Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Modder Fokkers

We had 5 players tonight, but flew 3 planes a side with one player flying 2 planes.
We tried out new 3D printed mounting brackets for the planes 

Game 1: Germasn:  Steve & Chris: Fokker DVIIs, Jim: Pfalz XII
               British: Mark: 2 camels, MIke :1 Camel.


The Pfalz finished off Mike's Camel after the Fokkers had shot it up.  The other Camels ran for home.

Game2: Germans:  Steve: Hannover CIII + Fokker DVII.  MIke: Fokker DVII
             British: Jim: SE5a.  Chris & Mark Camels.

This turned into a real close quarters dog fight.  Note that the nearest Camel & Fokker are on the same rod. The new brackets make it easy to temporarily clip the higher plane onto the lower one's rod if they end up in the same hex. 
Mark's Camel was Steve's first victim followed soon after by Chris' Camel while the SE5a opened the throttle & bugged off outrunning the flock of Fokkers.




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2 comments:

Mutford said...

The clips make easier movement of a model from one rod to another which may convince me to adopt pegs, especially if the brackets start to slip through usage. Once we get the rules into our heads that is.

6:16 am
James Fisher said...

Marvellous model planes and the lab stands (or home made equivalent) work well for altitude. It's a shame that 3D printing can't be opaque to hide the brackets. Clear pegs perhaps?
Best wishes, James

9:52 am

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