Sunday, 12 July 2020

Chinese Warlord Plastic Air Power




I had a rummage in the kit pile in the loft and located this vintage Aurora 1/48th scale kit of a Breguet XIV to use as air support for the Chinese Warlord army of the penurious Warlord Bao Tsin Shek. I had put this aside for exactly this purpose ages ago and even found a couple of Copplestone pilots that I'd left in the box, so I can fit a crew into the cockpit and rear gunner seats. It's a very sturdy bit of plastic and should stand up to some rough handling on the table top, once I've put it together. I might even add a second optional aircraft, a SPAD XIII fighter rather than a light bomber, using another 1/48th scale kit that I have stashed away in the loft. I suspect the vintage model collectors will be having conniptions about me actually making a 'classic' plastic kit but it's no use sitting in a dusty box!

4 comments:

  1. Do people really collect kits with no intention to build them? Crazy! I look forward to seeing this army take shape, although I have never played the game...

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    1. Yes they do and they pay crazy prices for them as well!

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    2. I think it will be far better made and flying over 28mm Manchuria that collecting dust. :)

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    3. I'm going to need a pretty hefty flight stand!

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