wayne556517
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wayne556517
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Dear All
Welcome to our March release for our new wooden Warbirds. This month the
release will be split into two, divided between Japanese and British
aircraft.
Our first Japanese aircraft comes in the guise of the Nakajima A6M2
Seaplane, this was a single seat aircraft based on the very successful Zero
fighter and made its maiden flight on December 7th 1941, the Allied nickname
for this aircraft was 'Rufe'.
Primarily designed to be utilised in the defence of Japanese island bases,
these aircraft were also deployed on ships in the reconnaissance role.
The Rufe was very effective in the anti PT boat role and scored several
successes against American boats, the wake of the PT boats being easy to
spot at night from above. Armed with 2 machine guns and 2 cannons plus bombs
if required, these aircraft could cause serious damage to an unwary PT boat.
With the Allied airforces encroaching daily into Japanese territory the
Rufes were also in constant aerial combat. Although not as fast as the Zero
the Rufe was almost as manoeuvrable and proved to be a tricky customer to
deal with in a dog fight.
We have 2 versions on offer of this beautiful looking aircraft and they are
as follows:
WOW024 Pale Grey colour
WOW025 Dark Green colour
Both aircraft are limited to 6 in number and priced at $650/£430 inc VAT per
aircraft plus P&P. Each aircraft comes with a trailer and 2 x free sentry
figures from RS002A and RS002B. For those of you who do not have the means
to pay the full amount this month, you will be pleased to hear that we are
able to take deposits over a 3 month period, which seemed to work for a
number of our customers last time.
For those of you interested in the background production news behind this
piece, you may be surprised to hear that the project took over 9 months from
conception to fruition. This was the first floatplane our factory had
tackled and although we have a German Arado 196 in the works I am not sure
they will be keen to make any more seaplanes! The carving of the floats and
the trailer were a particular challenge. However I think you will all agree
the finished result was well worth the wait.
Please drop me an email if you wish to reserve an aircraft at your earliest
convenience as I have a feeling these will not be around too long.
I am hoping to send out details of our a WW1 British aircraft early next
week.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing
from you in due course.
Best Wishes Vicki Lucas
TGM Marketing Manager
Welcome to our March release for our new wooden Warbirds. This month the
release will be split into two, divided between Japanese and British
aircraft.
Our first Japanese aircraft comes in the guise of the Nakajima A6M2
Seaplane, this was a single seat aircraft based on the very successful Zero
fighter and made its maiden flight on December 7th 1941, the Allied nickname
for this aircraft was 'Rufe'.
Primarily designed to be utilised in the defence of Japanese island bases,
these aircraft were also deployed on ships in the reconnaissance role.
The Rufe was very effective in the anti PT boat role and scored several
successes against American boats, the wake of the PT boats being easy to
spot at night from above. Armed with 2 machine guns and 2 cannons plus bombs
if required, these aircraft could cause serious damage to an unwary PT boat.
With the Allied airforces encroaching daily into Japanese territory the
Rufes were also in constant aerial combat. Although not as fast as the Zero
the Rufe was almost as manoeuvrable and proved to be a tricky customer to
deal with in a dog fight.
We have 2 versions on offer of this beautiful looking aircraft and they are
as follows:
WOW024 Pale Grey colour
WOW025 Dark Green colour
Both aircraft are limited to 6 in number and priced at $650/£430 inc VAT per
aircraft plus P&P. Each aircraft comes with a trailer and 2 x free sentry
figures from RS002A and RS002B. For those of you who do not have the means
to pay the full amount this month, you will be pleased to hear that we are
able to take deposits over a 3 month period, which seemed to work for a
number of our customers last time.
For those of you interested in the background production news behind this
piece, you may be surprised to hear that the project took over 9 months from
conception to fruition. This was the first floatplane our factory had
tackled and although we have a German Arado 196 in the works I am not sure
they will be keen to make any more seaplanes! The carving of the floats and
the trailer were a particular challenge. However I think you will all agree
the finished result was well worth the wait.
Please drop me an email if you wish to reserve an aircraft at your earliest
convenience as I have a feeling these will not be around too long.
I am hoping to send out details of our a WW1 British aircraft early next
week.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and I look forward to hearing
from you in due course.
Best Wishes Vicki Lucas
TGM Marketing Manager
zulucollector
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beyond words..... however due to the state of the cdn dollar will need to keep my powder dry for when the swordfish and arado are released.... I think TG has taken the lead in the air race among toy soldier companies... well done....
ivanmoe
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The green one is awfully nice indeed!
Question for Wayne or Vicki...
Is there going to be an allotment of the TG Rufe for sale in the USA?
I ask because Aikens Airplanes has been handling small quantities of the newer releases.
-Moe
Question for Wayne or Vicki...
Is there going to be an allotment of the TG Rufe for sale in the USA?
I ask because Aikens Airplanes has been handling small quantities of the newer releases.
-Moe
wayne556517
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The green one is awfully nice indeed!
Question for Wayne or Vicki...
Is there going to be an allotment of the TG Rufe for sale in the USA?
I ask because Aikens Airplanes has been handling small quantities of the newer releases.
-Moe
They have not placed an order yet - maybe you could ask them?
TGM have sold 90% of them already so he needs to be quick if he wants one!
ivanmoe
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Thought about this some, and darned if the Rufe wouldn't look great with some ground-crew:
-Moe
cnq
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Thought about this some, and darned if the Rufe wouldn't look great with some ground-crew:
-Moe
Hey, my Rufe has the same (marking) number ^&grin
