Posts made by Lunarwolf

alright looking forward to it, im not quite ready to give up my 6 sided die

FMG where are you? still looking for the link, i want to use 6 sided die still soo yeah

cool i can’t wait

lol i ment for individual pieces :-D

cool one last pitch then Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa. for those who think it looks like the zeke.

the Hayabusa. http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/3-Japan/01-Fighters/Ki-43Oscar/Ki-43(III)-Ko.htm

the Zero. http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/3-Japan/07-Maritime-Planes/A6M-Zero/A6M3-Zero.htm

the way to tell differences between the 2 fighters are the cockpit, and the wings. the Oscars Cockpit is smaller and shaped more like a Bubble than the Zeros. maybe the cockpit would be to hard to see in such a small scale
but the shape of the wings will be a lot different that you would be able to tell the difference in such a small scale. it looks triangular here is another picture to show
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/3-Japan/01-Fighters/Ki-43Oscar/Ki-43(I)-Oscar.htm.
even at a small scale you still would be able to tell the difference with the shape of the wings.

the main reason i really want to see the Oscar included is that it was an iconic fighter for japan it actually was in use in 1939, so it fits the “Early war fighter” perfectly. they were also used for the kamikaze attacks toward the end of the war.

As for the late war fighters. the 2 arguments are impact vs quality
Ki-84 Hayate/Frank was considered the Japaneses best fighter through out most of the war. plus it was the 3rd most produced fighter behind only the Zero and the Oscar. the fighter was already known to be great to counter the newer allied fighters and was known to go toe to toe with Mustangs. so with the combination of being 3rd on the list of being produced AND being a beast of a fighter this would still be my first choice.

but if it was about just the quality of the fighter i would still be OK with the  Ki-100. appearance wise would be kinda compromise between those of us who like the tony and those of us that like the frank.

this is the frank
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/3-Japan/01-Fighters/Ki.84Hayate/Ki.84-1koHayate.htm

the tony
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/3-Japan/01-Fighters/Ki-61Hien/Ki.61-Ib-Hien.htm

and finally the Ki-100
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/2-Airplanes/Axis/3-Japan/01-Fighters/Ki-100/Ki-100-I-Kou.htm

this is a paragraph from wiki to describe the abilities of the KI-100 against the then greatest fighter for japan the KI-84, and i know wiki isn’t truth but yeah

“During March and April 1945 experienced instructors from the Akeno Army Flying School flew the Ki-100 in extensive tests against the Ki-84(Frank), which was considered to be the best of the JAAF fighters then in operational service. Their conclusions were that, given pilots of equal experience, the Ki-100 would always win in combat.”

so there my last push for these fighters, an again i respect every one else’s opinion on this matter its just i love ww2 fighters and its the piece i collect the most out of all A&A pieces, and i just need to express my opinion on why i would love to see these pieces produced.

thanks for reading

awesome, any word on when the minors and american suppliment set will be ready?

jeremy, where can i find a link to DL your rules?

which pieces will be in your japanese supplement set?

Is the early war French set still going to run a plum set? since the early war russian set is already doing one.

sorry for the double post, but is there going to be at least a mustard yellow set for germen early war set?

any news on what your going to pick coach?

sounds interesting, might try it my next game

communist Chinese?, is this is a there will be a national Chinese set?

Nakajima Ki-43-I Oscar wouldnt look like the zero. the zero has a fatter rounder wing, while the Oscar has more of a skinny triangular wing plus its tail is much skinnier. while the frank is a longer fighter than both. the Fighter pieces would be easy to distinguish from each other still

my picks for the Ki-84 Hayate are solely based on how much of an impact it had during the war, regarded as one of the Japanese elite, as for the early war Ki-43 Hayabusa is my pick, because i would really hate to see a zero from OOB a Zero from HBG and then another zero from FMG, i know FMG hasn’t released anything official but seeing that they redid the Bf109 for their German set, im about 95% sure they’ll use the most iconic Japanese fighter for their Japanese set.

BTW the tony does really look nice but the Ki100 II looks better =) plus it kinda looks like the Hayate so i could just pretend it is

i also believe that these aren’t right or wrong answers i’m just stating my opinions as you are. but to me the tony would just be an burnt orange Bf109 on the board, so i wouldn’t see the Tony as unique, plus Ki-84 Hayate was one of the only japanese fighters that could compete with the late war fighters. that would make a better choice as the counter part to the US supplement sets P-51 mustang.

tall pall i agree with all of your pieces accept for your choices of fighters.
for me i rather not see pieces we already have such as the zeros. so for the early war fighters i rather see the Ki-43 Hayabusa. these were actually the second most produced fighters japan released during WW2. also they were the fighters that were used the most, for the Japanese infamous kamikaze attacks.

second for the late war fighter Ki-84 Hayate because it was considered to be the best japanese fighter to see the large operations during World War 2.
i would also agree with Kawasaki Ki-100 which was released 1945 and was considered one of japans best fighters

can you save this color for the early war german set at least? maybe that set can double over as the spainish

on your site it says that your neutral set will include light blue and ivory colors? is this true? i really hope you keep light blue

knp you might as well put the comparisons to all the infantries too