tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post8544429562606627655..comments2024-03-24T00:19:48.310-07:00Comments on Delta Vector: Pulp JetsevilleMonkeighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-81458192317719494242023-12-20T19:55:15.163-08:002023-12-20T19:55:15.163-08:00"I always preferred the look of F9F Panthers ..."I always preferred the look of F9F Panthers over the more famous Sabre" - 7 years on and I still couldn't agree more! Have now played a couple of games of Blood Red Skies with my mate and much prefer the early "Mig Alley" period over the more commonplace WW2 aerial scraps<br /><br />PS In addition to their MiG-15s, F86F Sabres and F9F Panthers, Warlord games now also make F-80C Shooting Stars . All 1/200 scalePaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-66211291564178512642016-01-15T16:12:58.055-08:002016-01-15T16:12:58.055-08:00Here is the book, by James Mitchener
https://www....Here is the book, by James Mitchener<br /><br />https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/787184.The_Bridges_at_Toko_riPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-40586327966084227762016-01-15T12:11:03.114-08:002016-01-15T12:11:03.114-08:00I'm not aware of the book of Toko-Ri - come to...I'm not aware of the book of Toko-Ri - come to think of it, I'm not entirely sure I've seen the film - but can thoroughly recommend The Hunters by James Salter, who flew in Korea. It's told from the perspective of a fighter pilot (almost certainly of an F86, though I don't believe this is specified). There is a film of this, too, though I understand it is not impressive.Jon Snow?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18349064979919474482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-15384341675967637842016-01-15T00:45:22.383-08:002016-01-15T00:45:22.383-08:00Once again synchronicity strikes...I was just taki...Once again synchronicity strikes...I was just taking pics of early model jet aircraft in a military museum two weeks ago and considering a pulp approach to gaming with them.<br /><br />Always loved Bridges at Toko-Ri - good book tooPaul O'Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611720164170399684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-49423234299353941572016-01-14T13:36:58.375-08:002016-01-14T13:36:58.375-08:00If you doubt my sincerity over the P80 / F80, I...If you doubt my sincerity over the P80 / F80, I'm now watching a 1/72 kit on eBay, and may well add a 1/48 one (which, oddly, is only slightly more expensive). I'm not in a kit buying phase at the moment, though. I was actually looking for 1/144 painted & sort-of-ready-built ones (F-Toys, etc) to go with the oddments I'm in the process of ordering, but the unloved Shooting Star seems to have flown under the radar of the manufacturers so far. Pulp awesomeness clearly isn't their thing.Jon Snow?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18349064979919474482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-83670606357234716462016-01-14T13:09:34.321-08:002016-01-14T13:09:34.321-08:00As I pointed out, it was perfectly capable of shoo...As I pointed out, it was perfectly capable of shooting down a MiG 15, in the right circumstances, even without swept wings, unlike the Meteor of similar vintage, in service with the RAAF, which had to be relegated to second line duties due to being hopelessly outclassed. Admittedly the MiG pilot in the engagement in question only had himself to blame; perhaps he was so stunned by the sheer pulp awesomeness of the F80s in formation that he thought to himself, "Wonder what one of those looks like on my tail...oh wow!" Sadly, we shall never know.Jon Snow?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18349064979919474482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-27345994210269309022016-01-13T23:17:38.087-08:002016-01-13T23:17:38.087-08:00"...ugly duckling P80...."
Wash your mo..."...ugly duckling P80...."<br /><br />Wash your mouth out! The P80 is pure pulp awesomeness! Buck Rogers would have been proud to fly it....evilleMonkeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-30801824066635565592016-01-13T15:16:10.933-08:002016-01-13T15:16:10.933-08:00Historical factoid: the humble, ugly duckling P80 ...Historical factoid: the humble, ugly duckling P80 (later F80) was responsible for a landmark in aerial warfare during the Korean War, when a single MiG 15 which had streamed through a formation of Shooting Stars failed to join its brethren in climbing out of the danger area and continued its dive, whereupon a US pilot followed it, got on its tail, and claimed the first kill in a jet on jet combat.<br /><br />This is the kind of inter-action we all want to see easily replicated in air war mechanics....how is another matter.Jon Snow?https://www.blogger.com/profile/18349064979919474482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-14047529707853473212016-01-13T13:07:43.566-08:002016-01-13T13:07:43.566-08:00Heh. Did you see the source of the last video clip...Heh. Did you see the source of the last video clip? :-)evilleMonkeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-16964242679163050242016-01-13T06:26:52.570-08:002016-01-13T06:26:52.570-08:00Interesting idea. May I recommend the film "T...Interesting idea. May I recommend the film "The Bridges at Toko Ri" as a source of inspiration? A tiny bit late for your period but the special effects are spectacular in a Thunderbirds way.PatGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00379668269395518541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-57435818888222361602016-01-12T07:06:49.838-08:002016-01-12T07:06:49.838-08:00Some good ideas here! I have two of quirky twin-bo...Some good ideas here! I have two of quirky twin-boom Vampires....love um! Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07230631364253238804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-5095045412927559922016-01-12T02:35:26.678-08:002016-01-12T02:35:26.678-08:00Crimson Skies is for my 1:300 WW2 planes - I have ...Crimson Skies is for my 1:300 WW2 planes - I have weird ones like Do335 Pfeils and Westland Whirlwinds and not a Spitfire in sight... but that setting is pretty much already sorted. I have a Hindenberg Revell kit to serve as a flying mothership....evilleMonkeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11998198938697175335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-45282909553260090042016-01-12T02:09:08.113-08:002016-01-12T02:09:08.113-08:00Nice setting, I would play that!
'Private &q...Nice setting, I would play that! <br /><br />'Private "air forces" of a dozen or so planes'... You might had Crimson Skies and 'Hammer's Slammers with jets instead of tanks' to that 'pretty much a Buck Rogers-Weird War III-Stargate mashup, using generic tropes'!Trojan Pointshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01566215177738347634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394074963215462822.post-71474626015549231292016-01-12T01:12:59.924-08:002016-01-12T01:12:59.924-08:00Nice ideas, I have been trying to figure out what ...Nice ideas, I have been trying to figure out what to do with my dust tactics jets and I am also thinking post war imagination pulp jets.commissarmoodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17453787431294606707noreply@blogger.com