This is an ongoing little project and as I have finished building the first wave of my Close Air support Assets I thought I would share some pictures. As I don't have that much free time for this do excuse that the aircraft aren't yet painted. I'll add more as time progresses if there is any interest. To start with I just wanted to see what was possible to do in a reasonable period of time while waiting for the new MGP stuff to come out. I have not really built model kits in years, but with time this became rather enjoyable. The idea is not to make and paint the best aircraft around, but to make something which fits into the game, is realistic and visually appealing. I have not yet decided on some of the final paint schemes or how I will base them. (They are all 1/72 and they fit in just fine with everything else I would say)
First off. Fairly basic AH-1W Super Cobra. Rugged and robust, supports Marines where ever needed. The one clear advantage the MGP aircraft will have in my opinion is that they will be a lot more robust. Helicopters have the tendency to lose their rotors and they snap off so easily. Think that the hard but flexible plastic of the MGP will be better suited to games.
This is my favourite helicopter, introducing the RAH-66 Comanche. Yes ok it was shelved back in 2004, but a good case can be made for it making a come back sometime around 2015. And with it a full weapon load it looks amazing. This was a pain to put together, and not everything is aligned, but I do like it. I have no idea how to paint it yet as the 2 prototypes were only in NATO Olive as far as I can see. So i have to think about that still.
This has to be the only aircraft which will actually get up close to provide air support, even in 2015 (Harrier excepted if that is still around, which it will be). The A-10. And I think it pretty much speaks for itself. I can't quite see JSF, Typhoons and Raptors coming in that low to warrant a model (not that this is really a reason not to make one eventually). That's about the maximum sized model I would want to see on the table. At this stage I ran out of primer so it will have to wait until next week or so to be painted.
First off. Fairly basic AH-1W Super Cobra. Rugged and robust, supports Marines where ever needed. The one clear advantage the MGP aircraft will have in my opinion is that they will be a lot more robust. Helicopters have the tendency to lose their rotors and they snap off so easily. Think that the hard but flexible plastic of the MGP will be better suited to games.
This is my favourite helicopter, introducing the RAH-66 Comanche. Yes ok it was shelved back in 2004, but a good case can be made for it making a come back sometime around 2015. And with it a full weapon load it looks amazing. This was a pain to put together, and not everything is aligned, but I do like it. I have no idea how to paint it yet as the 2 prototypes were only in NATO Olive as far as I can see. So i have to think about that still.
This has to be the only aircraft which will actually get up close to provide air support, even in 2015 (Harrier excepted if that is still around, which it will be). The A-10. And I think it pretty much speaks for itself. I can't quite see JSF, Typhoons and Raptors coming in that low to warrant a model (not that this is really a reason not to make one eventually). That's about the maximum sized model I would want to see on the table. At this stage I ran out of primer so it will have to wait until next week or so to be painted.
its the drying time thats the killer as well as the building grrrr
. must've seen those A-10s a dozen times over the next few years doing that sort of thing
