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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Johnno on April 13, 2010, 07:11:20 PM

Title: WWI Biplane
Post by: Johnno on April 13, 2010, 07:11:20 PM

Can anyone give me some leads on companies that make 1/43 biplanes.

Preferably, a Sopwith Camel of some sort.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Plynkes on April 13, 2010, 07:24:34 PM

I'm not too familiar with planes coming in that scale, in fact I'm not sure I ever heard of such a thing. 1/48th is the standard for planes of roughly that size. There are millions in that scale, more than you could ever want.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Poliorketes on April 13, 2010, 07:27:22 PM

I have several cheap toy planes from a chinese company called new ray. They are declared as 1/48 but are at least 1/43.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: carlos marighela on April 13, 2010, 10:39:09 PM

Indeedy. On spec I bought a New Ray Spad some time ago as it was going cheap. It's diecast and probably 1/43- 1/40 scale. It has never come out of the box as the bloody thing would dwarf my Camel, Pfalz, Fokker DVII, Brisfit etc which are all in 1/48. If you really want one yes they do make Camels, along with Fokker Triplanes.

I suspect mine will end up as a mobile hanging in my son's room. He's obsessed with aircraft, can say 'fighter' , 'jumper', which is his version of Harrier Jump Jet and is very good at spotting aircraft and helicopters. Unfortunatley his youthful pronunciation of helicopter sounds disturbingly like 'Al Qaeda', which means that flying with Emirates is off the menu for the foreseeable future.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Johnno on April 14, 2010, 07:47:29 PM

Yeah, sorry I meant 1/48 for the biplane....must have had 1/43 on the brain.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Poliorketes on April 14, 2010, 08:05:07 PM

With 1/48 Eduard is a good choice

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: archangel1 on April 14, 2010, 08:31:52 PM

Quote from: Poliorketes on April 14, 2010, 08:05:07 PM

With 1/48 Eduard is a good choice

Particularly since their Weekend Editions are usually less than $20CDN.  Same quality kit as the higher grade Profipacks but no photoetch.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Plynkes on April 14, 2010, 08:55:03 PM

Hard to beat SMER for price. Kits are simple and robust, which for wargaming I consider a good thing.

They do a Camel, SE5,  DH2, Albatros, and others.

Special Hobby and Eduard (as already mentioned) do some very nice kits too. More expensive but also much more detailed. An almost unlimited choice of planes out there. Boggles the mind just what you can get these days.  :)

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Remington on April 14, 2010, 10:39:13 PM

Corgi makes a variety of 1:50 biplanes. They are pricey, but sometimes you can find some cheaper ones on that "bay" on the net.

Title: Re: WWI Biplane
Post by: Johnno on April 15, 2010, 01:35:23 AM

Thanks.
Just checked Ebay. The Corgi planes are almost twice the price of some of the others including shipping...