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Offline aphillathehun

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Battle of Britain in 1/72
« on: April 18, 2020, 02:43:54 AM »
I've been working on 1/72 planes for the Warlord Games Blood Red Skies rules set.  I have pics up of Spitfires (I have 6 done):


and 109s (I have 6 done):


And some posts on the blog about getting bases made to work with the mechanics of Blood Red Skies:
https://paintingdistractions.wordpress.com/

I wasn't sure I could do a game on tabletop in 1/72 but it works.  Sadly the shutdown put the gaming out of business right after our first playtest, but we got two games in.  Looking forward to getting back to it.

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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2020, 07:59:45 AM »
Well done matey, those 54 Squadron Spits look excellent, stonking idea with the magnets too.

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Offline Tim Haslam

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2020, 08:06:39 AM »
Wow!
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Offline Admiral Hawke

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2020, 08:42:13 AM »
Awesome. They look fantastic. Love the mounts.  :)
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Offline Mad Lord Snapcase

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2020, 09:47:15 AM »
Great idea, they look superb. I had the same idea of doing Wings of Glory WWI in 1/72. Unfortunately the kits I bought are still in their boxes!

Well done!   :-*
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Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2020, 10:34:12 AM »
Ha! Ha! I can top that one yer Lordship...
we bought about fifty WW1 aircraft kits about twenty year back, four got built by my kids and the rest got sold on, sortie aborted. 

:'(

We did finally get airborne, with ready painted 1:72 Corgi diecast models, back when you could pick 'em up for less than a tenner at a toy fair!

:)
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Offline gamer Mac

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2020, 10:48:05 AM »
Very ambitious project :-* :-* :-*
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Offline Ballardian

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2020, 02:21:03 PM »
What  A great project, I look forward to seeing it develop :)
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Offline commanderkaiser

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2020, 02:41:02 PM »
Really nice, love the magnets really makes the models look more dynamic in game.
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Offline aphillathehun

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2020, 03:13:08 AM »
Now it seems Airfix has their box set for it up for pre-order:

https://www.airfix.com/us-en/shop/new-for-2020/airfix-blood-red-skies.html
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Offline aphillathehun

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2020, 01:09:24 PM »

Made me realize I haven't photographed my Hurricanes.  I have only 3 of them done so far.  I have 3 more in boxes I should finish.  These are from 303 Squadron:


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Offline Paratrooper 42

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2020, 01:38:54 PM »
Interesting project and quite a big game in 1/72nd I'd guess.
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Offline aphillathehun

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2020, 03:55:18 PM »

We only had a couple of games before the pandemic shut me down.  We were playing on an 8x6 and it seemed fine.

I'm not sure how it will work with bombers.  I need to get one of those done....
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Offline bluewillow

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Re: Battle of Britain in 1/72
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2020, 08:19:06 PM »
Quote from: aphillathehun on December 20, 2020, 03:55:18 PM
We only had a couple of games before the pandemic shut me down.  We were playing on an 8x6 and it seemed fine.

I'm not sure how it will work with bombers.  I need to get one of those done....

it looks great, I played in a participation game for BOB, they used bombers and fighters and we played on a parquet floor with TV aerials to adjust height it was fun.

cheers
Matt
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