Tuesday 26 May 2020

Breaking News ... fresh from the printing press...

... even if its from the 3D printing press. Shapeways marvelous WW1 Sopwith Camel and Nieuport 16 synchronised arrived and I could not resist to paint them. In "Guns of August", just the allies, the French and the British have 1 respective air unit. The Germans apart from one "Bloody April" and some weeks around the start of the Verdun offensive, didn‘t have much aerial weight to justify one unit in the game as well ... the air units will appear in 1918 to deliver combat boni...






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  1. Wee little planes are cool. Would look really nice for an air game rule set for an airfield attack scenario.

    Cheers
    Kevin

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    1. Thank you Kevin! Thought about that as well, but then I would want the planes a bit bigger (for WW1) as biplanes are nice ... but then maybe Midway ...

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  2. Lovely planes, cracking job Michael!

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    1. Thank you very much, Phil! The black herron (I forgot which French ace that was in the meantime) was a bit difficult to paint .... :)

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