Like I said previously I can’t take a digital photo to save my life, but here is some of my British 8th Army. I mount them on washers so they have a nice feel and color code the washers.
http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=rxoy0mf9umx&thumb=5
ok where did you get the stand for that flag?
what store and part number?
also what washer you use? and where do you buy it?
Your favortie… Home Cheap-o!
WolfCraft 1/2" RH Plugs. 25/pack. #2957.
I centerbore them with a dremel tool press (n.b., so they don’t split) and then tap in a number #10 wire braid (e.g., 1.5") for flags and bombers. Fighters are mounted on a #17 - 1" braid.
I use 1/4" washers - 100ct #19822. They have a nice weight. However, with AA50 I switched to just using pennies. It’s cheaper ;-) A washer is $.0345 vs $.01 - though they are a little bigger.
Anyway, after it is assembled I spraypaint it all black with the Home Cheap-o $.99 enamal special and bada-bing-bada-boom nice shiney black flagpole/airplane stand.
Flags are just printed on label paper.
Enjoy!
Thanks for that info.
Hey, Dinosaur, if you’re looking for additional piece ideas, there’s a whole world of HO-scale infantry miniatures to work with, just in cheap plastic… for Chinese, for instance, Caesar Miniatures just came out with a set of WW2 Nationalist Chinese infantry that look pretty good. They’re in blue, and I’m no painter, but serendipitously, that’s a color that works for me… since you paint, that probably isn’t a problem for you. For my A&A variants, I often use HO’s from companies like Airfix, Revell, ESCI, etc. for various types of elite units (like German paratroops or British Commandos) or minor nations (like the French, Italians & Chinese). Yeah, I just couldn’t go with using a red Russian for the Chinese, either… I used them for elite Soviet “Red Guards” instead, so they would have an option that could go toe-to-toe with those German “SS Panzergrenadiers” (I sometimes use old-edition gray for standard infantry and new-edition black for those SS troopers).
Anyway, if you’re interested in trying some HO sets and want to save a little research time, I’d be happy to give you some hints on what’s available and where you can find them.
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Where can i go to get some painted pieces or have someone paint mine. Plus i would like a bigger revised board like 5 ft by 3 ft or something.
try this:
http://www.mediafire.com/?kn1n3yygqni
Looks real good imp but where would i get this printed out at?
put on disk and take to printers.
Two years ago, I changed most of my Axis and Allies pieces for CinC product, 1/700 airplanes and 1/72 soldier from different manufacturers.
I painted the infantries, airplanes, tanks and warships with the real paint scheme and/or camouflage).
Everything…… except artillery,subs and AA gun.
My german, US and Russian tank are decorated with 1/285 decals from Microscale.
I rebuilted most of the japanese,US and UK carrier.
Al
I’ve given the pieces in my D Day and Bulge games a ‘makeover’, paint jobs for the Germans and US mainly, but the UK and Canadian infantry were a little more involved, using glue to extend the tropical shorts (!) into battledress and the shirts of the airborne guys into paratrooper smocks. I did the US hardware in light Olive and the British in darker bronze green. The allied armor got white star decals while the Germans got a coat of camo.
My last project was to make the UK artillery pieces look more like British 25 pounder guns! This was done by trimming the spade detail and bending the trail legs together; a small sliver of balsa wood was added underneath to represent the box spade and a towing eye added from a length of broken jewelry chain. The whole thing is then glued to a brass trim washer which represents the quick-traverse turntable that was a characteristic of this gun. Sounds a lot more complicated than it was to do! The US 105’s have the upper recoil cylinder (from a length of wire) added atop the barrel and a paint job -I have yet to tackle the job of putting gun shields on all those 88’s though……
Have any photos?
Have any photos?
Yes, I posted on of my “25 pounder” - here are some of the bad guys
Allied airpower and infantry
What did you use for the aircraft bases?
What others used for aircraft bases?
Thanks!!
The aircraft bases are a fender washer with a fishing line sinker weight glued on. A small brad nail goes up throught the sinker and into a tiny hole drilled in the airplane. Before glueing the plane on top, I sprayed them with the appropriate A&A base color - light olive for the US, tan for GB and gray for the Luftwaffe peices in the Bulge game.
I can do roundels with paint and marker pens but US stars and German ‘outline’ crosses required after market decals!
What did you use for the aircraft bases?
What others used for aircraft bases?
Thanks!!
Fishing line sinker, how clever!!
