| Anton Ryzbak | 18 Aug 2021 5:53 a.m. PST |
Last of the aircraft models that I am clearing off the workbench is this very nice Hasegawa kit of the KI-51. Lots more pictures here link link |
Frederick  | 18 Aug 2021 8:29 a.m. PST |
Very nice! Thanks for sharing |
| 79thPA | 18 Aug 2021 9:28 a.m. PST |
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 Zeelow | 18 Aug 2021 9:52 a.m. PST |
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| Disco Joe | 18 Aug 2021 6:48 p.m. PST |
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 Yellow Admiral | 18 Aug 2021 9:23 p.m. PST |
I think you made up at least half of these planes you've built. There couldn't have been that many! Seriously, sometimes you build a kit for a plane I had completely forgotten about, or didn't even know existed. Then I have to go research it, and I wind up down the Internet rabbit hole for an hour or two. Sometimes, I end up with a new plane on my shopping list. I'm not planning to play the CBI theater anytime soon, so I don't think I need 12x Ki-51s just yet… - Ix |
| Anton Ryzbak | 19 Aug 2021 9:26 p.m. PST |
Yellow Admiral, I haven't gotten started on the Russian oddities. I just ordered the ICM Model of the Polikarpov I-17, which is the well-known I-16 Rata with an inline V-12 engine installed in place of that big blunt radial! Fun Times |
| Lucius | 21 Aug 2021 7:19 a.m. PST |
Great build, great color scheme. Hasegawa kits are always a treat. |
| Maha Bandula | 22 Aug 2021 4:43 a.m. PST |
What rules will you be using these with? |
| Anton Ryzbak | 22 Aug 2021 8:08 a.m. PST |
Maha Bandula,
I was thinking Check Your Six, but it is aimed more toward mid/late WW2 stuff and treats early/pre-war stuff rather blandly. So I rethought my approach and I'm now working on a blend between Wings of War (cards with the maneuvers on them) and CY6 (a more realistic system that addresses altitude). I have already figured out how to do hex-based movement without a hex-grid link and built my adjustable-height stands link I just need to hammer out some specifics on aerobatics and I should be on my way. As soon as I get things worked out I will post them rules to my blog for everyone to use. |
| Anton Ryzbak | 22 Aug 2021 8:12 a.m. PST |
Lucius, I am always happy to find a Hasegawa kit that fills a gap in my "build-list", despite their age they are excellent models. I very much like the all-over gray and the dark green over pale gray color schemes of the Japanese forces, but my favorite is the US "Yellow Wings" era. |
| Maha Bandula | 23 Aug 2021 10:07 a.m. PST |
That is very rare. I don't think I have seen plane-on-plane games in 1/72 before. |
| SGusky | 26 Oct 2021 8:56 p.m. PST |
Oh yes there is such a game, my friend.. yes there is!…
It's the one true game I could play forever
Take a look at my channel here for a bit of an introduction and a few of my models .. also, I will be building three of those Ki-51s for our Malaysian campaign soon
Enjoy youtu.be/888Sy-Vu09A |
 deadhead | 27 Oct 2021 9:02 a.m. PST |
It struck me that one day we would see, from you, a Spitfire with spats on the undercart. Then I remembered the original Supermarine Spitfire 224 and, sure enough……….. |
| Anton Ryzbak | 29 Oct 2021 8:03 a.m. PST |
SGusky, A couple of good sources for old kits are Rare Plane Detective rare-planedetective.com and Mustang Hobbies mustang-hobbies.com Fast service, reasonable prices and a wide selection. There is a draft version of my rules up in my blog now. Still lots of work to go but I like how they are working link |
paints up some WWII Soviet aircraft.
