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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: LeadAsbestos on January 23, 2007, 11:43:42 AM

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 23, 2007, 11:43:42 AM

Does this look right for 28mm?
(http://www.displacedminiatures.com/images/img.1169552259602.jpg)

It claims to be a Fokker D.VII so I don't know if the era is right either, but it was only $6USD and needed only a few screws popped in. W/ a re-paint, I think I have a winner.

Minis are Old West Artizan and Foundry (as I own no proper Pulp minis!) for scale.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, and yes, there are more if anybody needs some!

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: W.B.Kurgan on January 23, 2007, 11:48:50 AM

Wow!  :love:
It looks about right to me!

(http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6518/jg3dvii6qk.jpg)

Were did it come from?

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: knoxville on January 23, 2007, 11:52:41 AM

Maybe a bit too big, but who cares? Very nice!

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: dominic on January 23, 2007, 01:18:49 PM

Nice.  A touch too big (1/48 perhaps), but should be just fine.
What make is it?

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: Morten on January 23, 2007, 01:23:59 PM

I like it, compare to the historic photo its little to big.

I would use it  :wink:

Where did you get it?



peace!

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: Westfalia Chris on January 23, 2007, 02:49:31 PM

That´s German Flying Ace Rudolph Berthold´s Fokker DVII, although the scale is strange - it looks even larger than 1/48th scale. Might it be a toy/diecast pre-painted model? Those sometimes have even larger scales, I´d guess at 1:45th or even 1:43rd. Why don´t you take the measurements, get the Fokker Stats of the web and do some measuring? I´ve got a 1:48th scale Se5a, which (in real life) was about equal size to the DVII, and that one isn´t nearly as large.

Otherwise, you could repaint it that it looks like a 1920s mail plane. Those were larger, for example in the size class of a Douglas World Cruiser, and some of those looked remarkably similar to a DVII in shape.

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 24, 2007, 02:27:32 AM

Thanks for the replys. I think the scale will be just fine for my needs.

It is from the KayBee Toy Store Outlet, and is made by a company called NewRay. It is indeed a toy, hard plastic that needs some simple assembly.

Title: A question of scale..
Post by: supervike on January 24, 2007, 04:14:27 AM

Not perfect scale, but perfect for gaming!