Saturday, 24 March 2012

A question of scale

This is one of the photos I took for the new edition of Air War Games, which I thought I'd share with you. I wanted to easily demonstrate the differences between some popular scales and hit upon this. The Bf 110 is the only aircraft I have in so many scales!
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15 comments:

  1. Peter Douglas24 March 2012 at 14:59

    Tim

    You can use all of these in the same naval game - use the smallest models for planes at high altitude and the largest ones for planes on the deck!

    PD

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  2. Al24 March 2012 at 19:55

    Some good posts lately Tim. Scale is usually only a problem for me when things appear side-by-side, but if it's near enough I don't worry too much.

    ps, thanks for the presents, progress post asap:)

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  3. Paul24 March 2012 at 20:22

    A lovely shot as seen by thy Hurricane fighter coming in from the sun. Tally Ho Ginger!

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  4. Tim Gow24 March 2012 at 22:39

    Pete Douglas
    Or vice versa?

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  5. Tim Gow24 March 2012 at 22:41

    Al
    I adopt a very laid-back attitude to scale, but I'd draw the line at the four toys in the photo appearing in a single game! Probably.

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  6. Tim Gow24 March 2012 at 22:42

    Paul
    I think a single Hurri might have its work cut out against four Zestorers. The Heavy Fighter - its the future....

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  7. Don M24 March 2012 at 23:28

    I've always liked the "Zestorers"
    too but this is one case where the technology was not up to the concept!

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  8. Don M24 March 2012 at 23:31

    not to worry Paul , Tim is over looking Gingers pals in the flight
    of four Spits coming up underneath lol

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  9. Pete.25 March 2012 at 04:01

    Nice comparison shot- no 1/600th though?

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  10. Tim Gow25 March 2012 at 09:37

    Don M
    Too true - much safer to admire it than fly it!

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  11. Tim Gow25 March 2012 at 09:37

    Pete
    There's no pleasing some people......

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  12. Pete.25 March 2012 at 20:51

    I only ask as my air war stuff is all 1/600th... hate to think they'd be overlooked.

    Looking forward to the book though.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  13. Tim Gow25 March 2012 at 21:05

    Pete
    Is it the Tumbling Dice models you have? I have a few (but no Bf110....). They're highly suitable for my Sturmstaffel game which appears in the AWG book.

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  14. Pete.26 March 2012 at 00:53

    Yes it's the Tumbling Dice 'planes I've got. Great little models- cheap and do the job nicely. I've got them for Korea and starting to move into WW2 and Vietnam, whilst my mate has got loads for the med. Check my other blog for pics of his convoy game with them in.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  15. Tim Gow26 March 2012 at 10:31

    Pete
    Nice photos - looks like a good game.

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