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the pieces wont be the same size though huh?

US SETS ARE OUT!??!, and any word on when you will be offering HBG Battle Pieces individually?

i agree with your heavy bomber its unique looking. but i still rather see the oscar or the frank for the fighters over the tony or zero

knp i never though about it that way, maybe the land based fighter could be on ipc cheaper and the naval fighter can stay at its normal price.

and i actually meant the Frank would be great for a late war fighter since they produced a lot and it was supposed to be one of the japanese greatest fighters. but my second choice would be the Oscar, since so many were produced and it was a the second most produced fighter for the japanese

@Tall:

Well,

Here are my suggestions for Japanese aircraft that would be the equivilents of the American aircraft TYPES that have already been made, planned or spoken about.  It’s somewhat all-inclusive and meant to be used as a reference.

@Tall:

JAPANESE AIRCRAFT
   
ARMY FIGHTER-EARLY              ARMY FIGHTER-MID             ARMY FIGHTER-LATE
 Ki-27 Type 97 “Nate”              Ki-43 Type 1 “Oscar”    Ki-61 Type 3 “Tony”

NAVY FIGHTER-EARLY              NAVY FIGHTER-MID              NAVY FIGHTER-LATE
A5M Type 96 “Claude”            A6M Type 0 “Zeke”                    *

FIGHTER/BOMBER
                                             N1K2-J “George”

TACTICAL TORPEDO BOMBER
                                        B5N Type 97 “Kate”

TACTICAL DIVE BOMBER
                                         D3A Type 99 “Val”

EARLY LIGHT BOMBER                  MEDIUM BOMBER                 HEAVY BOMBER
 G3M Type 96 “Nell”                G4M Type 1 “Betty”         G5N “Liz”

VERY LONG RANGE HEAVY BOMBER
                                                     Ki-91

TRANSPORT
                                          Type LO “Thelma”

SEAPLANE-EARLY                     SEAPLANE-LATE       SEAPLANE-LONG RANGE
  F1M2 Type 0 “Pete”                 A6M2N Type 2 “Rufe”   H8K Type 2 “Emily”

Notes:

The “Zeke”, “Kate”, and “Val” are obviously necessary.  These units are in the OOB set-up already,…although I hope that HBG & FMG might make us some much improved versions of these?

The “Nate” would counter the P-40 “Warhawk” TYPE in HBGs US Supplement set.

The “Oscar” would counter the P-38 “Lightning” TYPE as a mid-war Fighter.

The “Tony”, was an inline engine fighter for the JAAF and as such was quite unique.  One of the attributes the “Coach” desires.

The “Claude” would counter the F-4F “Wildcat” TYPE that is the OOB Navy fighter in the Guadalcanal and earlier Pacific version of A&A.

The “George” would counter the F-4U “Corsair” TYPE in HBGs US Marine set.

The “Nell” is proposed because of their widespread use.  Naval units of these sank the “Prince of Wales” and “Repulse” at the war’s start.  They were also somewhat unique looking.  I hope that this historically important a/c might eventually be produced.  It always reminded me of a flying Lizard.

The “Liz” would be an interesting choice as a 4-engined Japanese Heavy Bomber to counter the B-17(OOB) and B-24 TYPES from FMG.  It’s being twin-tailed would continue this feature from the “Nell” and “Betty” types.

The Ki-91 would counter the B-29 “SuperFortress” TYPE that HBG has proposed in it’s US Naval Set(s).

The “Thelma” Transport would give us a “big bang for the buck” through being used as an Allied Transport, too.

The “Thelma” also looks surprisingly simular to the Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Patrol/Bomber that was used by many Allied Nations.  Thereby increasing our “Fun” and HBGs sales.

The US C-47 that FMG will produce can also be used as a Japanese L2D Type 0 “Tabby” Transport.  Again, more FUN, and increased sales which benifits us ALL.

The “Emily” Seaplane would counter the PBY TYPE that HBG has proposed in it’s US Naval set(s).

I added the “Pete” and “Rufe” TYPES simply to be thorough.  A US “Coronado” and “Kingfisher” TYPES would complete the US equivilents.

OK, which of these aircraft has FMG already planned?  Obviously we can eliminate any previously planned a/c from our “wanted/needed” list.

“Tall Paul”

the tony would be great for a second Japanese fighter. could represent either late war fighter or an Army fighter

Militaryman i think the air crafts will be remakes of the oob molds, just like the germans

maybe another fighter like the Hayabusa

yeah the fighter is to small, i too agree it makes it harder to handle when its that small. hopefully fmg will make them a little bigger

reloader what do you mean by “a fragile artillery piece, and perhaps a slightly overworked fighter” for hbg’s minor set?

reloader i actually agree with you in every point that you made

as much as i want this to happen too. i think it can wait a year. cause when you think about it, this would be great for starting a new type of naval game.
that would mean you would need a bunch of other nations to play against, which would mean we would need to raise more money for other countries. For now i much rather see a national and communist china sets, poland and the dutch getting separate sets , maybe supplement for UK that could add canadian, anzac, and indian unique units. heck we still don’t even have french units yet. for now i rather coach invest in things that would be relevant to A&A first

i think fmg said they weren’t going to make black ones till they sell 1000 grey sets, which sucks for me since i only wanted the black ones -_-

dannnnggg soo loong…… i want those vehicles !!!

FMG do you know when HGB will get their new shipment?

i really wanted keep it consistent with each other. i think im going to have to buy some half tracks from TT.

how come you dont use their infantry? too small?

dude i love what you did with your Italians. i think i might do this since i want to keep the OOB italian infantry and the halftracks with the rest of FMG pieces. though i kinda want to use their armored cars as Light tanks for now , since there secondary tanks isnt really a heavy tank

are you using oob pieces to?

i have a question about teh german tigers. are they going to bigger than teh current OOB panzers IV’s?

dang thats so little, i was thinking about picking up a set just for them, but thats not worth it for only 6, thanks for answering my question