Posts made by Andy6049

Does anyone have any experience with PicoArmor’s 1/600 aircraft?  Quality?  Feel of the scale on the board (big/small)?

Ok.  I too plan on using a mix of Dom’s and I-94.  My main concern is the 1/600 looking too small for the wings, but your Spits look right on.

Those custom carriers will be cool.  How different will the Kaga and Ryujo look from HBG’s sculpts?

True, it is applicable to A&A, but I would like to hear specifically from Global Players first.  HBG actually has rule sets for all of their supplemental/expansion piece sets.  Most of them are simply waiting on graphics to be completed.  What does that mean for the TD?  If the community as a whole feels strongly about this unit (or others) it is not too late to possibly change the official stats.  Just an idea.

It would be awesome if HBG combined the piece rule sets into the reference sheets.  You mentioned railway expansion.  Are you talking about Fighting Railways or the gauge changes?

I didn’t mean to end the conversation.  I too would like to hear from the community on what they think about the Tank Destroyer unit.  I any of ya’ll agree that the TD is too much power for the cost and scale - what would ya’ll do different?

Possibilities:
Lower attack and/or defense
Raise Target Selection to 75%-100% of attack/defense value (if the A/D is lowered)
Change target selection to be against tanks only…

Thoughts?  If there is a lot of agreement in the matter with logical reasoning behind it, it is possible to change the official stats.  But only if the idea is a community wide thing.

Erocco:  Have you thought about posting this topic and its questions on the Global War website?  There are fans there who are not necessarily part of this forum that might also agree with this.

You said that the decals are for the Battle of Britain Spits?  Are you referring to these:

http://domsdecals.com/epages/81fc44d0-907b-42a4-9f72-8d3238c7e6b2.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/81fc44d0-907b-42a4-9f72-8d3238c7e6b2/Products/600-GB-02

Or did you use these?

http://domsdecals.com/epages/81fc44d0-907b-42a4-9f72-8d3238c7e6b2.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/81fc44d0-907b-42a4-9f72-8d3238c7e6b2/Products/600-GB-06

The reason I ask is because I was about to purchase Dom’s 1/300 size for the wings and the 1/600 for the fueselage based off of scale calculations.  But the 1/600 on those first Spits looks pretty good.  Have you decaled any other nations yet?

Those look great!  I would like to confirm that you used the 2mm decals on the wings?

Ummm….the troll comment lost me.

It is an arguable point.  Historically speaking, is a tank destroyer more powerful than Self Propelled (SP) Artillery?  Or are they about the same with different focus?  Keep in mind that regular artillery cost 4 - so 5IPCs is that middle ground between Art. and Tank.

I use them - or at least try to have them available.  I don’t rely on them heavily though.  Tank is still the better choice, but they are still fun and add variety.

@Erocco:

Does this seem a bit OP given medium tanks are A-D-M-C 6-5-2-6 w/ blitz ability.

Forgive my ignorance, but what does OP mean?

I am in the same boat.  Should have bought those stands when they were available.  If you are set on the metallic look and don’t mind working with small parts, you could try and make some DIY stands.  That is what I did and they seem to be working fine to me.

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=40039.msg1670049#msg1670049

I picked up my decal solution at a local hobby store.  Dom’s decals sells decals that are all A&A comparable for about the same price as I-94.  I-94 only has a few usable decals peer sheet.  Can’t vouch for quality yet.  I am going to order mine soon.  Just for thought, the website is domsdecals.com

Hello All!  Here is a way you can add some fun and immersion to your game!

Adding flags to your game is a lot of fun.  You can use them just for immersion or as task force markers to save space on the board.

Flags
Materials you will need:
Printable flags (I used HBG’s, but Siredblood has some as well that I plan to try out - both are FREE!)
 http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Task-Force-Markers-Free-Download_p_700.html
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwm09tPkZSk  (click the video details and more information for link)
Adhesive medium (This is what you print your flags on.  I used postage labels, but you could use decal paper)
Hot Glue and a Hot Glue Gun
Hard, Smooth Surface (something you can scrape dried hot glue off of)
Regular Sewing Pins (I use 33mm long pins, minimum height recommendation is 28mm, you will see why when you read Flight Stands)
Nuts  (I used 5/16" because it “clicked” into the OOB A&A chips)

1.  Fill the nut with hot glue and stick in the sewing pin in the center point first all the way to the bottom, while the glue is still hot.  Adjust and hold the pin to be as perpendicular to the “ground” as possible and hold until the glue sets.

