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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Inkpaduta on January 26, 2018, 06:13:13 PM

Title: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: Inkpaduta on January 26, 2018, 06:13:13 PM

I would like to do a WWI aerodome or field.
What or who would you suggest for buildings and terrain ect?

Thanks

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: monk2002uk on January 26, 2018, 07:55:12 PM

Check out the Leven Miniatures range for WW2 airfield buildings. A few would suit WW1:

http://www.levenminiatures.co.uk/pages/military.htm

Robert

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: FierceKitty on January 27, 2018, 08:33:10 AM

Second that. And they're very pleasant to deal with too.

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: Etranger on January 27, 2018, 09:26:25 AM

Assuming you're doing one 'somewhere in France', then a grass field and a few rows of tents will cover most eventualities, with possibly a farmhouse for an HQ building & a barn or two for maintenance. Even the larger ones often had only temporary canvas or timber hangers.

(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/85/d1/37/85d13764fabc8447f281b9b6cacd286a.jpg)
(from https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/340021840602493939/?lp=true) British/French

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Francheville_Aerodrome.jpg/800px-Francheville_Aerodrome.jpg)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francheville_Aerodrome Standard canvas hangers for individual aircraft clearly visible. American.

(http://c8.alamy.com/comp/B2JKY6/events-first-world-warwwi-aerial-warfare-airfield-of-a-german-fighter-B2JKY6.jpg)
German.

Fiddlers Green do a scalable download for a card model for a common tent hanger, although it might be fairly 'fiddly' in 1/300. http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Tent-Hanger-WWI.html

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: gweirda on January 27, 2018, 12:39:40 PM

Here's a hanger...

http://msdgames.com/epages/bccb46a7-1a07-48ac-8a77-e8e6cce9e958.sf/en_US/?ObjectPath=/Shops/bccb46a7-1a07-48ac-8a77-e8e6cce9e958/Products/ACG-003

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: James Morris on January 29, 2018, 07:04:22 PM

Leven Miniatures are amazing and ideal for this.

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: GilmoreDK on February 25, 2018, 09:14:43 PM

Here: https://www.shapeways.com/product/3J33TXPWM/1-350-wooden-hangar-1?optionId=59355280

And soon also the German tent hangars from the pic above.

Title: Re: 6mm aerodome/airfield help
Post by: Inkpaduta on February 25, 2018, 11:18:35 PM

Thanks everyone,

This has really helped.