by Stavka » Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:39 am
Lovely eye candy.
I have always had a great interest in WW1 aircraft; I think growing up with Snoopy and the Red Baron cartoons had a lot to do with it. Apparently, my dad once brought me along to a Legion dinner, where we had the privilege of being introduced to Raymond Collishaw- although I was way too young to remember it now. Certainly dad was to fuel the flames of my interest with presents of books and model kits.
I have a number of the 1/144 Wings of War/Glory aircraft. The scale worked well on our available table area, and we've always enjoyed the games as they were quick and fun before and after the main event. What always put me off was the limited availability of the models; the hoop-jumping required to obtain them, and the ridiculous prices they go for once the sets are pulled off the market.
Just as an example, the SE-5a was, along with the Sopwith Camel, the backbone of the RFC/RAF in 1917/18, so of course there were lots of them; I'd want flights of them to roam over the wargaming table. Yet good luck finding the WoW kit in any quantity, and at anything like a reasonable price.
I would've been much happier if they had allowed the option of getting the models unpainted in simple kits, to be put together like any other aircraft models, and that way I could've painted them up however I liked using after-market decals.