2.  Attach printed flag

3. Enjoy

Flight Stands
When I first discovered FMG’s flight stands, I thought that they were the most amazing customization for A&A ever.  But I didn’t have the money to buy them. Now that I have a small budget for them……they are no longer available.  So, back to good old DIY.  I tried to keep the same scale, but had to increase the flight stand height due to supply availability (FMG flight stands are 28mm tall).  You could paint these or leave them as is if you like the clean cut, metal look.  The big thing with these flight stands are that they are not permanently attached to the aircraft.  I did not want to glue my planes to stands.  What if I wanted them on carriers?  Or on the ground?  The whole idea behind this design is for the aircraft to be solidly mounted on the stand, but removable.  The answer came in the form of magnets.

Materials you will need:
Flag Poles (From section above, without the flag.  Make sure that the pin height is here you want it.)
Rare Earth Magnets (2mmx1mm)
   http://www.ebay.com/itm/200pcs-N50-2mmX1mm-Neodymium-Disc-Mini-Strong-Rare-Earth-Small-Fridge-Magnets-/381876261625?var=&hash=item58e99952f9:m:mRJVdhZPGc3TLZ7Uzu5j63g
Epoxy
Tools and Props as needed.

Take your flag pole and glue a magnet on the head of the pin.  You want to make sure that the magnet is as level as possible.  I used a piece of angle iron and a strip of magnetic tape to prop up the stands for this purpose.

Your Flight Stand is complete.  Now for the aircraft.  It is very important that all of your magnets are oriented the same way for all stands, aircraft, and carriers.  Otherwise, you will have your aircraft ZOOM away from their location at MACH 1!

Use DK’s technique to attach magnets to the aircraft and carriers.  I used the 2mmx1mm magnets on all of the planes WITHOUT fixed landing gear.  Try to keep the magnets level to the “ground” when gluing them in if you want your aircraft to fly straight and level.  I accidentally and purposefully messed up on a couple here and there to give them an “in action” look.

DK’s Video:
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=39873.0

I didn’t want to cut off the landing gear of the planes that had them, just so they would stick to magnetized carriers.  I prefer a more historic look.  If the aircraft historically had fixed landing gear, then they should in the game.  The fix?  Use bigger magnets!  I used 3mmx1mm magnets on ALL carriers and aircraft with fixed landing gear and it seems to work pretty well.  The one eception has been HBG’s Swordfish.  The piece is too small for a 3mm magnet so I had to use a 2mm.  It still works though.  You can tell it is on the very edge of the effective magnetic field.

For anyone that has doubts about the strength of these magnets, take it from me, they WORK!

Note on the carriers.  The Australian and Italian OOB carriers are thinner than the others, so be careful when drilling (with a drill press).  For the non-hollow carriers (OOB and HBG) denting the bottom for the magnet (as in DK’s video) is not enough.  You will need to drill deeper.  I made a sharpie mark on the drill bit and drilled to or just past the mark depending of the piece.  You want at about a magnet’s thickness between the carrier deck and the bottom of the hole you are drilling.  Be carefule not to drill through!
I have been using Loctite Super Glue Gel to glue the magnets to the pieces.  The epoxy kept drying up on me while I was using it (I work on large batches of pieces at a time).  Be sure to wipe off ALL excess.  We will see how well it holds up, no complaints so far.  However, use EPOXY to hold the magnet to the flight stand.

Soon everything will be magnetized along the same system.

Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

The facilities look great.  How do they look on the board - scale wise.  I am used to the old flat markers that don’t take up very much room.  Does anyone have issues with fitting pieces on the board when using 3D facilities?

Cool website and product range!

Are you going to have decals for the light carrier molds offered by HBG?

Just caught up on reading this thread and saw the video.  I still can’t find my jaw, it must be rolling around here somewhere……

The lady kept saying how big the map was.  How big is it?  I have never seen this edition in person before.  I usually play A&A G40 2nd Ed. or GW 1936.

So number of views?  Moderator’s discretion?  both?

What does it take for a thread to become pinned at the beginning of a board?

I tried to post several pictures on a new thread but was stopped due to file size limitations.  Will the file size limitation increase as my forum/post rank increases?

How do I post pictures in the post (not as an attachment)?  I have seen some threads with pictures in the post and they are easier to look at.  I tried copy paste, but it didn’t work.

Last picture.  Hopefully this gives ya’ll an idea as to the scale of these pieces.

Completed bunkers