Greg Padilla's Models

The following pictures are of Greg Padilla's models. For more information, Greg can be contacted via E-mail at: grgpad@hotmail.com. His comments are below:

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Notes: All planes are used for Wargamming. I used the Blue Max Fourth Edition. Compared notes and ideas with Ray Trochim. I use a "Battle Masters" playing mat for the games surface. I also use 1' rods w/ hex bases to use for elevation during the game. I use a hot glue gun that mounts the clamps & wire to the plane so they can be used w/the elevation rods. Pics of the planes in flight and "Crashed planes" will soon follow.

Here are some Allied planes. The first one is a Bristol F2B Night Fighter, from the "Black Cats" sqaudron. This goes with my Se5a Night Fighter on the previous page. Note the toned down roundals & tail markings plus the noise reduction pieces on the mufflers. Next is a slew of early Nieuports from different countries to include a Belgian Nieuport 12 (2-seater) a resin kit; Some Russian "Skull" Tails and the standard French plane with Charles Nungessor's infamous marking, The black heart. A pair of Morane Saulnier's. The Brisish Saulnier is from an old Revell kit, the other is off the market Russian Kit. Next we have some Spad's. The Spad VII is an old Airfix kit with the "Storks" markings. The other two are Spad XIII's, one with French and the other with American Markings. The French Marking from an book, "The Illustrated History of the Air Forces of World I and World War II" copyrighted in 1979. Kits are from Revell and Academy respectively.

OK, I gave you enough of the Allies, now some more Germans. First we have a Pegasus kit, an L.V.G. C.VII, not too bad assembling, and paints up real nice. Here are planes from Jasta 35 and Jasta 6. These markings are from Superscale Decals for Fokker D.VII's and from various Windsock Datafiles. Next is a pair of Fokker E.V's. The yellow/black checkerboard is an Eduard's Sea Eagle. A pair of Fokker D. VII's that belong to Hipple and Gabriel, and Albatros D.V's belongoing to Veltjen and Richthofen. A closer look at the red Albatros...Richthofen's own. Next is a pair of Siemens Schukert D.III "Udet's", and D.V, both are kits from Toko. And last but not least a Pfalz DIII vacuform Kit.

Here is some Vacumn Form Planes that I assemble:

FE2b is from Formaplane 1/72 scale. I scratch built the rear air frame w/solder and wire.
Albatros C.III is from Sierra Scale Models 1/72 scale.
Halberstadt CL.IV is from Joystick Models 1/72 scale. The lozenge on all my German aircraft is hand painted (for cost effectiveness).
Ansaldo SVA5 is from Airframe in 1/72 scale. The interior strutts are scratched built w/wire and solder.
Gotha G.IV is from rareplane 1/72 scale.

Fokker D.VII is from Renwal 1/72 scale (and oldy but a goody).
Rumpler C.IV is 1/72 scale and ir kit-bashed from several kits; body is from a Anatra Anasal DS (Emhar), nose is from a LFG Roland C.II (Airfix)and the radiator is from a Bristol F.2b (Airfix), and the wings and tail are scratch built.
Friedrichshafen G.III is 1/72 scale a kit bashed from a Martin MB-2 Bomber (Glencoe Models) and the tail section was sratch built. Both Albatroses are kitbashed from the Albatrose D.Va (Airfix) 1/72 scale for the body, tail and landing gear. The wings and struts were scratch builts.

DH2 is from an old Revelle kit 1/72 scale. I had to build it.
Sopwith Camel and SPAD VII (both Airfix) w/ Blue Rider decals.
My Ernest Udet Collection all 1/72 scale. As mentioned before, I paint my own lozenge.
Hannover is from Airfix 1/72 scale w/markings from the back cover of an Over the Front Volumn 12 Number 4 Winter 1997.