Over the last couple of weeks I have completed 8 X F-86 Sabres, 3 X B-29's, and 8 X Mig-15's for the Air War over Korea.
Once you get past all the propaganda and politics of this war you'll find a fascinating close run campaign in the air. Both sides over estimated aircraft shot down, and the matching of post war claims to the opposing sides stated reason for losses leaves a lot up to conjecture.
Being the first Jet vs Jet campaign I think it's a great thing to dip your toes into before moving on to more modern Jet combat with missiles and all.
By happenstance I fell upon the rule set called Fly, Fight, Win: Honcho. It's an easy to play fast paced game that multiple people can play. A great convention game. The ruleset is free and you can get them from Wargames Vault. They have a WWII set called Wingman, and a modern set called Danger Zone. All are based on the same rules. Here is a link Wargames Vault
If you end up getting the rules and have questions, then I would recommend the Face Book group named, Fly Fight Win.
Miniatures are from I-94 enterprises Raiden range, the B-29's are from Flight Deck Decals. I did find that the Flight Deck Decals 3D prints for the fighters (while wonderfully detailed) are way to fragile for gaming purposes. Nobody wants to spend hours painting, placing decals, and then only to have it break.
Decals are mostly from I-94 specialty range, while the bort numbers and Korean decals are from flight deck.
Super paint work on those! Well done 👍
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DeleteHere l am struggling with 28mm minis and you are painting stuff that could land on a business card!
ReplyDeleteLovely work!
I see what you did there (land on a business card) your too funny. Thanks Anton.
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Kevin
Lovely jets and B29s, my uncle ended up in the USAF in Korea, so interesting post!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Thats cool, hopefully your Uncle didn't have to rough of time of it.
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Kevin
So, how small are these?? They look great and I'm thinkin this would be a good period for Air war games.
ReplyDeleteHowdy Skip, they are 1:300 scale so the Sabres are roughly the size of a 50 cent piece.
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Kevin
Very nice. The detail is amazing with all of those tiny decals.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, hopefully you'll get a chance to pilot a few around the table soon.
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Kevin
How did you get on with the rules? I quite like them but need to play more games to be fully up to speed
ReplyDeleteHowdy Jim, I’ve only read them so far. Waiting for new mat to arrive and then I’ll play test games before I run it at our club. Also need to make up some play aids. I like how the author has made speed and altitude dials, I think these will make it more smooth for players when that change phase comes up.
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Kevin