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Flat Figures Painters Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Richard on April 27, 2018, 04:44:56 AM

Title: Airplanes, no link with the flat figures
Post by: Richard on April 27, 2018, 04:44:56 AM

 Hello,
I am very fond of the thin flat figures but not only. I am too an enthusiast of the old airplanes, particularly of the warbirds. This year I have the plan of attending the Duxford show in July.
Does anyone amongst you go to this event ?
Richard

Title: Re: Airplanes, no link with the flat figures
Post by: JerryMort on April 27, 2018, 05:27:17 AM

I used to go to Duxford air shows but too far away now. You can do flats and aircraft together see Western Miniatures catalogue http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/Vendor%20Catalog/Western/. Heinrichsen also do flat figures of First World War aircraft in their tin airforce series. Photo of mustang at Duxford attached.

Title: Re: Airplanes, no link with the flat figures
Post by: willie on April 27, 2018, 09:05:47 AM

I have never been to that Air Show. You need to visit the Virginia  Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach. I volunteered there before I moved down to FL :-\ We had two shows there World War I & II  More then half of the planes flew.  P40  P51 B25 J  Yak 9 Spitfire Hurricane  ME 109 FW 190 JU 52 ME 262  Mosquito , Typhoon. . The World War I section we had A Nieuport  17   Fokker DR 1 and  Fokker Dr VII  Albatros D.III.  I would like to see more planes Western has a big section of World War I planes. :o Willie

Title: Re: Airplanes, no link with the flat figures
Post by: PJDeluhery on April 27, 2018, 09:09:54 AM

Western Miniatures also has flats of WWII aircraft.  Check it out here:
http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/Vendor%20Catalog/Western/ (http://www.intflatfigures.org/BFFS/Vendor%20Catalog/Western/)


Look under "aircraft" at the end of the page.

Title: Re: Airplanes, no link with the flat figures
Post by: JerryMort on April 27, 2018, 10:00:25 AM

A Balbo at Duxford. (Balbo - RAF slang for a large formation, named after Italo Balbo, the Italian Air Marshall who loved to lead huge formations of aircraft in the 1930's).

Title: Re: Airplanes, no link with the flat figures
Post by: Richard on May 02, 2018, 03:00:28 AM

Thanks for the pictures and the pieces of advise.

Richard