"Aerial wargaming - 1970s rules with Wings of Glory models" Topic

Back in 1971 I was introduced to club wargaming with Airfix and Revell plastic models on Meccano strips. When Wings of War, later called Wings of Glory, came out I started buying the models and I have now replaced the Meccano with "Lego style" bricks. It seems to play well.

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Barry

Nice to see you're playing (again) 50 years later!

I wonder if the Meccano could have been replaced with clear acrylic strips with drilled holes? That might be more unobtrusive than clear lego style bricks.

@Shardik:
Thank you for your input.
I did briefly experiment with the old Meccano approach but the mounting pin under the model is in a different position on each so a "one-size fits all" adaptor was not possible. Trust me, I tried!
Your acrylic idea is good but there is still the problem of players leaning into a forest of poles in a busy dogfight and NOT knocking over someone's model.
The plastic pegs supplied with the models allows the planes to sit on top which is easier all round. Thus I went to the square 2x2 pip bricks. The only reason I used the nasty blue Wilko bricks is because they were dirt cheap and I could sort through the store's display box and choose the types and colours I wanted.
Proof of concept is looking good (see the video for the game we had at the holiday camp) so if interest keeps up I will almost certainly buy the Lego clear and red clear bricks. They will look better.
The good news is that the Lego bricks have dropped from 22p each to 18p so 100 of those plus postage will not burn a hole in my pocket.
Barry