And More New Toys

As part of my new Spanish Civil War project, I ordered small batches of a few needed planes from both Flight Deck Decals and Table Top Flights. From Flight Deck came three I-15s, three Arado Ar 68s, three I-16 Type 10s, and mistakenly (because I might have been ordering while I was at work), one Tupolev Tu-2, which has nothing to do with the Iberian Peninsula! I had to double check my order for the Arado, thinking maybe I pulled another bone-head move and ordered the 1/200 scale as that plane is a beast compared to the diminutive Soviet fighters - no, the Arado is simply a beast! 

I-15

I-16 Type 10

Arado Ar 68

From Table Top I sourced three I-16 Type 5s, three Nieuport NiD-52s, three Breguet XIXs, and six Heinkel He 51s, the latter being my initial prime focus for the Legion Condor scenarios I am working up (and four appear on the Downloads page).

Breguet XIX

NiD-52

The Type 5 I-16

Heinkel!

P-47N Scenarios

The first MiG-15 kill

I detailed the P-47N in Taiwanese service in a previous post, and now have been working on scenario creation. The encounters over the Taiwan Straits during the 1950s saw a variety of aircraft and mission types, but the following all feature the final version of the Thunderbolt. None of the scenarios are large, ranging from two to six players, and only twenty-seven miniatures are needed (if one doubles up the MiG-15 and MiG-15bis). I've not been able to locate La-11s or Curtiss Commandos in 1/285 or 1/300 scale so if you know of a source for either please comment below!