Luftwaffe F-104 G STARFIGHTER

 

 

Doc hat ihn in Kunstharz gedruckt und Michi hat ihn bemalt: Den deutschen Starfighter:

 

Doc printed it in resin and Michi painted it: The German Starfighter:

 

It's a 1/285th scale model (or 6mm scale in tabletop wargaming terms) of some 2 inches length.

 

Der Maßstab des Winzlings ist 1:285 und er ist 57mm lang.

 

Die Finger der Hand des Schöpfers (der Bemalung) zeigt die Winzigkeit des Modells ganz gut:

 

The fingers of the hand of the (paintjob's) creator show how tiny the model actually is.

Damage Marker: Fire aboard! - Schadensmarkierung: Maschine brennt!

Michi had already built some missile markers for air to air missiles. Now it was time to make a variation for a damage marker to display a hit target.

Michi hatte ja schon zuvor aus Pfeifenreinigern, Stecknadeln und Münzen ein paar Marker für Luft-Luft-Raketen gebastelt. Nun war es an der Zeit auf dieselbe Weise einen Marker für getroffene Ziele auszuprobieren.

 

Target Locked On: Air-to-Ground Missions

I'm still engaged in modern air combat in the Vietnam era. In order to not just get stuck in dogfights and bring some variation to the missions (and honestly have some fluff for the battlefield), I made two small villages in 1/285 scale, 6mm. They are meant to be markers or waypoints that can be used for various air2ground missions.

STLs of the buildings by The Lazy Forger.
STLs of the tree tops by Goonmaster 3D. In fact, they are actually ferns for 28mm scale.
The tree trunk is a free STL from Thingiverse that I connected to the tree tops using Blender, scaled all the stuff down and then printed the completed trees in various sizes.

 

Navy and Air Force join arms in Vietnam

 

 

Michi has always admired those shiny polished silver jets from the early days. With the recent game of Target locked on it was clear that the skies over Vietnam were the perfect theater to field some more of those to fly aside the Starfighters. Here comes the famous F-100 Super Sabre!

 

 

The plane was 3D-printed by Doc in 285th scale from a downloadable file with a few own enhancements like the refuelling probe and additional fuel tanks done by himself.

The Super Sabre does not come alone: Michi was also given an extraordinary fighter bomber as well. The aircraft carrier based A-7 Corsair is equipped with another of Doc's very own loadouts to enhance it's range of flight (although only the inner and outer pylons allowed external fuel tanks to be refueled in flight, but not the center ones). The excellent model is painted in Navy livery from the first deployment aboard USS Ranger in Vietnam. 

 

 

 

Both single-engine aircraft are in the same scale, but the photos show the much bulkier appearance of the supersonic F-100 in comparison with the subsonic A-7. Although they were different generations of jet fighters they flew at the same time over Vietnam fulfilling their designated roles.

 

Tigers over Vietnam

The Northrop F5 'Tiger' of the USAF in the Vietnam era in Micro Armour Scale, 1/285.

3D resin print, STL file by Captain_Ahab_62 (Thingiverse).

I added the weapons loadout and refueling probe to the very nice basic model in BLENDER.

 

 

The A-4 Skyhawk and first steps in 3D Modelling

The famous workhorse of the US Navy in the Vietnam era, the A-4 Skyhawk in Micro Armour Scale, 1/285.

3D resin print, STL file by Captain_Ahab_62 (Thingiverse).

I added the weapons loadout and refueling probe to the very nice basic model in BLENDER. One of my first, small attempts at working with BLENDER.

 

Modern Air Combat... an ongoing side project

Two Shenyang J-6 (a Chinese licensed version of the MIG-19) of the PAVN over Vietnam.
Micro armour scale, 1/285, 1/300. 3D resin prints. Flight bases are made of clear acrylic discs and a 2.4mm acrylic rod. A really small side project that I touch every now and then.

 

 

Star Wars Legion: 2 Rebel Squads

 

Michi hat weitere Rebellen bemalt. Zuerst den AT-RT aus dem Basisspiel...

Michi has painted some more rebels. First is the AT-RT walker from the core game...

 

Die erste zusätzliche Rebelleninfanteriegruppe:

The first additional rebel infantry squad:

Die zweite zusätzliche Rebelleninfantriegruppe:

The second additional rebel infantry squad:

Alle zusammen...

Altogether...