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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: Plynkes on October 18, 2007, 01:21:47 PM

Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Plynkes on October 18, 2007, 01:21:47 PM: Not sure how much interest there is among the Lead Adventure crowd for this type of thing, but I just stumbled upon this site today and thought I'd share it with you:

http://www.cbrnp.com/profiles/quarter1/index.html

Has lots of nice colour drawings of Great War planes' colour schems, if anyone is into that kind of thing. Might save you a bit of dosh on Osprey books!

Plenty from other eras there, too.
Title: Re: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Hammers on October 18, 2007, 02:42:43 PM: Quote from: "Plynkes"
Not sure how much interest there is among the Lead Adventure crowd

I think it is with aircraft colour plates for wargaming gentlemen as it is with ladies and shoes: "Darling, you can NEVER have too many..."
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: PeteMurray on October 18, 2007, 02:58:18 PM: Hammershield is right, of course. Aircraft plates and markings should be a recognizable form of art and a subject of study with vexilology and heraldry. You should be able to hang an aircraft plate over the fireplace and have visitors exclaim things like: "Oh, what a lovely Dassault Mirage! French post-war high-gloss naval markings are an unappreciated set."

Thanks, Poly.
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Poliorketes on October 18, 2007, 03:11:33 PM: I guess 'Thank you' should do it without this eloquent bla-bla ;)
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: PeteMurray on October 18, 2007, 03:32:32 PM: Quote from: "Poliorketes"
I guess 'Thank you' should do it without this eloquent bla-bla ;)

That would be more efficient, yes. :P 8)
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Plynkes on October 18, 2007, 03:35:50 PM: But what a tiresome, dull existence we Lead Adventurers would trudge through, were we prohibited a little of our eloquent bla-bla from time to time...
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Hammers on October 18, 2007, 03:48:32 PM: Quote from: "Poliorketes"
I guess 'Thank you' should do it without this eloquent bla-bla ;)

I, for one, would have no idea where to channel my work time boredom. i would probably have to turn to nun-beating or something similar.
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: dodge on October 18, 2007, 04:51:26 PM: [quoteI, for one, would have no idea where to channel my work time boredom. i would probably have to turn to nun-beating or something similar.[/quote]

:roll:

Not nun-beating again. These nuns will get their revenge one day

:lol: :lol:
Title: Nice and useful
Post by: dodge on October 18, 2007, 04:53:18 PM: :oops:

Oh sorry

Nice and very useful site Plynkes

:wink:
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Poliorketes on October 18, 2007, 05:02:24 PM: The two of you with a similar point of view? Could that be?
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Helen on October 18, 2007, 09:52:19 PM: Quote from: "hammershield"
Quote from: "Poliorketes"
I guess 'Thank you' should do it without this eloquent bla-bla ;)

I, for one, would have no idea where to channel my work time boredom. i would probably have to turn to nun-beating or something similar.

Never beat up a Nun, Pedar! you never know whats underneath their habit :)

Poly good work on the link. If folks want a link to Turkish aircraft let us know :)
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Plynkes on October 18, 2007, 10:28:41 PM: Oh, I've got quite a good one, since you mention it, Helen.

Clicking on any of the planes on this page leads to wondrous Ottoman colour-plateage:

http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1.asp

Though it may well turn out that it was you who gave me this link, via your TMP pseudonym (I must admit I can't remember what you call yourself over there). If so, I apologise for my presumption.
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Helen on October 18, 2007, 11:06:45 PM: Quote from: "Plynkes"
Oh, I've got quite a good one, since you mention it, Helen.

Clicking on any of the planes on this page leads to wondrous Ottoman colour-plateage:

http://www.tayyareci.com/digerucaklar/turkiye/ww1.asp

Though it may well turn out that it was you who gave me this link, via your TMP pseudonym (I must admit I can't remember what you call yourself over there). If so, I apologise for my presumption.

Thanks Poly, Thats the link and alas, its Tank Girl on TMP! 8)
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Phil Robinson on October 18, 2007, 11:28:07 PM: Thanks for the link Poly, pics of the Albatross and Camel now adorn two cards in my random events deck for Trench Wars
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Phil Robinson on October 18, 2007, 11:29:19 PM: Sorry should read thanks PLYNKES
Title: Some nice Great War aircraft colour plates
Post by: Plynkes on October 18, 2007, 11:49:25 PM: It's okay, Phil. Quite a few of the folks around here call me Poly. It's because of my TMP screen-name.