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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: bluewillow on February 17, 2023, 11:12:57 PM

Title: Jasta builds Summer 1918 update 26 March
Post by: bluewillow on February 17, 2023, 11:12:57 PM: Last weeks an effort by me to complete my Raben Ravens Jasta 18 summer 1918, 1/72 a mix of Airfix, Roden and Italeri with Wartime Miniatures and Airfix pilots. Pheon decals,I still have four more to complete.

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Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: OSHIROmodels on February 18, 2023, 08:18:13 AM: Nice :)
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: bluewillow on February 18, 2023, 02:49:32 PM: Thanks James, really happy with them

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: fred on February 18, 2023, 03:11:14 PM: They look great.

It’s a really striking colour scheme!
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: aphillathehun on February 20, 2023, 12:34:06 AM: Nice that you have the Pheon decals. I'm not sure what the future is for them now....
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: bluewillow on February 22, 2023, 07:47:23 AM: Quote from: aphillathehun on February 20, 2023, 12:34:06 AM
Nice that you have the Pheon decals. I'm not sure what the future is for them now....

Yes Rowan passed away in 2022, but his wife and daughter are supposed to be continuing the business.

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: tomrommel1 on February 22, 2023, 08:08:59 AM: looking really good
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: wolivant on February 22, 2023, 09:45:15 AM: They look great.

Do you do commission work?

Regards

Wolt
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: Baron von Wreckedoften on February 22, 2023, 01:32:12 PM: This is really more a tangential question - would a single Jasta have more than one aircraft type and if so, would they be according to the personal preference of the individual pilots? Did any German (or other) pilots have more than one type of aircraft "in the hangar" according to what mood he was in when he got up that morning (or other more professional reasons!)?
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: aphillathehun on February 22, 2023, 04:49:37 PM: Quote from: Baron von Wreckedoften on February 22, 2023, 01:32:12 PM
This is really more a tangential question - would a single Jasta have more than one aircraft type and if so, would they be according to the personal preference of the individual pilots? Did any German (or other) pilots have more than one type of aircraft "in the hangar" according to what mood he was in when he got up that morning (or other more professional reasons!)?

I am on the road. When I get home I can provide some concrete details (Jasta #s, pilot names)

But yes, there are photographs of two different kinds of planes in a Jasta both with a single pilot's insignia. And there is plenty of evidence of jastas equipped with a bunch of different kinds of planes at the same time. A lot of times it's as simple as different versions of the same plane (Alb D III and D V at the same time for example) but there are also examples of Fokker Dr 1s and Albatros in the same jasta at the same time, for example.
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: Fitz on February 22, 2023, 06:50:49 PM: Aircraft were issued to Jasta as they became available, and it was unusual for a Jasta to convert wholesale from one aircraft type to another. As 1918 began, it would be quite usual for a Jasta to be fielding brand new Fokker D-VII alongside Albatros D-V and D-III alongside Pfalz D-III alongside Fokker Dr-1.

The ideal, of course, would be for every pilot to be flying the same type, if only to ease logistics. But having a flyable plane in the air was more important than keeping consistency across a squadron. By the very nature of their construction, WW1-era planes wore out pretty fast, even if they survived combat, so there was quite a lot of "churn" in squadron aircraft types.

In practice, senior pilots could choose the type they flew, but as far as I am aware it was not official doctrine.

Things were much more rigid in the RFC. I don't know much about the culture of the French flying services.
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: carlos marighela on February 23, 2023, 12:19:44 AM: Those are lovely. The raspberry ripple look is quite striking. Sure beats painting lozenge pattern camo or applying decals to wings.
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: bluewillow on February 23, 2023, 08:31:14 PM: Quote from: wolivant on February 22, 2023, 09:45:15 AM
They look great.

Do you do commission work?

Regards

Wolt

I do Wolt send me a PM if you would like something done. A little full with commissions at the moment, until June at least with a French cavalry commission and a few smaller ancient and medieval commissions.

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: bluewillow on February 23, 2023, 08:33:08 PM: Quote from: carlos marighela on February 23, 2023, 12:19:44 AM
Those are lovely. The raspberry ripple look is quite striking. Sure beats painting lozenge pattern camo or applying decals to wings.

Yes it is striking, I also have 5 aircraft for jasta 18 in the earlier blue and red.

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Rabens Ravens Jasta 18 Summer 1918
Post by: wrgmr1 on May 06, 2023, 03:02:44 AM: These look fantastic!
Well done.
I painted up 5 of these some years ago.
Title: Re: Jasta builds 18 Summer 1918 update 22 March
Post by: bluewillow on March 22, 2025, 03:19:35 PM: First aircraft for Jasta 36 Harold von B?low-Bothkamp, a very colorful Fokker DR1, an ace fighter pilot of both world wars.

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Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Jasta builds 18 Summer 1918 update 22 March
Post by: Dubar on March 23, 2025, 10:53:48 PM: Great job Matt!!! Now that I know a bit more about the different Jastas I may have to go back and repaint some of mine. :o
Title: Re: Jasta builds 18 Summer 1918 update 22 March
Post by: carlos marighela on March 24, 2025, 12:03:40 AM: Love those colourful schemes! Sensible bloke finding squadrons that don't require that fiddly lozenge camo.

Really nice work Matt.
Title: Re: Jasta builds 18 Summer 1918 update 22 March
Post by: bluewillow on March 24, 2025, 09:21:07 PM: Quote from: carlos marighela on March 24, 2025, 12:03:40 AM
Love those colourful schemes! Sensible bloke finding squadrons that don't require that fiddly lozenge camo.

Really nice work Matt.

I have quite a few awaiting lozenge, I purchased pheon decals, hopefully I can do a good job with them

Cheers
Matt
Title: Re: Jasta builds Summer 1918 update 22 March
Post by: bluewillow on March 26, 2025, 08:47:44 AM: First Aircraft completed for Jasta 11 Lothar Richthofen, brother of the famous Baron!

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Cheers
Matt