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Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 05:58 PM

We've been playing the system for more than thirty years. The basic WWII system is called Mustangs & Messerschmitts. The ground scale is 1/800 for WWII and 1/200 for WWI, but we use 1/72 scale models because we all like to build as much as we like to play. Ground movement is governed by a stand, vertical movement is done with a six-foot wooden dowel marked in inches. The system is slow, but that's because it allows for full 3-D movement, so each plane actually flies through maneuvers rather than just saying "I'm doing a chandelle to the right".

Flight Stand

I actually have more than 100 WWII models all stored in a suitcase with cardboard walls with slots for the wings. The WWI ones are packed in foam, as they are more delicate.

Gaggle of Albatroses. I didn't post this earlier because the thread is about models and only one of those is mine.

12-11-06, 05:58 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	We've been playing the system for more than thirty years. The basic WWII system is called Mustangs & Messerschmitts. The ground scale is 1/800 for WWII and 1/200 for WWI, but we use 1/72 scale models because we all like to build as much as we like to play. Ground movement is governed by a stand, vertical movement is done with a six-foot wooden dowel marked in inches. The system is slow, but that's because it allows for full 3-D movement, so each plane actually flies through maneuvers rather than just saying "I'm doing a chandelle to the right". Flight Stand I actually have more than 100 WWII models all stored in a suitcase with cardboard walls with slots for the wings. The WWI ones are packed in foam, as they are more delicate. Gaggle of Albatroses. I didn't post this earlier because the thread is about models and only one of those is mine. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo