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frustratedpilot) wrote2011-11-11 12:05 am
frustratedpilot) wrote2011-11-11 12:05 am
Another Doomsday, Another Roster
The addition to my Amazon Wishlist for today is a set of LITKO flight bases for Wings of Glory (nee Wings of War) miniature aircraft. And so I am trying to set a limit on which miniatures to acquire and how many. This is a real balancing act, as it's great to have a good diversity of subjects, in good numbers, but not so great to have too much of something either because it's a waste of effort and resources.
Back in March I did a likeable plan--a Doomsday Roster--to see what I could justify and what I couldn't. Wings of Glory uses 1/200 scale miniature pieces. There isn't exactly one-stop shopping for these; Ares (ex Nexus) sells some of these but there are still a great many that are possible choices in the game that aren't available from them yet. Other manufacturers have some, but not all. Still, I looked over Wishlists of years past and came up with the following plan:
TWELVE EACH of: P-51 Mustang (various versions), Yakovlev YAK-1/YAK-3/YAK-9, P-47 Thunderbolt (various versions), Lavochkin Lagg-3/La-5/La-7, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, F8F Bearcat, Spitfire IX (to use as Seafire).
EIGHT EACH of: P-40 Warhawk (various versions), P-36 Hawk 75, P-38 Lightning, Hawker Typhoon, Hawker Tempest, Boulton Paul Defiant, Spitfire (early version), Hawker Hurricane, A-20 Havoc, P-61 Black Widow, DeHavilland Mosquito, Brewster Buffalo, F4F Wildcat, Gloster Gladiator.
SIX EACH of: P-39 Airacobra, P-63 Kingcobra, Polikarpov I-15, Polikarpov I-16, Messerschmitt Bf110, Messerschmitt Me410, Junkers Ju87 Stuka, A6M Zerosen.
FOUR EACH of: Nakajima Ki-43, Fiat CR42, FockeWulf Fw190A, FockeWulf Fw190D, Dornier Do335, Junkers Ju88, Messerchmitt Bf109, Macchi MC202, Kawasaki Ki-61, Reggiane Re2000, Reggiane Re2001, Kawanishi N1K2-J.
Again, this is one of those "if I somehow come into a boatload of money to blow" pipe dreams. I probably won't even get a small fraction of these. But I've at least got a plan in my mind and on paper.
Back in March I did a likeable plan--a Doomsday Roster--to see what I could justify and what I couldn't. Wings of Glory uses 1/200 scale miniature pieces. There isn't exactly one-stop shopping for these; Ares (ex Nexus) sells some of these but there are still a great many that are possible choices in the game that aren't available from them yet. Other manufacturers have some, but not all. Still, I looked over Wishlists of years past and came up with the following plan:
TWELVE EACH of: P-51 Mustang (various versions), Yakovlev YAK-1/YAK-3/YAK-9, P-47 Thunderbolt (various versions), Lavochkin Lagg-3/La-5/La-7, F4U Corsair, F6F Hellcat, F8F Bearcat, Spitfire IX (to use as Seafire).
EIGHT EACH of: P-40 Warhawk (various versions), P-36 Hawk 75, P-38 Lightning, Hawker Typhoon, Hawker Tempest, Boulton Paul Defiant, Spitfire (early version), Hawker Hurricane, A-20 Havoc, P-61 Black Widow, DeHavilland Mosquito, Brewster Buffalo, F4F Wildcat, Gloster Gladiator.
SIX EACH of: P-39 Airacobra, P-63 Kingcobra, Polikarpov I-15, Polikarpov I-16, Messerschmitt Bf110, Messerschmitt Me410, Junkers Ju87 Stuka, A6M Zerosen.
FOUR EACH of: Nakajima Ki-43, Fiat CR42, FockeWulf Fw190A, FockeWulf Fw190D, Dornier Do335, Junkers Ju88, Messerchmitt Bf109, Macchi MC202, Kawasaki Ki-61, Reggiane Re2000, Reggiane Re2001, Kawanishi N1K2-J.
Again, this is one of those "if I somehow come into a boatload of money to blow" pipe dreams. I probably won't even get a small fraction of these. But I've at least got a plan in my mind and on paper.