Friday, 11 March 2022

DougM: Yellow-Nosed B*st*rds! - Perelandra (60 Points)

The Spitfires need something to keep them amused, so using the finest historical research material, 'Battle of Britain' MGM 1969...  or MCMLXIX or whatever... I present the 'Yellow-Nosed B*st*rds' of the movie. Home 3d printed 1/200 Messerschmitt Me109E (Emil). 

I faffed around for a fair while figuring out what colours to use, and the cockpit framing and camouflage is inconsistent as I experimented with what I thought looked best. But here they are, ready to give 603 and 43 Squadrons a hard time. 




Of course, one of the drawbacks the Luftwaffe faced during the Battle was that they had to travel across water (Oceanic) and face the (Temptation) to linger too long in combat, risking running out of fuel on the return leg...  so pretty please a planet bonus.. 

Squirrel Points - these add another 12 x 3 = 36 points to 1/200 Luftwaffe to add to the 7 Heinkels, so enough to bring them up to Squirrel status. A grand total of 9 Squirrel points so far... 

From Dave D 
I Wondered when these might be along - another grand addition



9 comments:

  1. Great looking opponents!
    Best Iain

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  2. Luftwaffe is such a fun word. Great planes!

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  3. Great looking Emils, Doug! I especially like them skimming over the terrain mat.

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  4. Very nice planes and planet bonus, Doug!

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  5. Clever use of those ME109s to blitz some planets. They look great.
    Cheers, MikeP

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  6. Lovely photos of these beauties.

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