We've hit Day 7 of the '10 Days of Shiny' and we've got a big one from Minibits today!

We are extremely pleased to announce that we are now stocking the full 1:285th Raiden Miniatures aircraft ranges, now owned by I-94 Enterprises in the States.  These extensive ranges cover both WWII and Post War with almost 180 aircraft available in this initial release.  Whilst obviously aimed at the 6mm gamers out there, these may also interest some of our 10mm players as well, giving some options for those Off-Table Support units in Blitzkrieg Commander and Cold War Commander.  15mm Flames of War uses 10mm aircraft so no reason why 10mm BKC can't use 6mm aircraft!

We don't currently stock any flight stands for these but we'll be sourcing some asap and adding them to the site.  I-94 were also waiting on a restock of some codes so we'll be adding those as well over the coming months.

We won't list out the full 178 products, but here's a quick overview of what's available:

WWII - http://www.minibits.net/raiden-aircraft/wwii/
- American
- Dutch
- British
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Russian

Post War - http://www.minibits.net/raiden-aircraft/post-war/
- American
- British
- Canadian
- French
- Russian
- Swedish


And some pics:


























Day 8 will see a few scenery items for Pendraken, to complement a recent range release...

Wendy planes

Some of those are very tempting, will have to compare the costs of getting them from the US vs UK 

Quote from: paulr on 07 June 2020, 04:37:58 AM

Some of those are very tempting, will have to compare the costs of getting them from the US vs UK  :-

Those Raiden Spitfires etc are VERY shiny......but I can hear Mrs Shy's voice saying "move along, these are not the miniatures you are after..." 

Quote from: Leon on 07 June 2020, 02:46:26 AM

Day 8 will see a few scenery items for Pendraken, to complement a recent range release...

i'm trying to stay standing up at  the moment....

I'm hardly a 'connasewer' of planes....But I remember having a 'Lightning' (Corgi or Dinky ?) in my childhood.

Was the MiG-19 a 'rip-off' of that particular design ?

Cheers - Phil

 

 

 

Quote from: Techno on 07 June 2020, 07:04:41 AM
Was the MiG-19 a 'rip-off' of that particular design ? :-

I think there was just a lot of similar designs at that period - Thunderbird 1.

Quote from: Leon on 07 June 2020, 02:46:26 AM
Day 8 will see a few scenery items for Pendraken, to complement a recent range release...

Those are a great addition and will be very useful I'm sure .

Nice to see you selling a proper scale ! 

Wahoo!

Got to get an order together.

To whom it may concern...

You've got RAI-GBR018 Westland Whirlwing incorrectly labelled.  It should of course be Westland Whirlwind.

Great line.
Well spotted Slugbalancer! 

Isnt the Whilwing the helicopter version ! 

Quote from: paulr on 07 June 2020, 04:37:58 AM
Some of those are very tempting, will have to compare the costs of getting them from the US vs UK  :-

It's a tricky one with the exchange rates fluctuating so much these days, but I think the US would be slightly cheaper for you at the moment, even with the VAT removed from our prices.  

I'm going to keep an eye on the rates and adjust the pricing on these as we go.  I've had to pitch them at almost like-for-like initially, it was around $1.20 to the £1 when I bought them, but with the shipping and import fees added on, it cancels out the currency adjustment.

Quote from: slugbalancer on 07 June 2020, 10:48:08 AM
You've got RAI-GBR018 Westland Whirlwing incorrectly labelled.  It should of course be Westland Whirlwind.

Bah, I knew there'd be one in there somewhere!  I'll get that fixed straightaway.

Quote from: Leon on 07 June 2020, 03:55:55 PM
Bah, I knew there'd be one in there somewhere!  I'll get that fixed straightaway.

While you're at it there's a Mosquite instead of a Mosquito. 

There are some strange entries in this list. The Martin MB5 (which never got into production) or the Boeing P26 and some real oddities in the German WWII section.

I may have to look a some ground attack aircraft for my completed 1944 NW Europe - Typhoons and maybe a P47 or two. Stukas for the Germans in 1940, and then of course I'd have to get Blenheims ... or ... and Battles ... the Hawk could be used for the French, and I've always had a soft spot for the SM79.


Then you could do the Korean War, Viet Nam War and early Arab-Israeli Wars with the post war selection.



I'll put another tab on my spreadsheet.

Quote from: fsn on 07 June 2020, 04:22:45 PM
While you're at it there's a Mosquite instead of a Mosquito. 

Fixed!

Quote from: fsn on 07 June 2020, 04:43:03 PM
Then you could do the Korean War, Viet Nam War and early Arab-Israeli Wars with the post war selection.

I'm hoping that folks can find a lot of it useful.  The costs of designing and producing aircraft is huge and I don't think it's something we'd be considering for 10mm/1:150th any time soon, so it's good to have an option (albeit 6mm) for folks to consider.  If there's a demand for it, we can pop them on the Pendraken site as well.

As for stands, I still advocate florists wire.

Cheap and effective.

I have obtained 6mm aircraft for my 10mm WW2 but yet to get around to painting them. Virtually every type is available from somewhere and for something that only gets used occasionally they are more cost effective.

Yes, me too. I got a big order a couple of years ago (for a birthday or Christmas's pressie) I've got a fair few painted. As they are small I took the opportunity to make some fairly tall flight stands - about 6" tall, so that the planes are a good distance about the figures.