A question of scale
You may remember a couple of days ago, I talked about receiving Over The Channel, a campaign for fighting the Battle of Britain for the Check Your 6! rules, and I was undecided about what scale of aircraft I was going to use…
…well, after reading the book, it ended up being an easy decision.
The book contains a total of 18 scenarios. If you want to fight all of them, you need the following aircraft:
Royal Air Force:
- 9 x Spitfire I
- 9 x Hurricane I
- 6 x Fairey Battle
- 3 x Bolton-Paul Defiant
- 4 x Blenheim IF
- 6 x Blenheim IV
- 3 x Spitfire II
Luftwaffe:
- 10 x Ju 88
- 13 x Do17
- 12 x Ju 87
- 8 x He 111
- 8 x Me Bf 110C
- 8 x Me 109E
- 12 x BR.20M
- 8 x Cr. 42
…thats a grand total of 119 aircraft, including 65 bombers.
Much as I like 1/300th scale aircraft, considering that fighters cost £1 each, and bombers can be anything from £2-£3 each, from a purely economic point of view, there is only one decision to make – 1/600th scale.
Even then, you are still looking at a bill in excess of £50 for all the aircraft. Another project to complete in stages, I think…
I agree with you there 1/600 is the only scale to play CY6 if you aren’t a Millionare. If your looking for a manufacterer you should look at Tumbling Dice (I’m not an advertiser, LOL) 🙂