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Wings of War Part 1 for November 2015 (1 Viewer)
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wayne556517
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Dear All
Welcome to our first newsletter for November featuring two new 1/30 scale aircraft, one from WW1 and an iconic aircraft from WW2. Each of our aircraft takes approximately 60 hours to manufacture and are made from hand carved Mahogany wood.
WOW045 The Albatros D.V entered service in 1917 having replaced the Albatros D 111. Initially a disappointing aircraft, the Albatros D.V underwent several modifications during its operational history before it was considered adequate enough to deal with Allied aircraft. Von Richoften heavily criticised the aircraft saying it was hopelessly inferior to the English and that nothing could be done with it. However due to the lack of a suitable replacement until the Fokker Triplane came into service, some 2,500 Albatros D.V were built and over 1000 still remained in service by the end of the war. The Albatros served in all theatres during WW1 and was employed post war by the fledgling Polish air force.
Our Albatros is one flown by Lt Otto Konnecke who was born on 20 December 1892. Konnecke was a carpenter by trade but bored with this mundane life he enlisted into the army in 1911 and then transferred to the Luftstreitkrafte in 1913 to become a non commissioned pilot. By the time war broke out Konnecke was an instructor and therefore did not get to see any combat flying until the end of 1916. Early in 1917 he quickly started totting up kills, sometimes 3 in 1 day. By November 1918 his score stood at 35 downed aircraft, the last one being on the 4th November, 1 week before the war ended. Konnecke was eventually commissioned as an officer and awarded several medals including the Iron Cross, The Blue Max, Golden Military Merit Cross and The Knights Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern. After the war Konnecke became one of the first pilots to fly for Lufthansa, during WW2 he enlisted into the Luftwaffe and became the Commanding Officer of the military flying school at Scrau. He died peacefully in 1956 aged 64 years old.
Konnecke flew an extremely colourful green Albatros during WW1 and we hope we have faithfully depicted his beautiful looking machine in our release.
This aircraft comes with a Bergmann armed sentry figure GW060C, unfortunately we do not have pictures of this figure just yet and will post out to buyers later in the month once the figure becomes available. A limited edition of 12 pieces please email me if you wish to reserve this great looking aircraft as they will not be around for long.
WOW040 The Vought F4 Corsair with its distinctive Gull shaped wings was considered by the Japanese as one of the best aircraft of WW2 and was used extensively by the USMC in the Pacific. Rejected by the US Navy as being unsuitable for Carrier operation, the USMC quickly adopted it as one their mainstream land based fighter aircraft. The Corsair was built around the Pratt and Whitney 2,000 HP radial engine and was so powerful a 13ft Hamilton propeller had to be fitted, the largest in service during WW2. The Corsair was the first US aircraft to exceed 400 MPH and by the end of the war was operating at an 11:1 kill ratio in its favour. The Corsair was adopted by the Royal Navy who overcame its deck landing problems and was also used by the RNZAF and the French Navy. The Corsair was operated throughout the world by smaller airforces until the 1960's, with over 12,000 aircraft being manufactured by Vought as well as other manufacturers. Our version of the F4U Corsair belonged to the VMF-111 “Devil Dogs” of the Marines. Referred to as “Ole 122″, it received a citation for having successfully flown 100 bombing and 68 reconnaissance missions for a period of 6 months using the same engine. It is in fact the only aircraft to receive an official citation in its own name and operated from the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, covering over 80,000 miles with no engine change or having to turn back because of mechanical problems. Any figures shown with this aircraft are fro scale reference purposes only, limited to 12 pieces worldwide and priced at $599 grab one of these whilst you can!
As with all our aircraft we operate the facility to pay over 3 monthly instalments, if required please contact me for details. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter please reply to me with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in capital letters in the header and I will remove you from our contact list. I am hoping that later this month we will have a new Eindecker for your perusal and a very attractive FW190 should be making an appearance early December. The 1/30 scale figures will be released on Monday 16th December and will include the 1815 Prussians, some WW1 Aussies and of 3 new Japanese figures for the RS series.
Best wishes Vicki Lucas Gunn Marketing
Welcome to our first newsletter for November featuring two new 1/30 scale aircraft, one from WW1 and an iconic aircraft from WW2. Each of our aircraft takes approximately 60 hours to manufacture and are made from hand carved Mahogany wood.
