[WWI] Wings of War aircraft

[Tom Mason]

Bill,

There are the 1/144 resin SRAM kits of WWI airplanes. They have a Caproni 
bomber and a Zepplin Staaken. They have quite a few planes.

T.O.M.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Michaels" <bill_michaels at verizon.net>
To: <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: [WWI] Wings of War aircraft


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> A few  people responded to my original post-- I'll respond to them all at 
> once, to keep the thread focused:
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> From Rob:    How about card models?  They generally come in 1/50 or 1/33 
> scale, and  there are quite a few to choose from.
> The idea is, I scan them into my computer and reduce the size to what I 
> want.  Then you print them out on cardstock or poster paper and glue them 
> together.
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> From Carlos:   Take a look here: http://tinyurl.com/6ccfv4.   These are 
> 1/144 I belive. Meant for the Wings of War card game, they are very nice 
> and ready to go.
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> From Ted:   There are some built prepainted from F-Toys of Japan...
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> My comments:
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> First, thanks to all for the responses.   Most of the people I've 
> encountered playing the game are gamers first, and not really WW1 modelers 
> like most of us here.   I figure that, as a modeler first, I should be 
> able to come up with some planes that will be the  envy of my gaming 
> compatriots...<g> ... and I figured I can't be the only list member who 
> enjoys this game.
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> The paper model idea sounds very  interesting--  Have you already tired 
> this, or is this just an idea?   The reason I ask is because I wonder if 
> the thickness of the paper become a factor-- when you scale down the 
> original paper model, won't you need to go to thinner paper as well to 
> keep everything lined up?  I wonder how sturdy the resulting model would 
> be, too....
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> Carlos-- the link you send was for the official Wings of War miniatures--  
> the ones used with the game.  Those are the ones that WoW players already 
> have--   I'm looking for ways to expand the list of available aircraft. 
> (In case anyone is interested-- the link Carlos provided is for Boulder 
> games, where I ahve purchased all my WoW stff so far-- they have excellent 
> service and the best prices I've seen  for the games and components. )
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> Ted:  I agree-- the F-toys are pretty nice.   I recently ordered a set 
> from a guy on ebay-- they are very suitable for use with the game.  The 
> problem with them is that the F-toys only have two new WW1 subjects-- a 
> Spad7 and an Albatros D.III.
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> For those not familiar with the game,  some background:  Wings of War 
> started as a simple card-based game, with fairly simple game mechanics. It 
> is a game, not a flight simulation, so soem things are abstracted away in 
> the interests of playability and reducing complexity.   Still, it has a 
> historical feel, and is easy to learn and play.   The game was popular, 
> and spawned two expansions, adn some booster packs, with a variety of 
> additional plane types in each release.   About a year or more ago, they 
> introduced a line of 1/144 scale miniatures to use when playing the game--  
> it is much more visually appealing and fun to move the little planes 
> around the table, than a card with the plane's picture.   The following 
> planes are currently available:
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> Series 1:   Fokker Dr.1, Sopwith Camel, Spad 13, Albatros D.V
> Series 2:  DH-4, Roland C-II, Sopwith Snipe, Foker D-VII.
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