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!
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...
ReplyDeleteYes they do and they pay crazy prices for them as well!
DeleteI think it will be far better made and flying over 28mm Manchuria that collecting dust. :)
DeleteI'm going to need a pretty hefty flight stand!
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