On Saturday a few of the guys came over to walkthrough and test out some ideas for a Battle of Lissa (1866) game that they want to run at Enfilade 2022. So we set up parts of the Italian and Austrian lines and went through a few rounds of gunfire and ramming for a couple sets of rules. They will use 1/600 scale ships from the old Bay Area Yards line. Not all the ships are complete yet, but tings are starting to look good.
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| Austrian Ironclads moving toward the Italian line |
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| Italian lead group |
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We got a good idea of how the different rules played and settled on which set they will use for the game.
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Ramming Re D'Italia
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I also spent a little time at the Museum of Flight looking through some scale models from the Northwest Scale Modelers group. There were a lot of models to be seen, but unsurprisingly the show was dominated by aircraft models. It is always fun to look at all the models they have. I enjoy looking at the models and know that if I hadn't found miniature gaming I would be putting models together for shows like this. But it is much more fun (and acceptable) to play with the stuff I put together and paint up. Here are a few photos from the show.
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Bf-109F Tropical
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1/2000 scale USS Yorktown in pre-WWII colors
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A scene from Dr. Strangelove
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A nice Kasserine Pass diorama
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| Rockets! |
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1/72nd scale USS Scorpion
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A rarely seen Vultee Vengence
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An RAF Baltimore bomber
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I haven't been getting out much, so it was nice to go to the museum and see some of my favorite aircraft, like the Sopwith Triplane.
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A reproduction Sopwith Triplane painted up as the Black Prince
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It also gave me the chance to look at the military ramp near the museum. Where I just happened to see a batch of P-8 Poseidon aircraft being prepared for the Royal Norwegian Air Force. You can even see the squadron insignia on the tail (the lower photo has a closer view). It turns out these aircraft are destined to join
333 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. The squadron has an interesting history and the Saint emblem is a newish logo.
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P-8 Poseidon
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A better view of The Saint
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Overall a good weekend.
