Modern Aircraft for 15mm

Having a need for some Aircraft in my games, I did some research and found a few aircraft that I have been looking for in the 1:100 scale! and I have compiled a small list of ones that I think will be useful.

I have plans to purchase three of each of the models, two will be used for in flight and on the ground actions and the third will be used as a  crash site.

I will also get just one small airliner that is 1:100 scale for a crash site as well from Tamiya and a 1:96 scale Airliner from Lindberg. Which you can get them both from Hobbylinc http://hobbylinc.com/

There is a paper model of a C-130 in 1:100 scale I'm thinking of as well for $12.00 from Paper Alice here's a link www.modelalice.com/ , with some extra work I was thinking of doing two of those one as a crash site and the other as "Get to the Plane!"

Now to the Meat and Potatoes! here are  Fixed Wing Aircraft that I will be using they are from Revell Models and can be found at most hobby shops.

Harrier Jump Jet and the A-10 Warthog.

Now there are other fixed wing aircrafts but I figured these would be most useful for myself.

Other very useful aircrafts that I can't wait to get are the Rotary Wing Aircrafts. these are from Revell Models as well and again can be found in many hobby shops as well.

UH-1H Huey.

AH-1 Cobra.

UH-60 Blackhawk.

SH-60 Seahawk.

AH-64 Apache.

For a CH-47 you have to go to Syma Drones at www.syma-rc.com Model No. S026G. The complete kit is costly but the body parts are cheap! You will have to fabricate rotary blades because I don't think the ones they carry will do, nope not at all!

Old Glory UK has a CH-47 complete resin and metal model but a little too pricy for me www.oldgloryuk.com/ .

Of course this is a short list of aircraft useful for 15mm game, Modern Combat games, Zombies, Alien Invasion, Giant Bugs, Giant Monsters, or Post Apocalyptic.

In addition the are a few others that will work great for Pulp Fiction game too but that's another list.

Welcome to Downtown (Update)

On an earlier post about HO Scale buildings, mostly about Plasticville HO Scale Buildings, I was cruising the local Goodwill Store when I spied a box of Guidancetown Building Set in HO Scale for only $5.00, figuring for $5.00 I couldn't go wrong getting these, if it doesn't work no big lost.

I got the box home and dived right in, seems that there is some parts missing but that's okay I could make 11 buildings and set up a small town, I don't like the style of the buildings but for the moment that's fine, it does confirm that HO Scale will work for my gaming needs and I can move forward with my ideas.

I have taken some comparison pictures of 15mm figures along with the buildings.

Here is a little layout of a small town on a cutting mat that's 24 inches by 35 inches.

Here is a small Diner or Convenience Store.

Here is a small House.

Here I have one that could be a small Store of sorts.

I really like the way this Figures look in comparison to the build's scale and I can't wait to get ahold of some more HO Scale buildings, I plan to have a fair size town for running Zombie games or Alien Invasion game not to forget giant Insect games as well. In addition I will get addition buildings to create  a Post Apocalyptic environment as well.

Welcome to Downtown

After some research online that is, I found out that HO Scale Buildings may work fairly well with 15mm figures in addition they can be inexpensive, then there are some that are really pricy too pricy for what I want to do. Plus there are loads of them on eBay and Amazon. Now of course I will dig into this further to insure they will work with 15mm! plus all the accessories as well. I will Post my findings as we go.

My intent if everything works out well, is to collect as much as I need, I'm going to start with a lot of Downtown stuff. I'm going to look at some of the Plasticville range of buildings. there are a lot of them and they are rather small in foot print size for the table, they are rather cheap as well you can get many of them between $5 and $25. Plus with some paint and additional details they should work just fine. Now I have seen where the "O" scale Plasticville building work rather nicely with 28mm.

• Police Station
• Fire Station
• Supermarket
• Hardware/Pharmacy
• 5 & Dime Store
• Post Office
• Burger Joint
• Ice Cream shop
• Bank with Drivethru
• City Hall
• Church
• Gas Station
• Auto Repair Shop
• Men's Store
• Hobby and Toy Store
• Hospital
• Dry Goods Store
• Ladies Store
• Theater 
• Restaurant
• Car Dealership

Which from this list will make for a great downtown! My understanding is there maybe a couple of other buildings for a downtown area that I did not listed but I'm still looking into it more as to which ones they may be.

Now there are other buildings to make this town even bigger from the Plasticville range as well. You have to have a place for all your town folk to live in. You can see the houses below in the first row the school house and gas station in the back.

• Factory Building
• Split Level Home
• Cape Cod Home
• Ranch Style home
• Contemporary Home
• Two Story Home
• House Under Construction 
• Smaller Church
• Motel with Pool
• Barn with Silo
• Farm Outbuildings

I also have the intention of looking at other Ho Scale Buildings as well,  for Main Street two story flat roof type of buildings to have a place for survivors to be able to retreat too or view the horror from as well.

There is a lot of options for buildings in the HO Scale range, that I think will work for 15mm figures, and the cost for many is very low and seems they would fill a table rather well that would give any game a lot to work with. You can also buy doubles, one for an intact building and with some work it's double as a damaged or destroyed building. 