WOW045 The Albatros D.V entered service in 1917 having replaced the Albatros D 111. Initially a disappointing aircraft, the Albatros D.V underwent several modifications during its operational history before it was considered adequate enough to deal with Allied aircraft. Von Richoften heavily criticised the aircraft saying it was hopelessly inferior to the English and that nothing could be done with it. However due to the lack of a suitable replacement until the Fokker Triplane came into service, some 2,500 Albatros D.V were built and over 1000 still remained in service by the end of the war. The Albatros served in all theatres during WW1 and was employed post war by the fledgling Polish air force.
Our Albatros is one flown by Lt Otto Konnecke who was born on 20 December 1892. Konnecke was a carpenter by trade but bored with this mundane life he enlisted into the army in 1911 and then transferred to the Luftstreitkrafte in 1913 to become a non commissioned pilot. By the time war broke out Konnecke was an instructor and therefore did not get to see any combat flying until the end of 1916. Early in 1917 he quickly started totting up kills, sometimes 3 in 1 day. By November 1918 his score stood at 35 downed aircraft, the last one being on the 4th November, 1 week before the war ended. Konnecke was eventually commissioned as an officer and awarded several medals including the Iron Cross, The Blue Max, Golden Military Merit Cross and The Knights Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern. After the war Konnecke became one of the first pilots to fly for Lufthansa, during WW2 he enlisted into the Luftwaffe and became the Commanding Officer of the military flying school at Scrau. He died peacefully in 1956 aged 64 years old.
Konnecke flew an extremely colourful green Albatros during WW1 and we hope we have faithfully depicted his beautiful looking machine in our release.
This aircraft comes with a Bergmann armed sentry figure GW060C, unfortunately we do not have pictures of this figure just yet and will post out to buyers later in the month once the figure becomes available. A limited edition of 12 pieces please email me if you wish to reserve this great looking aircraft as they will not be around for long.
WOW040 The Vought F4 Corsair with its distinctive Gull shaped wings was considered by the Japanese as one of the best aircraft of WW2 and was used extensively by the USMC in the Pacific. Rejected by the US Navy as being unsuitable for Carrier operation, the USMC quickly adopted it as one their mainstream land based fighter aircraft. The Corsair was built around the Pratt and Whitney 2,000 HP radial engine and was so powerful a 13ft Hamilton propeller had to be fitted, the largest in service during WW2. The Corsair was the first US aircraft to exceed 400 MPH and by the end of the war was operating at an 11:1 kill ratio in its favour. The Corsair was adopted by the Royal Navy who overcame its deck landing problems and was also used by the RNZAF and the French Navy. The Corsair was operated throughout the world by smaller airforces until the 1960's, with over 12,000 aircraft being manufactured by Vought as well as other manufacturers. Our version of the F4U Corsair belonged to the VMF-111 “Devil Dogs” of the Marines. Referred to as “Ole 122″, it received a citation for having successfully flown 100 bombing and 68 reconnaissance missions for a period of 6 months using the same engine. It is in fact the only aircraft to receive an official citation in its own name and operated from the Gilbert and Marshall Islands, covering over 80,000 miles with no engine change or having to turn back because of mechanical problems. Any figures shown with this aircraft are fro scale reference purposes only, limited to 12 pieces worldwide and priced at $599 grab one of these whilst you can!
As with all our aircraft we operate the facility to pay over 3 monthly instalments, if required please contact me for details. If you no longer wish to receive our newsletter please reply to me with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in capital letters in the header and I will remove you from our contact list. I am hoping that later this month we will have a new Eindecker for your perusal and a very attractive FW190 should be making an appearance early December. The 1/30 scale figures will be released on Monday 16th December and will include the 1815 Prussians, some WW1 Aussies and of 3 new Japanese figures for the RS series.
Best wishes Vicki Lucas Gunn Marketing
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Corsair looks amazing but am I missing the 6 50 cal machine gun ports?
cnq
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yes you're right. They forgot to drill holes for the gun ports on the Corsair
. On the other hand the Albatros does look nice.Interesting error but one that can be overcome with some black paint or even some white tape arranged in X's over where the gunports should be. USMC ground-based F4U's often had tape over the gunports to keep dust out, sometimes using more X's than actual ports to fool the enemy into believing there were more guns than 6. This particular F4U is an aircraft of VMF-111, based in the Gilbert Islands in 1944. -- Alyes you're right. They forgot to drill holes for the gun ports on the Corsair
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cnq
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I'm sure this small issue with be corrected by TG before they ship the planes out.