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Offline Belisarius

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Dawn Patrol
« on: November 28, 2015, 09:18:46 PM »
It's been said that a WW1 flier had a life expectancy of 10 days, well I disproved this today at the club, 10 Minutes more like ,strewh , stone the crows.....

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2015, 09:55:20 PM »
Nice, reminds me I haven't done any WWI air wargaming this year. Are they 1/72 kits?

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2015, 03:35:15 AM »
Yes, all plastic 1/72 kits, oddly enough the Germans won this encounter...

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2015, 10:32:47 AM »
Some more pics from the game , chaps.

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2015, 12:27:38 PM »
Just waiting for the new Airfix Be2c

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2015, 02:38:42 PM »
Had my 1st look at your blog, loved it.

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2015, 08:03:11 AM »
Keep posting - these are lovely.

One of the cheapest wargaming things we can do at this scale; many 1/72 WWI aircraft are AU$5-AU$15 here (Sopwith Camel, Fokker Dr.I, etc). And it's what got me into wargaming as a teenager, had a whole ceiling of hanging aircraft models - many 1/72 WWI models.

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2015, 09:44:17 AM »
Ah, the happy carefree days of youth.......

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2015, 05:18:09 PM »
Lovely planes - what rules did you use?

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2015, 02:04:58 PM »
Thanks, Lindegaard , an old set of rules "Canvas Eagles ".

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2015, 11:35:33 AM »
Hi,

Canvas Eagles they are the 'updated' Blue Max board games rules from memory, good set to use!

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2015, 01:26:32 AM »
I have an original, unpunched copy of Fight in the Skies that I would like to do this with. Played it many years as Dawn Patrol, and then found my copy of Fits locally. Yay!
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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2015, 06:21:20 AM »
I really like the FE2b and DH2. Who makes those kits?

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Re: Dawn Patrol
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2015, 04:32:58 PM »
I really like the FE2b and DH2. Who makes those kits?
I believe these are Airfix and Revel plastic kits , built and owned by David Brown , a long time member of the club. I thought they deserved a wider audience , I particularly like the bracing wires on some of the planes , lovely little models.

 

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