Trees and bushes...? - Page 2 - Aircraft of World War II

Lucky13 · 03-01-2009, 09:05 AM

Nope, sorry Wojtek!

True buddy. I think that maybe O scale/1/43 is the best, at least as close as you can get to 1/48...

Wurger · 03-01-2009, 09:16 AM

That's a pity.

Yep these for HO are good for the purpose.

Airframes · 03-01-2009, 06:35 PM

Some of the same pics have inspired me Jan; those, and memories of walking around Rheinsehlen, back in'73, where JG26 , and others, were once based.
You'll find that the (relataively) cheap model railway trees for conifer types, similar to the ones I used, will work well for 1/48th scale, being tall enough. They can easily be enhanced, and cost around £1 to £1.50 each. Also, the trees in your pics, from the birch 'family', are fairly easy to make.
The small diorama I'm planning will be France, 1944 (possibly '43), with a JG26 FW190A, some figures, and maybe a Citroen in sand and green camouflage, as a Luftwaffe car, and possibly a truck. Was going to start that, and some with buildings, for the Diorama Guide, but something called a Group Build seemed to get in the way.......

Lucky13 · 03-01-2009, 06:46 PM

Thanks for the info old chap! See a "double bill" coming up here then in the future then mate....

...and, as you know me, I have to include a "13" in the diorama!

Airframes · 03-01-2009, 08:22 PM

Sounds good to me, have a dram!

Lucky13 · 03-02-2009, 06:13 AM

Was a bit bored here.....did some scribbling.

Wurger · 03-02-2009, 06:26 AM

Looking interesting. Whare is a pub place?

Lucky13 · 03-02-2009, 07:08 AM

What's that buddy?

lesofprimus · 03-02-2009, 07:13 AM

Thats alot of fu*kin trees Jan....

Lucky13 · 03-02-2009, 07:14 AM

Will have a to do a few small openings....

Don't know much about these forrest bases.

Wurger · 03-02-2009, 07:32 AM

But you will cope with this I'm sure.

Lucky13 · 03-02-2009, 08:22 AM

With some Polish beer and vodka, I can..!

Airframes · 03-02-2009, 05:51 PM

Apart from a lot of trees, given that you're aiming for 1/48th scale (?), that's going to be about 5 feet by 2 feet at least! Holy moly!!

Lucky13 · 03-03-2009, 07:26 AM

Would be an interesting thing to do...! Now, which JG?

The two pics with the road base are Dora-9's from 7./JG26 if I remember correctly...
Who else besides JG26 operated from road bases like this? As long as there's a "13" to fit in there, any JG will do me.....Late '109, '190A,F or G or D.

Airframes · 03-03-2009, 02:24 PM

That 'road base' could very well be Reinsehlen, but there were a number, which looked like clearings in a forest, with a road running across it. The latter was a hard runway, with the taxi tracks around the edge of the 'clearing', running off onto 'dirt' tracks in the forest, where the dispersals were.
Some of the French bases were similar, such as Guipavas, and others would utilise the nearby woods, copses etc, with the taxi tracks leading to the airfield itself.
If it will help, I still have a NATO map used on a big exercise in Germany, in '73, which shows Reinsehlen, which I can copy for you.

03-01-2009, 09:05 AM	#16
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Nope, sorry Wojtek! True buddy. I think that maybe O scale/1/43 is the best, at least as close as you can get to 1/48... __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-01-2009, 09:16 AM	#17
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	That's a pity. Yep these for HO are good for the purpose. __________________

03-01-2009, 06:35 PM	#18
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Some of the same pics have inspired me Jan; those, and memories of walking around Rheinsehlen, back in'73, where JG26 , and others, were once based. You'll find that the (relataively) cheap model railway trees for conifer types, similar to the ones I used, will work well for 1/48th scale, being tall enough. They can easily be enhanced, and cost around £1 to £1.50 each. Also, the trees in your pics, from the birch 'family', are fairly easy to make. The small diorama I'm planning will be France, 1944 (possibly '43), with a JG26 FW190A, some figures, and maybe a Citroen in sand and green camouflage, as a Luftwaffe car, and possibly a truck. Was going to start that, and some with buildings, for the Diorama Guide, but something called a Group Build seemed to get in the way....... __________________

03-01-2009, 06:46 PM	#19
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Thanks for the info old chap! See a "double bill" coming up here then in the future then mate.... ...and, as you know me, I have to include a "13" in the diorama! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-01-2009, 08:22 PM	#20
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Sounds good to me, have a dram! __________________

03-02-2009, 06:13 AM	#21
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Was a bit bored here.....did some scribbling. __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-02-2009, 06:26 AM	#22
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	Looking interesting. Whare is a pub place? __________________

03-02-2009, 07:08 AM	#23
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	What's that buddy? __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-02-2009, 07:13 AM	#24
lesofprimus Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi Posts: 17,503	Thats alot of fu*kin trees Jan.... __________________ My IL2 Video Tribute to My Grandfather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzN5RuNNJk

03-02-2009, 07:14 AM	#25
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Will have a to do a few small openings.... Don't know much about these forrest bases. __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-02-2009, 07:32 AM	#26
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,972	But you will cope with this I'm sure. __________________

03-02-2009, 08:22 AM	#27
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	With some Polish beer and vodka, I can..! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-02-2009, 05:51 PM	#28
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	Apart from a lot of trees, given that you're aiming for 1/48th scale (?), that's going to be about 5 feet by 2 feet at least! Holy moly!! __________________

03-03-2009, 07:26 AM	#29
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,144	Would be an interesting thing to do...! Now, which JG? The two pics with the road base are Dora-9's from 7./JG26 if I remember correctly... Who else besides JG26 operated from road bases like this? As long as there's a "13" to fit in there, any JG will do me.....Late '109, '190A,F or G or D. __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-03-2009, 02:24 PM	#30
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,062	That 'road base' could very well be Reinsehlen, but there were a number, which looked like clearings in a forest, with a road running across it. The latter was a hard runway, with the taxi tracks around the edge of the 'clearing', running off onto 'dirt' tracks in the forest, where the dispersals were. Some of the French bases were similar, such as Guipavas, and others would utilise the nearby woods, copses etc, with the taxi tracks leading to the airfield itself. If it will help, I still have a NATO map used on a big exercise in Germany, in '73, which shows Reinsehlen, which I can copy for you. __________________

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