I have a new Bag The Hun project to follow on from my very enjoyable foray into the Khalkhin Gol incident, this time a similarly obscure but very interesting excursion to Indochina. This time, I'm planning to write a series of scenarios for the Franco Thai War in 1941, which has some really interesting aircraft and a number of potential dogfights that would be excellent as the basis for games. I'm only just starting on the background reading and research for this but have already located a number of very good sources online, including these:
The Franco-Thai War - Pacific Eagles
It's looking like a project with a lot of potential, with most if not all of the aircraft available in 1/600th scale from Tumbling Dice, although there's only limited options in 1/300th scale from Collectair, Heroics and Ros and Raiden Miniatures. The scenarios would also only involve a relatively small number of aircraft, so more than manageable for solo play. Excellent!
Do it in 1:600, but... putting the spatted undercarriage on those Hawks is hell :)
ReplyDeleteYep, I think that's the best option by far. Have to do a proxy for the Ki-30 but I'm sure that's do-able.
ReplyDeleteKi51 Sonya? or use a Kate and add undercarriage
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of using a modified Kate, as you suggested, as I have a few spare from another project and the Ki-51 doesn't look right.
ReplyDeleteLoving your projects Jim, all sorts of goofy interwar aircraft in this one.
ReplyDeleteI have a thing for goofy planes...and obscure wars.
ReplyDeleteThinking of using the Fokker DXXI as a proxy for the Curtiss Hawk?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing this progress! FYI, the best English-language book on the subject remains Aerial Nationalism, though if you read French there's L'Aviation Francaise en Indochine that's simply unbeatable.
ReplyDeleteThank you...I'll check those out!
DeleteYes Fokker XXI would work in 1:600
ReplyDeleteI have compared them together and they're virtually indistinguishable...save a lot of hassle adding wheels!
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