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A SPAD for the Whites, Part One
I should be working on finishing White Russian infantry, but I’ve allowed myself to become distracted by aircraft, specifically the SPAD 13 I wrote about a few days ago, earmarked to support my White...
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A SPAD for the Whites, Part Two
Inspired by this image from Wings Palette, I decided to give a bit of freehand a try. Via Wings Palette, a Russian SPAD 7 with a nifty skull-and-bones squadron insignia on the rudder. My version: Skull...
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A SPAD for the Whites, Part Three
Finally swore the upper wing into place this evening. It’s been years since I built a biplane model, I’d forgotten what a total bugger the struts and upper wing can be. The SPAD 13 as 12 struts, only...
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Transporting the SPAD
Almost all of my gaming is done away from home, at other houses, up at the university on the weekend (our local miniatures group takes over a classroom up there every Sunday) and at conventions. So...
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A Red Nieuport, Part One
Having built the White Russians a SPAD (Parts One, Two, Three), it’s time to build the Nieuport 17 for my Bolshevik forces! As I mentioned in my original RCW Aviation article, the basic scheme for the...
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A Red Nieuport, Part Two
Got started on the insignia for the Bolshevik Nieuport. This is going to involve at least six freehand red stars; to skip one pair I’ve decided to go with a red-and-white striped tail, although...
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A Red Nieuport, Part Three
Got the star insignia finished up on the Bolshevik Nieuport 17. Some of the stars are a bit wonky, but frankly that’s historically accurate — a lot of actual insignia during the Russian Civil War had a...
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Tiny Boats and Even Tinier Planes
When I did my first WW2 coastal order to Last Square back in November 2019, well over six months ago now, I added a pack of British Beaufighter/Beaufort and a pack of German Ju88 for the heck of it,...
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