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Aircraft data plate & photo for diorama or base plate

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  • Member since
    January 2011
Aircraft data plate & photo for diorama or base plate
Posted by VintageEagle on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:23 AM

Dear Fincescale Modeling Forum Members,

I am about to finish my first book. It will contain more than 80 previously unpublished photos of captured German WW2 planes, mostly from 1944/45. Together with the book, also decal sheets in 1/48 and 1/32 for the four most attractive birds will be available (He 162 A-2, Fw 190 A-8, Bf 109 G-10).

Now, the reason for this post is not to make advertising for my book (and hence, I do not mention the title), but to ask you modelers for feedback: I have several original Luftwaffe data plates in my collection and thought it would be nice to display a (exact replica) data plate and real photo (copy taken from my original photos) of a particular aircraft on the decal sheet along with the model; e.g. on the side of a diorama or on a simple base plate. The photo and data plate could be attached to the base plate or onto a separate Plexiglas frame or any other idea a modeler may have.

Since developing and ordering such a product means also an investment, I first wanted to ask you guys if there were interest in something like that or if you think this is unnecessary. I estimate the price for the data plate, photo, 4 rivets, vintage photo corners and manual with a color profile at about 10 Euro, but I haven’t done any facts based calculation yet, so this value could change.

Any feedback is very welcome!

Thanks,
Roger

Dre
  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:18 AM

That sounds very interesting, and I could be persuaded to buy such an item as I am currently building up my library of Luftwaffe color profiles.  Using a data plate on a display base sounds pretty cool...

  • Member since
    January 2011
Posted by VintageEagle on Thursday, January 27, 2011 2:08 AM

Hi Dre,

Thank you very much for your feedback. I will give it a go and will produce a small batch of replica data plates based on the original plate. As soon as it is ready, I'll post a photo and news here.

Cheers,

Roger

Dre
  • Member since
    June 2007
  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Friday, January 28, 2011 1:47 PM

Cool, please do keep us (me) informed of your progress.  

  • Member since
    October 2009
  • From: SURREY ,B.C.
Posted by krow113 on Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:04 PM

This is a good idea ,I like my finished kits on a base with a nameplate.

Thank you ,Krow113

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: NYC, USA
Posted by waikong on Monday, January 31, 2011 3:32 PM

Hey, that's a good idea, I would be interested too. Hopefully the postage from Europe to US is reasonable.

  • Member since
    January 2011
Posted by VintageEagle on Thursday, March 3, 2011 7:45 AM

Hi there,

I think shipping should not be that expensive (particularly if combined with a book or decal sheet order) as the weight of a plate is so small.

In the meantime, my website with more information and preview photos went online at www.vintageeagle.com

You can subscribe to the newsletter if you like (see red link on the frontpage) so that you get an e-mail notification once the book, decals and plate are ready.

Cheers,
Roger

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