I'm looking forward to using them if things work out well in Zombie games, Pulp Adventures, Alien Invasions, fighting Giant Bug Infestations, Post Apocalypse Scenarios and even AVP (Alien vs Predator) and with a variety of building it will give your Player Characters Goals and Objectives to strive for or places to run from or run too, YES RUN VERY FAST!

Yes the Objectives can be fuel tanks or power stations, You have to have a power station! How else are you going to electrocute the Aliens or the Giant Bugs! Radio Station so one could warn the people of their pending DOOM!  A Trailer Park for Alien Invasions or where the crazy guy who lives there trying to warn you and others! Oh yes the possibilities are endless. 

Stargate Pleiades

Stargate Pleiades (The South America Background)

Okay so taking the whole "Stargate" Universe into account is how I plan to tie it all together.

The Ancients, launched a ship ( a Seed Ship and a Follow Ship) to seed Stargates across different Galaxies (Stargate Universe) to escape the "Wraith" and the "Replicators" (Stargate Atlantis).

Landing a Stargate on Earth and moving on to other planets in this Galaxy system planting yet more  Stargates (SG-1),

From Earth the Ancient launch another Seed Ship and a Follow Up Ship to seed (Stargate Universe)another Galaxy to escape the Goa'uld, to the Constellation system "Pleiades"

The "Seed Ship" continues to move along planting Stargates, the "Follow Up Ship" has a mishap and crash lands on a very hot steamy jungle planet. The section of the ship to which contains the Stargate has broken off and is lost somewhat to the jungle and never found, the rest of the ship is found by a not so primitive alien species "Predators". Slowly they started finding out some of the "Ancients" Tech Secrets and started moving their race forward.

Now move forward some 10,000 years or more and the "Predators" have moved on from this little world to establish "New Home Worlds" separate "Worlds" this one has just became to small for the two different clans and needs, it became just a small out of the way planet that use to use as a "Hunting Preserve" to which Humans were transported to for the "First Hunt" for very young "Predators" from time to time. As time pass this planet became just more of an out of the way place until it was just a small totally forgotten world.

Over time those Humans that survived the hunts by escaping, formed into small groups and have made this place their home. Having found the "Lost" Stargate and have moved it and the DHD ( Dial Home Device) to a central place of worship in an abandon underground city of the former occupants the "Predators"

There are two Clans of Predators each with a similar cast system, Low, Middle and the Higher cast, the Higher cast are the ones that are allowed to use ships to hunt on other worlds, the middle cast hunt on preserves and the lower cast hunt in arena settings, many are born into their cast but there are opportunities to move up in the cast system by being a better hunter. The two Clans are at odds with each other each, competing for better hunting grounds and more dangerous Prey. Just adding another reason why they have moved off this small planet

Over the past the "Predators" used humans as two things, slave labor to build their massive cities and for hunting by selecting promising humans, training them with skills and releasing them into the arenas for the hunt for the lower cast. A very few promising humans are pick for the "Hunting Preserve Worlds" from the slave labor force. Most humans that are hunted on the Hunting Preserve Worlds at taken from Earth.

Soon after the Stargate team arrives, They find themselves scouting out the underground complexes to which they make it their base camp finding hieroglyphs, drawings and other writings. As they ventured out from the underground complex, they soon discover the human inhabitants of this new world. Then they find the real threat "Predators"!

Now how do I do all this, to tie the Predators into this, if you would notice in all the Predator movies they all have some sort of tie to Central America, and because I can.

• Predator 1: Central America.
• Predator 2: Colombian Drug Lords and other elements from Central America and the Caribbean  Islands,  plus the ship interior had some Central American influences. 
• Alien Vs Predator: The structure found under the ice in the Antarctic looked very much like Mayan Temple.
• Alien Vs Predator Requiem: The world to which the Predator clean up guy for lack of a better description, the location to which he launched is ship the background structures look like Mayan influences were involved.
• Then there is all the Fan Art that shows lots of Mayan Structures.
• Pleiades played a vey important roll in Mayan culture. 

Now to tie it into Stargate. It's a weak link but it's works, it's the Ships.

Don't the Predators out riggings on their ships, look a little like the Puddle Jumper's?

Maybe a little different in design and paint but the connection works for me. If one were to find some advance technology, wouldn't they try to build it and wouldn't it come out different from the original for one would have to build it with the materials that they have and with their own comfort and needs in mind.

Now moving on to this new project.

Okay now, I have all the figures that I would need in 15mm range. I have Predators from Khurasan Miniatures and Xenomorphs (Aliens) as well. I have the Non-Stargate Team from GZG (Ground Zero Games) plus I have Marines from Peter Pig's Miniatures.

All I need now is some Aztec or Mayan figure which I can use in My Pirate Games as well, add some other figures for additional adventures, I  will have to build some Temple terrain and Jungle Terrain to which I have scores of ideas. If a keep the terrain generic I will be able to use it in other games as well Pulp Adventures, Pirates Adventures, Fantasy Adventures and other Sci-Fi games as well.

So I'm looking forward to this project, I will be working on my other projects "Barge Town", "My Terrain" and "My Pirate Game".