Hi Folks,

Just to get it in a topic of its own so I don't have to go looking through a bunch of other topics...

The Series II miniatures appear to be:

1. Val
2. Hurricane
3. De520
4. Stuka (?)

Does this match the rumor-collections of others?

schoon said:

That would be correct sir.

Though I wish they would trade in a P-40 for the Hurricane.

That s good !

You can see the protos for the Val, D520 and Hurricane on my website

I agree about the P40 for the Hurricane, but all in good time I hope.  AND... Hopefully the minis market is taking off for them and we start getting more planes out faster, a set a quarter would be AWESOME!!!

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ejacobs said:

Agreed, but realistically every 6 months.  With only 4 models in each set they could do quite a few with WWII.  Cannot wait until we get a dauntless as well.

Hoping we will also see an expansion with some new targetes for the bombers.  Some ships would be great,

afilter said:

Nah, there is a lot of targets like tanks, ships and troops to buy, both in the same scale or a smaller one (too symbolise height or just if youre too cheap for the huge one.

For tanks, artillery (and airplanes that is not released yet as the P40) I can reccomend the Action 200 figures, Skytrex.com sells them but there are probably other places you can find them too.

As for the ships, 1:200 is really too huge. I would probably go for 1:700 since it is still large enough to look impressive. Meridian have some nice ones but you can find many in plasic kits also.

Of course you will have to paint them but Wow should focus on getting out planes instead of targets. I havn't seen the WW2 planes even myself, my gaming store havn't got them in yet. Sucks to live in the most nothern part of europe sometimes.:(

Pour Le Merite said:

I guess  was referrring to flat images similar to the burning drachen set.  I have more than enough models that could be subsituted at targets.  Something other than a little red dot would be nice.  I think I saw someone did a BB on another site.

Pour Le Merite said:

For ships I would be tempted to go an even smaller scale than that, something more akin to 1:1200, as even 1:700 scale ships (though readily available) can be pretty large!

schoon said:

Actually I try to stay awy from 3D targets altogether as they only complicate movement.  With the introduction of Bombers (especially naval ones) I will not be suprised if we see some new targets ie ships done in the style of the ballons in the WWI game.  Even and expansion packe would be neat with scaled ships, factories etc with AA values and arcs of fire.  Dive bombing was a bit more personal than level bombing.  I think targets the plnaes can interact with more would be a big bonus.

Any word on a timeframe as to when we can start looking for the second set to arrive on the shelves?

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ejacobs said:

It was reported earlier they could be out as early as this October.

That would be surprising...

The minis are still in prototype phase...

De520 could hold off until much later expansion. They really  need to focus on the main players of the war. Get the basics out first, and the less known ones later.  Just a thought.

Nexus has reported they will be out in January of 2010.

Fly Safe,

Keith "Col. Hajj" Upton

www.wingsofwar.org

Dorb said:

Quite the opposite since the "main players" have been covered ad nauseam, releasing lesser-known units is more helpful to the players; anyone can get a P-40 mini Dewoitines are harder to come by.

csadn said:

I have kind of mixed feelings about that. We do need the main players but I can of course order them from one of the regular stores I order my metal planes and gigurines from. Some planes are however hard to find and the D.520 is one of them.

The D520 is interesting however because it was a good plane, it was very close to the Me109 in performance. The P-40 was made in larger numbers but it is considered an average fighters in almost all sources.

I personally think that the DOWs packs should be released with relevant planes from the same period and battle, like one pack with the fighters from the battle of brittain. Another from Midway or the siege of Malta. Maybe a deluxe pack with one or two of each plane and some scenarios and information from each battle, it would be very nice.