“Missing DISPATCHES!” (Part Two) (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

2. COMING IN MAY…
Ever wonder what kept the “Knights of the Air” actually in the air? Yes, you’re right the mechanics on the ground of course! Well here are three more of the Kaiser’s boys…

FW100 “Field Telephone”
Although still in its infancy field telephones were much in evidence on all airfields and aerodromes during the Great War.


FW101 “Shouting Mechanic”
To make yourself heard over the din of revving aero engines cannot have been easy… as this young German mechanic is illustrating!


FW102 “Standing Mechanic”
This fellow is not so much standing around doing nothing… more than likely he’s waiting around for something to fall off!
From the oil stained mechanics we move to one of the true “Knights of the Air”…


FW103 “Oswald Boelcke”
This is the pilot who taught the Red Baron how to fight in the air… Boelcke is widely considered one of the most influential fighter pilots of the early years of air combat.
He developed many of the initial rules of air fighting utilized by both sides during the 1914-18 war.
He was killed in 1916 after winning some 40 victories. Our figure shows him wearing his black leather flying jacket and carrying a celebratory bottle of champagne.


Once again lads, sorry for missing out these six little figures…. Hope you like ‘em!
Best wishes and… happy collecting!
Andy C.

 

[waynepoo]

Well now, very nice indeed. Know now what to add to my Great War wish list.....{sm4}
Wayne.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

These 3 seem very nicely made, as do the figures from part 1 of the dispatches. Trying to stick with WWII for myself, but looks very nice for the other collectors !

 

[wayne556517]

These are great not helping my cause of not collecting WW1 planes.

 

[Napoleon1er]

Very nice figures, and I hope I am not somehow offending someone^&confuse when I state the obvious- those will look great next to the JJ German aircrew, which I am sure is what is meant, and is brilliant, may I say!{bravo}}

 

[6th Wisconsin]

Excellent figures Andy!

 

[lancer]

Like the air mechanics but the Boelcke figure is a home run. Looks very much like him. Now we need one of Boelcke's aircraft, either his Albatros D-2 or one of his Eindekkers. -- Al

 

[Capitolron]

Very excited about these new releases ! They will be great additions to the WWI Phillips Airfield ! ^&grin

 

[lancer]

Like the air mechanics but the Boelcke figure is a home run. Looks very much like him. Now we need one of Boelcke's aircraft, either his Albatros D-2 or one of his Eindekkers. -- Al

I really like this Boelcke figure, but he is a stand alone figure as things sit now. He cannot historically display with any of the current or announced aircraft in the WW1 line. Boelcke was KIA in October, 1916, before the Albatros D-3 (or D-5) came into use and LONG before the famous Fokker D-7's made their debut. Boelcke died in an Albatros D-2, which while similar in appearence to a D-3 or D-5, was noticably different. As Boelcke made his name flying a Fokker Eindecker, this is a good opportunity for KC to do an Eindecker for Boelcke to stand next to.:wink2: -- Al

 

[Jamo]

Thanks Andy. Great additions for a WW1 airfield diorama. The Boelke figure reminds me of the character from the Blue Max movie who liked Krug champagne! The sculpting and paint jobs get better and better. This is a really exciting range and has so many possibilities in terms of planes, characters and add-on sets. I'm hooked and can't wait for the next releases....

 

[chocolate mousse]

The paint jobs look better on the 2 wearing black but the 2 wearing green still have those distracting black outlines on the pockets ect...just leave them solid green

 

[Jamo]

Thanks Andy. Great additions for a WW1 airfield diorama. The Boelke figure reminds me of the character from the Blue Max movie who liked Krug champagne! The sculpting and paint jobs get better and better. This is a really exciting range and has so many possibilities in terms of planes, characters and add-on sets. I'm hooked and can't wait for the next releases....

Jeremy Kemp in Blue Max, 1966. Still one of my favourite war movies despite its inaccuracies....

Thanks