1/2400 aircraft on CVs

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Donald M. Scheef
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1/2400 aircraft on CVs

Post by Donald M. Scheef »

Can anyone with the following models identify the type of aircraft provided with them? The photographs on the web are not clear enough for me to make the determination.

FRN10 CV Bearn
GEN13 CV Graf Zeppelin
RMN18 CV Aquila

Thank you for any replies.

Don Scheef

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Of those three I have the Graf Zeppelin and she comes with 9 x Ju-87C Stukas. But I cheated with mine and took some extra Seafires and shaved their wings down to make them look like Bf-109T's. Since she was supposed to embark a gruppe of Stukas (3 staffeln) and one staffeln (sqaudron) of 109's, I gave her three aircraft for each squadron with the color bands on the spinners for each squadron:
1/Tragergruppe 186 (10 x Stukas) - White
2/Tragergruppe 186 (10 x Stukas) - Red
3/Tragergruppe 186 (10 x Stukas) - Yellow
4/Tragergruppe 186 (12 x Bf-109's) - Blue

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I would love to be able to answer the rest of your question because that would mean that I had built the Italian and French navies too. Not yet, but definitely in the future!

Chris

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That is just SHARP looking!

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Post by Mk 1 »

thenorthman wrote:That is just SHARP looking!
Ain't it, though?

I am not a micro-naughts collector. But I'll tell ya, if there is anything that could turn me on to those little gems, it is the kinds of pictures I see posted here!

Youza! That's some fine wing-snippin' and ship-painting there, Chris! :wink:
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Post by jb »

Chris,Most excellent work!
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Post by Donald M. Scheef »

I have finally broken down and started buying some carriers. For those who wondered:

As cbovill replied earlier, GEN13, CV Graf Zeppelin comes with Ju-87 Stukas. In this scale, I can't distinguish "C" model from others, but this would be the correct model.

RMN18, CV Aquila, comes with radial-engined Reggiane fighters - either Re 2001 or Re 2002 (indistinguishable in this scale)

FRN10, CV Bearn, comes with Dewoitine D.750 fighters and Breguet 690 attack bombers. Both of these were exclusively land-based aircraft, but the selection was appropriate considering that Bearn was used as an aircraft transport, not as an active carrier.

Don Scheef

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