Grumman FF-1 / G-23 fighter

[Lluís of Minairons]

While still awaiting delivery of the ordered decals for our 1/100th scale Polikarpov I-15 --whose delay is currently preventing model to be released, allow me to show you a preliminary shot on another aircraft we're designing right now.



It's Grumman FF-1 / G-23 fighter, to be released in 1/100th scale first --and re-scaled into 1/144 later. This one would be our third SCW aircraft, after the Polikarpov above and Fiat CR.32 --this latter, being produced right now.

If willing to learn a bit more about this novelty, please follow this link to Minairons blog.

Cheers,
Lluís
www.minairons.eu

[Arlequín]

Great choice! Although I would have guessed a HE-51 would have been the next one out. 

[Lluís of Minairons]

We're planning to release those aircraft by the rivals pair.

This way, the next release after Polikarpov I-15 will be its main rival on the Nationalist side, Fiat CR.32. Heinkel He-51 was a good choice for following the series afterwards, but we lacked blueprints so far of its main rival --Nieuport-Delage NiD-52. This is why we've leapt to the next likely pair: Grumman G-23 vs. Henschel Hs-123.

Coincidentally, today I've been delivered the lacking blueprints, so the He-51 vs. Nieuport pair has become feasible now.

Lluís

[Arlequín]

Ah! I see the method in your madness now. So what will the Breguet XIX pair off with?   

If memory serves me there were only 6 HS-123 in Spain though. It is a nice-looking Interwar aircraft and can be used in WW2, so should be popular. An alternative might be the Breda BA-65, or whatever fighters were stationed on Mallorca with the bombers. There are many options though and I am sure you will get through them all. 

It is good to hear the NiD-52 and HE-51 are in the queue.     

[Lluís of Minairons]

True, at first there were only 5 Henschels belonging to Condor Legion.

But Franco's staff got impressed at their performance as Stuka dive bombers --unlike von Richtofen's men, who where only interested in testing them in close support duties--, so that a supplementary dozen units was ordered for the Nationalist Air Force, Group 24. These were eventually delivered during Summer 1938, just in time for Ebro battle. Only two in total were lost during SCW, and those remaining were kept in service until 1952.

[WuZhuiQiu]

The HS-123 can also be used for gaming the Second Sino-Japanese War, and, of course, WW II.

[Arlequín]

... so that a supplementary dozen units was ordered for the Nationalist Air Force, Group 24. These were eventually delivered during Summer 1938, just in time for Ebro battle.

Something I did not know, not that there is any kind of shortage of things I do not know... but thanks for that bit of information.