Spanish Civil War aircraft

[republic of tolworth]

ooo I can see that in Caccara too. Nice find.

[Sunray]

Well spotted - they make a cheap source of spares like wheels, props and undercarriages for 1/144 resin in the Schmenk range.

Many thanks

Sunray

[Hurrah]

If hannants are right,  Looks like the partner peice will be the soviet L!-2

http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ZVE6140

Which is a DC-3 copy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisunov_Li-2

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi

If anybody gets one of these JU52s, a happy snap next to some Pendraken figures would be handy so I can see the comparative size of the plane and bits and pieces would be wonderful.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

[Sunray]

Vic

Two arrived this morning.  They are VERY true 1/200 - on the small side for 10mm gaming.  I am going to try a conversion to Caproni 101 with a scratch built wing and new tail.  I can send you a pic if you still need one.

Sunray

[Hurrah]

Thanks for the update, so as expected. I look forward to seeing the results of the conversion.

I personaly have no problem with using something in the 'next scale down' for super large items like that as a gaming peice (especialy if it can be used for flyby strafing runs, bombing or parratroop or supply drops, an on the ground objective/target or pure air games).

[freddy326]

I picked up 3 of the Zvezda JU52's while on hols in Russia. I'm not too sure why as I don't play anything that would use them!!

[Sunray]

I have almost finished the conversion of Zvezda 1/200 JU -52 into a 1/150 scale single engine mono-plane of generic 1930s apperance.

The hassle has been the plastic- Zvezda cast in a soft plastic a bit like Airfix used to use for 1/76 figures !  It is hard work to file, cut or glue, so conversion is limited.

Photos will follow - along with Lewis gunners in SD caps !

Sunray out

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi All

I've been thinking about the Shapeways 3d printing process and I may have a go at this and see how it comes out. The main problem will be working on the 3d model to make sure that the details have been 'coarsened' enough to be a valid printing target. I've come across some 3d models of the period and I will start looking at them to see what can be done.

A few contenders below.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan



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[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi

Can only attach 2 pics. Rapide below. Also have 3d models for various other planes - HS123, Boeing F2B, Sparrowhawk, Goshawk, I16, I-153, Potez 25, Fairey Fox and quite a few others.

Let me know what you think

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

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[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Good luck with the 3d, will await with interest.

IanS

[Sunray]

These look really neat Vic.  But I then know you are handy with a digital camera.  How do they look alongside 10mm ?

Sunray out

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi Sunray

These look really neat Vic.  But I then know you are handy with a digital camera.  How do they look alongside 10mm ?

Sunray out

These are still 3d ephemera at the moment, only pixels and coordinates, once they are ready to print I'll be specifying a size. The Dewoitine D510 has a wingspan of 39' 8" (12.0904 meters) so the model would have a wingspan of 8.396 cm in 1/144 or 8.06 in 1/150. I feel a bit tired after all that calculation, I may have to sit down for a while....oh, I am sitting down 

Cheers

Vic/GrumpyOldMan

[Leon]

Looking good so far, I'll be watching with interest as you progress with these.   

[Hurrah]

Looking good.

Nice to see inter-war aircraft finally getting the love they deserve

Possibly the inter-war aircraft most common would be the Hawker Demon/Audax family. In this scale, very little if any visual difference between the two (most of it was engine, internal structural and 2 machine-guns forward on the demon, one on the Audax). 
Plenty of service in other nations as well as paroling the British Empire and action in early WW2 in Italian East Africa and Iraq. With about 700 Audax and the same again for all the other variants put together being built. Its got to be a go-er.

[Steve J]

I found this site which is a great source for all aircraft that were used during the SCW. Also relevant for those AVBCW players.

http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/drnash/model/spain/index.html