http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/ 1/600th miniature aircraft and rules Mon, 20 May 2013 21:06:00 GMT Sunray42 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7822 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7822 Hey guys, a game with this exact same scenario was just run by Bernhard Holmholk at Cangames this weekend, it was a blast, literally..... D Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:49 GMT Hockey Fan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7821 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7821 Hmmm, hadn't heard about that supplement, but it is timely, since I was just thinking about checking to see if Air War:C21 included stats for them. Clash of Sun, 19 May 2013 07:49:34 GMT IAN S http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7820 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7820 To pull this back for a minute - Wargames Vault have just informed me that there is now a C21 supplement for bombers - costs $1.52 - which looks like £1 in a Sun, 19 May 2013 00:55:20 GMT Robert Kennedy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7819 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7819 Thanks Al. You are most welcome. I am glad to have help a little bit. Funny how the RAF Museum link didn't work. It works for me. Its the PDF for the Sat, 18 May 2013 14:46:44 GMT althegamer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7818 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7818 I must apologize fellows. I am remiss in not acknowledging the readership who posted suggested sources of information in addition to those Robert gave. Thank Sat, 18 May 2013 14:43:28 GMT althegamer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7817 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7817 Thanks for the links Robert. Could not get the one for the RAF museum to take me to an article. Unfortunately none of the articles directly answered my Wed, 15 May 2013 22:01:37 GMT Robert Kennedy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7816 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7816 You might try these if you haven't already, Suez Crisis, 1956: The War of Stripes http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_257.shtml Sinai-Suez 1956: Air Wed, 15 May 2013 21:03:23 GMT Caroline Russell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7815 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7815 Wings over Suez from Tumbling Dice covers the war, and the Wings at War website has got a bit about the campaign. Chris R From: Wed, 15 May 2013 12:21:57 GMT Tim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7814 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7814 Britan's Small Wars website would normally be my jumping off point for anything regarding British troops. Wed, 15 May 2013 12:02:32 GMT althegamer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7813 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7813 In the vein of searching for uses for my cold war era bomber models can anyone tell me about the Suez action in 1956? I cant find much about it. IIRC the RAF Wed, 15 May 2013 11:57:56 GMT althegamer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7812 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7812 This type of scenario seems to be about the only thing I can think of that would work for a tactical game and could apply to most cold war situations. Al Tue, 14 May 2013 19:18:09 GMT Philip Markgraf http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7811 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7811 The Hound Dog and later SRAM are fascinating to me, as they are not the primary mission weapon. They are SEAD munitions, designed to sweep aside defenses ahead Tue, 14 May 2013 17:48:30 GMT chrisrobinson@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7810 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7810 What about a "Big Friend, Little Friend" sort of scenario - bomber is returning from its mission and has to survive being pursued by enemy fighters, with Tue, 14 May 2013 16:25:40 GMT Andy Miles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7809 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7809 Here is some background info & some links on the ADM-20 Quail decoy system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM-20_Quail The British used Blue Steel stand off Tue, 14 May 2013 16:07:39 GMT Andy Miles http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7808 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/7808 Hi, I would have thought that realistically the bomber's best chance would be its ECM package (there are stories that Vulcans ran rings around US air defence