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Author Topic: An Airfield for Pulp Gaming  (Read 2341 times)

Offline Wirelizard

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Re: An Airfield for Pulp Gaming
« Reply #15 on: May 23, 2017, 11:02:17 PM »
You've all seen the "Cartel-a-go-go" thread over in the Cold War forum, right?

Jimbibbly has bibbled up a nice looking hangar there with lasercut rafters and windows, and hangar design hasn't really changed much at all, his design would work very nicely for interwar pulp stuff too!

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=100430.0

Offline FramFramson

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Re: An Airfield for Pulp Gaming
« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2017, 11:20:44 PM »
A windsock!


I joined my gun with pirate swords, and sailed the seas of cyberspace.

Offline Steve F

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Re: An Airfield for Pulp Gaming
« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2017, 11:37:26 PM »
I looked up my local airport (Newcastle upon Tyne) on Wikipedia and found this useful list of 1930s aerodrome buildings.

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The Airport was opened on 26 July 1935 as Woolsington Aerodrome by the Secretary of State for Air, Sir Phillip Cunliffe-Lister. Incorporating a clubhouse, hangar, workshops, fuel garage and grass runway, at the time it cost £35,000 to build.

The clubhouse is something not so far mentioned.  A search for "aerodrome clubhouse" on Google images suggests they were quite common ("aerodrome" searches seems to get a higher proportion of pulp-era results than "airport" or "airfield").
Back from the dead, almost.

Offline Chris Abbey

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Re: An Airfield for Pulp Gaming
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2017, 10:00:05 AM »
OK, I'm away for a weeks holiday from Lunchtime, but will look at adding a Hanger, Workshop, Clubhouse to our existing Control Tower and Airfield Building when I get back.

I have a 1/48 scale Dakota, so will make hanger to fit that!
Lots of MDF beams and struts. Would you recommend corrugated card for outside skin, or some other form of cladding?
Chris Abbey
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