http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/ 1/600th miniature aircraft and rules Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:06:54 GMT anammchara http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4482 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4482 Ok. I just posted a work in progress pic of the new PT Dockyard RCW Armored Train/ground target in the PT Dockyard folder in the Photos Section :). Robert Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:28:46 GMT Tom Ballou http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4481 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4481 I think they where rectangular not square, but I'm trying to find a referance photo. --Tom Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:51:02 GMT David http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4480 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4480 Hmm. This could mean a trip to youtube tonight for airshow ejections. One other possibility is the type of ejector seat/ spec of the seat. A round chute will Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:58:07 GMT danf http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4479 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4479 I would like some germans holding their rifles in the left hand! Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:38:21 GMT Fatman http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4478 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4478 Yup several books by and interviews with vetrans mention the square chutes. I think one of the Isrealis interviewed in the series "Dogfights" mention being Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:56:18 GMT Tom Ballou http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4477 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4477 I think Warsaw block aircraft had square parachutes, certainly in Vietnam the North Vietnamese had them. --Tom Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:29:37 GMT David http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4476 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4476 I don't know that fast jet ejector seats have square canopies. The ones I have seen at Air shows etc are still round. One of the benefits to a round chute is Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:21:28 GMT Birdbonb@... http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4475 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4475 Ohhh err some Paras LOL. Jeff Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:19:21 GMT Tom Ballou http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4474 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4474 That would be terrific, for SAR games --Tom Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:50:25 GMT Marcin http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4473 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4473 Ok - I will consider this. Just casting those parachute strings would be difficult ;) Seriously - maybe as a set with some dinghys etc. ? Marcin Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:06:45 GMT Tom Ballou http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4472 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4472 Hi Marcin I play a lot of Check Your 6! in 1/600th, one of the things people have been asking for is are parachute figures, to mark which planes the pilots Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:54:11 GMT Karsten Keese http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4471 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4471 Ayayayayay ... Before more people start teaching the obvious to the choir, permit me to clarify a misunderstanding here: Of course, every chain is only as Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:31:36 GMT Tom Ballou http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4470 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4470 They look great! --Tom Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:07:14 GMT Robert Kennedy http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4469 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4469 Thats right. In the Photos section I  had posted a folder by the name of  "Tumbling Dice Ground Figures" where there are some comparison photos of TD and O8 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:19:35 GMT danf http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4468 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/1-600thMiniatureAircraftWargaming/message/4468 Same goes for their cavalry figures, TD is larger.