WW1: von Tiddenheim visits a friend ...

von Tiddenheim has just finished checking out his triplane after a returning from a sortie

 he watches a Roland about to take off for a spotting mission ...

 then some men a work on an Albatross..

He wanders up to the squadron office and meets up with another pilot and together they take a short trip in a small car to the nearby hospital.

 they enquire where their injured friend is, and are directed into the gardens - 'try the summer house '

 they walk across the lawn ....

they find their pilot friend and present him with a bottle of wine...

they stay for a while, bringing him up to date on events at the squadron and help him dispose of the wine ....

[new items: some ground crew and extras from various sources and pilots from Red Box]

WW1: at the British airfield ...

At the british airfield some new SPADs have arrived...

 pilots check out the new planes...

 while ground crew finish getting a Sopwith ready for flight .....

[New items: Pilot and ground crew - Red Box; SPADs from Revell kits.]

WW1: at the airfields ...

At the british airfield where Captain Odd-Fellowes's squadron is based, a Bristol fighter is preparing to leave while some officers inspect a newly arrived Sopwith tri-plane.

 ---oXo---

Meanwhile at the airfield of Jasta 69, von Tiddenheims' flying circus, the landing gear of an Albatross DV is being repaired while a couple of pilots look at Fokker DVII which has been sent to the squadron for evaluation...

 

[new items: 4 planes and some figures picked up for a nice price off Ebay]

Aircraft hangars ...

I knocked up a two hangars from cardboard. They nominally represent some sort of canvas ones on a wooden frame. 

 Now I need some ground crew .... :)

WW1: Game in a Box ...

Well a rather large box, I decided to tidy up the storage scheme I was using and found a nice plastic box with lid. With careful packing I can get all the stands, rules etc in plus the planes. Also easy for transportation.

With the space I have I can fit in about 10 planes. Currently short of British ones, so have bought a Corgi diecast WW1 Sopwith (a little underscale) and two Spad XIII kits to make.

WW1: German spotter plane attacked ....

A quick game to try out the WW1 air warfare rules - 'Canvas & Wire'; and to check the aircraft stands are suitable (stands made from camera tripod legs see http://ww2tanksalot.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/aircraft-stands.html ).

German Roland C2 on spotting duty ...

A couple of British Sopwith pups in the distance move towards the Roland ...

 The first Sopwith comes in and fires a burst, some damage caused ...

 The Roland rear gunner lets loose peppering the Sopwith with shot and setting the engine on fire

 Both planes manouvre, the Sopwith engine cuts out and he has to lose height quickly and glide down

going down .....

 and onto the ground with a bump behind British lines - pilot safe

 The Roland gains height and resumes spotting ....

 The second Sopwith comes in ....

A more experienced pilot he hugs the Roland's blind spot and lets rip bursts of machine gun fire ...

 the Sopwith gets closer in and is still firing, the Roland is trying to make a run for it ....

the Sopwith breaks off the attack as the 'peppered' Roland loses height quickly, the pilot manages to keep control eventually landing in a field behind German lines