1:200 WW2 aircraft

[Colonel Kilgore]

They look wonderful, Derek!

Simon

[Moggy]

Had some time so fought first solo game with my fighters.  Flight of F4F vs Zero. Zeros out-turn and outrun the F4Fs as was historical. Only saving grace for the Americans was the amount of firepower they threw in when they had the chance and that their planes were tougher.  Japanese may come to regret not having any armour or self-sealing fuel-tanks in the planes.

Hmmmmm, was going to post some pics here but website seems buggy and wont let me for some reason.

Ah well,  The zeroes drew first blood which was swiftly returned in spades. Final result 3 zeroes down and 3 heading back to their carrier. F4Fs 1 downed pilot, 3 damaged aircraft being escorted by the remaining aircraft.

Only element that needs further work on is the stands. I found that when in close proximity and not close in front of me I found it wasn't obvious if they were 3 blocks high or 2.  This is due to the irregular "clouds" on the top block.  Can resolve this with a coloured line or blob applied to each facing on each block.

Will try again later to get some piccies up.

Derek

[Moggy]

Typical, seems to be working now:


Bandits, 3 O'clock (what did American pilots say - this sounds far to British)


The furball starts







Honour earned on both sides.

Derek

[Stewart 46A]

Looks good Derek
You going to be ready to put a game on at the WWW?

Stewart

[Moggy]

Yep, need to work out level/dive bombing and torpedo attacks and good to go.  Still need 2 more flights of planes yet.  Need torpedo planes for both sides then can have a full strike mission. 

Full game took me about 2 hours and that was feeling my round things for the first few turns. Its hard to play an air-game evenly when you are playing both sides Think you could get a good game in about 90 mins as really limited in ammo. Only 5 shots per plane which would be about right on the 30 seconds or so of shooting they had.

Derek

[Moggy]

Latest additions to the air-fleets

SBD Dauntless Dive bombers




Mitchell B25 (No 2 Sqn RAAF) - Escorted by a SBD (for scale)






Japanese VAL Torpedo Bombers arrived today.


Derek

[Colonel Kilgore]

Lovely models, Derek!

Simon