Most wanted WWII and Interwar aircraft in 1:56?

[Kane]

Adding a plane, but mainly because it is very interesting to use in a scenario involving commando's or secret agents being dropped behind enemy lines, landing in a small field and such: The Westland Lysander. I think it makes, just like the Storch, for an excellent objective.

And I think this has become a very interesting topic.

[Atheling]

A 1/56 Hindenburg zeppelin.

 

Classic!

Darrell.
PS. coming to think of it, I bet someone has made one!!

[carlos marighela]

Classic!

Darrell.
PS. coming to think of it, I bet someone has made one!!

Got a spare couple of hundred bucks laying around and you can have your very own 1/1250 scale Hindenburg, it even comes pre-painted. It's a substantial model even at that scale.

http://www.navis-neptun.de/produkte/datenbank/l1_e.html

[Johnnytodd]

PS. coming to think of it, I bet someone has made one!!

This one is 1/39th scale!

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2011/06/now-thats-model-plane-with-difference.html

[carlos marighela]

This one is 1/39th scale!

http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2011/06/now-thats-model-plane-with-difference.html

1/39 scale? Oh, so one of those 'fit the box' offerings eh,? 

[moonshado]

The 1/39th scale airship is amazing, and the poor bloke who made it had his first two attempts trashed, one by his cat and the second attempt destroyed on its test Flight. The man must have the patience of a saint. I would have given up after the first attempt and taken up torturing the cat as my new hobby.
 
The original airship appears to be equally amazing , it carried 4 planes which it could launch and recover. Does anyone know if this was a one off or was this a fairly common ability among airships and zepplins? And does anyone know of any existing footage of this operation?

[carlos marighela]

The US had a pair of airship carriers in the 1930s, the USS Macon and USS Akron, each carried four F-9C fighters. Both lost in accidents.  Neptun also make models of those and they dwarf Hindenburg. I think they still hold the record for largest flying objects, although there's a twin hull airship being developed in Britain that threatens to eclipse that record.

[Johnnytodd]

Since I'm probably not going to build one any time soon, here's a free-bee for Shapeways:  The Piper Cub is perfect for resin casting.  It's small and usefull for many different roles on wargames battlefield:



And had a great field modification as tank-buster ground attack by Charlie "Bazooka" Carpenter:



You'll sell a bunch!