Plan in action… I ordered roughly $60 worth of units from HBG to bolster all five nations (plus neutrals) of my combined 1941/1942 SE sculpts. Tried to get non-standard sculpts where possible, like US Nevada-class BBs, F4F Wildcats, Pershing tanks, Japanese Fuso and Nagato BBs, etc, etc. Was bummed they were out of stock on UK Valentines and Churchill tanks… major bummer. Just had to get more Matildas.
Another customization I did for my 1941/1942SE sets… I used Boxcar’s AA50 Battle Board PDF file (which works surprisingly well for 1941&1942 as well), then I went down to the Fed-Ex copy and printing shop in town and had it made on “Outdoor Banner Vinyl”… I scaled this version down a tad to 9.5"x9.5" so it would fit into my 1941 box. Anyways, had it put on Vinyl, then took it to a frame shop and had them mount a board to the back, and the final result is below… this works well with both 1941 and 1942SE.
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I am also apparently going blind… either that, or P-40s just don’t deserve defending at “4 or less”. The picture was staged for demonstration purposes only, so no sculpts were actually harmed in the filming.
Looks good Wolf. Outdoor banner vinyl sounds like it might be the same material I used for my maps. I did not mount these on boards, so they roll up for storage.
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Looks good Wolf. Outdoor banner vinyl sounds like it might be the same material I used for my maps. I did not mount these on boards, so they roll up for storage.
Well, if it was huge and “needed” rolling up for storage, that’s another story. This battle board is an homage to the original A&A Classic battle board, which, conveniently fit inside the box. Oddly enough, I made damn-sure that this would also conveniently fit inside even the smallish 1941 box. I don’t need to roll up anything that comfortably fits inside the box as-is… so a hard backed battle board that fits inside the box is fine by me! I have never liked, and can’t stand the oh-so-stupid “combat strip” thing they use in the current games… it’s terrible. So glad I was able to get a proper battle board made up.
Of course Wolf, but thought it might be relevant given my thinking that you have mentioned having a larger 1941 map printed.
Btw - with one map I had various “aids” included in a side panel. Again - just in case the idea proves relevant at some point.
Well the Easter Bunny paid a visit to my house and delivered 1942SE today… I was surprised the box was the same size as the 1941 box, so i’m glad I didn’t make the battle board any bigger, as it just fits inside either box.
I also got ripped off… brand new unopened 1942SE, and as I cut open the German unit bag… NO BATTLESHIPS!!! What a rip… I then went to order a few more from HBG, and I had them in my cart, and then it suddenly said “no-longer in stock”… someone bought the last few while I was unit shopping at HBG… oh well… as it turned out, I called Wizards of the Coast, and they are sending me 4-more Bismarcks… I still couldn’t help spending more $$ at HBG on units… I think I got everything I want(ed) to round-out my sets.
I just realized I ordered US carrier aircraft that don’t exist from HBG’s website…
WTF is a “F4F Hellcat” anyways? :-o
(So did HBG mean to say “F4F Wildcat” or “F6F Hellcat”? What model is it?)
If you look at the planes on the US carrier on my startup pics you can see the light blue planes known as the F4F wildcat. The Hellcat was a faster carrier based plane that was later replaced with the F4U Corsair.
cyanight, I guess my humor is too dry… sorry about that… I know the difference between an F4F Wildcat and an F6F Hellcat… what I’m saying is… On HBG’s website, they have ONE plane, and it’s called the “F4F Hellcat”. I was inferring there’s no such thing as an “F4F Hellcat”… It’s either an F4F Wildcat, or an F6F Hellcat… but HBG has the plane on it’s website named incorrectly (either the #designation, or the nickname).
On HBG’s website, they have ONE plane, and it’s called the “F4F Hellcat”. I was inferring there’s no such thing as an “F4F Hellcat”… It’s either an F4F Wildcat, or an F6F Hellcat… but HBG has the plane on it’s website named incorrectly (either the #designation, or the nickname).
My favorite American airplane nomenclature from that era is the nickname which pilots gave to the greatly-disliked Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: “Son of a B––, 2nd Class”.
