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Updated the first post to include all the links to the blog posts with the images. Replicated below :)

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Cheers Guys!

Paul, I took a washer and some modeling clay (mlliput) and pressed the ball on to the washer.

Then i drilled a hole in the plane with a dine drill and glued some wire into it.

I then pressed the wire into the miliput, making sure that the wire doesnt come out the other end

Then, once the miliput dried I cut the bottom edge flat with a knife (some of the miliput eventually presses out the bottom, making it uneven). That way it would sit evenly

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Final post in the series

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/china-rest-axis-and-allies-anniversary.html

Thanks again to the team here, cheers to imperious leader for putting this thread as a sticky and keeping it there!

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@Viracocha:

@Captain:

I wonder what someone would pay for my copy of the game these days? :-D

I wondered the same Kiwi…

I still dont think we would get back enough to justify the time and energy spent making them though

ithkrall

I wonder what someone would pay for my copy of the game these days? :-D

ithkrall

USA post up

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2012/01/america-heck-yeah-axis-and-allies.html

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UK

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2011/12/for-king-andor-country-axis-and-allies.html

Italy

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2012/01/aint-you-benito-mussolini-conqueror-of.html

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@RedArmySoldier:

@falconrider:

Whilst on the topic of painting, i play Warhammer Fantasy and love to play but hate the painting so paid an overseas company to paint my stuff. They did a good job and were priced well. Maybe i should get them to paint my AA minatures too. If your wondering who they are you can find them at wwwdotpaintedfigsdotcom

I want to have all my Italians (FMG and OOB) done in light grey (to make them easier recognizable as opposed to the Soviets), anyone know some company who could do that at a reasonable price? Doing it myself is not an option since I could mess up even something as ‘simple’ as painting them all one color, nor do I have the patience to do it myself.

No idea how to help you on that one sorry

ithkrall

Updated my blog, entrys for Germany, Russia and Japan on there now

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2011/11/empire-of-rising-sun-axis-and-allies.html
http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-soviet-russia-axis-and-allies-paints.html
http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2011/10/axis-and-allies-part-two-ze-germans.html

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Yep, it seems to work alright

I’ve also found that a lot of gaming blogs are on blogspot as well. Once you set up one follow mine and ill do a track back to yours.

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Yeah man, would love to see your work.

One of the reasons I started the Blog was that i keep posting on different sites about what i’m doing, and sometimes i lose track of them.

Having one place where you keep a record is damm handy.

ithkrall

You done any other projects Viracocha? Since the AA50 one?

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First post in my retrospective look at painting up Axis and Allies anniversary edition is up here

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/2011/09/axis-and-allies-anniversary-part-one.html

I’ve also linked through to this site and Viracochas painted set as well

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Hey all

I’ve started up a painting blog that follows my painted boardgames and wargames. I’m going to revisit the axis and allies anniversary edition in a future post

Heres the link

http://vom-krieg.blogspot.com/

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@FieldMarshalGames:

You guys are amazing! We all are in awe…

…Can I come over and play?

This is what HARD CORE is all about.

If your ever in New Zealand FMG, you can come and play with my set. I even have your dice bag already here so you’ll feel right at home.

ithkrall

Here’s a link to Viracocha’s Photobucket account. Hes been working on his own Operation Paintskreig after being inspired by a couple of painted copies he saw of AA50 (Mine included)

http://s889.photobucket.com/home/Viracocha_bucket

So check it out, a different artist with a different look at painting AA50

ithkrall

@coachofmany:

I believe the Iowa class BB width was limited by the Panama Canal, you can see the difference on how narrow it is compared to the Yamato. The Montana class BB added a fourth turret but was equally as narrow, again to accomodate the canal. Even though the Yamato had a 18.1" dia. shell compared to the 16" of the Iowa class, the 16" shell had a farther range. I agree, the Yamato class BB was a pretty ship!

I just read where the locks are only 110 ft wide, so the Montana class would not fit!

One thing to note though is that the Montana was never built, planned but never actually built

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@italiansarecoming:

The iowa and its sister ship were the biggest bship of ww2 and in history but i love the enterprise though as well

Actually the Yamato and her sister ship the Mushashi were the biggest battleship of WWII weighing in at approx 71000 tons or more.

The Iowa class were big battleships but only came in at about 58000 tons, i bleieve they were the biggest US battleships to see operation however.

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Awesomeness. Look forward to seeing the results

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@RJL518:

The Japanese superbattleship YAMATO…most powerful surface warship ever put to sea before the introduction of the Nimitz class aircraft carriers…

Not a fan of the Yamoto personally as it was not the right weapon for that war. Japan would have been much better putting all those resources into a fleet carrier or two.