Sunday 5 August 2018

On The Workbench: Fleet Air Arm and Arados

Interspersed with playing a naval battle for 'Operation Nostalgia' I have continued painting up aircraft for that campaign. All are 1/600 from Tumbling Dice.

A full squadron of Swordfish have been completed. 4 are destined for HMS Biter and 8 for HMS Avenger, both are escort carriers.

6 Sea Hurricanes complete, 4 of which will be on the deck of HMS Biter.
And finally 3 Arado Ar 196 Floatplanes. These will be the eyes of the Axis forces in 'Operation Nostalgia'.

Until the next battle is identified in the campaign I intend to continue to make inroads into painting up the aircraft involved. Next up is a squadron of B-25 Mitchells and then the Italian Macchi 200 Saetta fighter.
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5 comments:

  1. Archduke Piccolo6 August 2018 at 02:01

    Wow, these look good. One feels that a sizeable air attck against an invasion fleet would look spectacular.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale6 August 2018 at 20:12

      Thanks Archduke Piccolo. Fingers crossed I hope it will look good.

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  2. Mike Vella7 August 2018 at 09:41

    Nice work Jon. You just have to love those Arados. Curious to see how aircraft will be treated in your rules.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale7 August 2018 at 17:43

      Thanks Mike. For straight air to air combat I intend using Bag the Hun by Toofatlardies. For Air v Sea I will use GQ3 with some minor adjustments. e.g. GQ3 aircraft are flights rather than individual aircraft. Air v Ground units I have not fully decided on yet.

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  3. Gonsalvo7 August 2018 at 12:19

    More nice additions, Jon.

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