using F-toy miniatures, and they are of very good quality.
    I just invested in an F toys Spad VII in RFC colours. Build quality is awful! The prop falls out, the lower wing has parted company with the Port struts. The monkey that assembled it used enough glue otherwise to stick a 1:48 model together and on the ground it has a 10 degree list to Port due to a wonky undercart.

    Disappointed

  8. #108

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    That's to bad, all my F Toys have been really nice.

  9. #109

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    mine too.

    btw, we can use sigs now?

  10. #110

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    I'm testing out sigs for player location purposes... so, they are coming, but not as personal sigs per say.

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    ok, just thought I could use my IAR81 sig

  12. #112

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    Okay, update from today. Found several prepainted minis in the 1/200 to 1/160 range at Hobby Lobby for $5 each. I grabbed 2 just to see how they would work and tomorrow will go back and grab the 2 P38s I left. They are called Sky Pilot and you can see the scale on the bases they come on. When you get them it is a bit confusing to get them off the base. Lift the tail up until it clears the small pin, then you have to spin the plane to unscrew it from the front of the base! It will then fall into pieces on you as the mounting screw holds the 2 halves together! A little super glue solves that problem, however. The Hellcat is in 1/190 scale, while the P40 is in 1/160 [N scale for you model railroaders]. The P38s are actual 1/200 scale. Other planes available are Mig3 in 1/140 scale, Spitfire, P51, Zero and D520 in 1/160, Corsair, Typhoon and P47 in 1/200. I presume the sizing is to keep the aircraft close to each other in actual size. These are nicely painted minis and all metal. I simply super glued a rare earth magnet under the plane and they stay very nicely on top of another magnet glued to the top of the mounting stand.




  13. #113

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    Kevin!


    The Sky Pilots are not sold in any scale. I have two D.520 they are 144 scale. They are nice planes.


    Rich

  14. #114

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    Yup, that's why I hunted up which planes are in which scales. Otherwise we would all be pulling our hair out. There are some on flea bay right now.

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    I'm thinking that if we were to order from BCMini, since they have a minimum order of $100 and minimum for free shipping of $300, and deal mainly in "random pack" products, we'd need to get a Group Buy together--for a while they were selling de-carded War at Sea minis in bulk-packs too.

    Also, you might check out Hobbylink Japan at HLJ.com.
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  16. #116

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    Okay, here's a pic of the 1/200 P38s from Sky Pilot. I am impressed with these for the price,

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    Well, we went to Paducah KY today and I found three more minis. Snatched them right up and when we got home rigged up some bases for them. Now who has cards for the Hellcat, P51D Typhoon, P40 and P38? I am actually very pleased with these, decent paint jobs and the detail is pretty good. All metal, so they will stand up to handling. Gonna have to repaint one of the Hellcats to change the number, thankfully the P38s don't have numbers on them.

  18. #118

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    Kevin!

    The Sky Pilots are not easy to find. Keep an eye out for the Mig-3!


    Rich

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    Will do! Are you hunting the MiG3 ?

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    Due this May:

    1/144 F-Toys Wing Kit Collection Vol.7
    The series subtitles on various Japanese websites is confusing labeled as "WWII German and US Fighters" or "European Theatre" - although the line-up and marking don't quite tie-up.

    Still, it is should be much a welcomed series; with an all new 1/144 P-39 Air Cobra, a new 1/144 mold of the P-40 last seen in the early Bandai wing Club release, and an 'old favourite', the Bf-109 in E-4 guise.

    P39 Airacobra (USAAF, RAF, Italian)
    P40E Kittyhawk (USAAF, RAF)
    Bf109E-4 (Luftwaffe, Romanian)

    Really looking forward to the Airacobras and Kittyhawks for my SWPA scenarios!

  21. #121

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    Kevin!

    I found some True North MiIG-3`s they look pretty good!

    Rich

  22. #122

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    so as to keep this stickied thread Up to date I include a link to another thread
    http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...hapon-Listings
    that lists ALL Gasaphon releases for aircraft in 1/144 to date.

  23. #123

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    I was down at my local hobby shop today and noticed they had about half a dozen F-Toys Wings Collections Vol.2 kits on the shelf. I can't remember a price but the boxes were marked with what aircraft was inside. They don't interest me for playing with though, being 1/144th.

  24. #124

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    I posted a link to a place in Cali, bcmini.com They have F-Toys and a case is only $50,00. I showed the link in the 1/144 section DoW. $15.00 shipping so not a bad price for a case.

  25. #125

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    Just looking at this after all this time and F-Toys has issued a few new sets. For US planes there is the VS set that contains P-38's, one with Corsairs. Other than BCMINI there is HLJ and Hobby Collective have the new sets. All are 1/144.

  26. #126

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    Bob,
    I updated the thread (see link above) with all (I hope) new F-toys releases.
    If anyone finds any errors please let me know so I can correct them (in particular the correct names of Japanese planes).

  27. #127

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    Only thing I noticed was the AVIONI list you say F6F Wildcat. The F6F was the HELLCAT. The F4F is the WILDCAT. Don't mean to be picky just pointing this out. Have to compliment you on compiling this list. Thanks.

  28. #128

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    thanks fixed...and updated them as well with more F6F and F4U Corsair models (wow they are expensive though!).

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    Depends where you get the F-Toy from. BC MINI in CA sells them by the case for $50. HLJ and HC are in Japan so shipping is what brings up the cost. Price comes out to about $6-8 per plane and that isn't that bad. A local hobby store sells them for $12.95 but not a big selection. Rich S is the one who turned me on to F-Toys. I must have at least 150 of them.

  30. #130

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    Bob, I was referring to the Avioni-X planes in the list that I had corrected not F-toys planes. Avioni-X prices were about $119 to $249 each!!

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    Sorry and yes I would say the is expensive. I was looking at a Shapeways Corsair (1/200) and it was $120. That is a bit out of my range.

  32. #132

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    Is there an updated list for 2018 of 1/144 pre-painted options per chance? I could not find it with the search engine.

    Thank you!

    -Chuck

  33. #133

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    Chuck F-Toys & Café Reo are the best options for 1/144 pre painted planes. BCMINIS is a good place to get them. Depending what you are looking for. You have to do a little work in putting them together but they are painted.

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    Here are some of the planes we used in a Pacific game. Some are hard to come by and if you can get them expensive.

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