Hi everybody!

We are "Go" for a Pacific WWII campaign. This will be the official tread for the campaign. Below I have posted the operational overview, rules and regulations. Hope we will all have an enjoyable and fun campaign!!

Operational Overview
The Japanese expansion into China in 1937 followed numerous smaller clashes and signalled the start of the Japanese expansion that would eventually lead to all out war in East Asia. War quickly spread throughout East Asia and eventually involved several major powers of WWII. This period includes major battles such as Pearl Harbour and Midway, but also smaller battles such as the sinking of Repulse and Prince of Wales.

The Rules and Regs
This campaign covers all aircraft that participated in air battles in East Asian in World War II including the initial expansionist wars that led to a full scale conflict. This means that the Sino-Japanese Conflict and the clashes between Soviet and Japan from 1931 to 1945 are also covered by this campaign. Any sea battles including aircraft from aircraft carriers are also included. So pick your entry. The possibilities are endless from the Sino-Japanese conflict to Pearl Harbour to Midway to Leyte Gulf to Okinawa to Manchuria to Enola Gay.

Here are some examples of planes that would fit into this campaign:
Ki - 46 Dinah
Ki - 61 Tony
Ki - 84 Frank
Shinden J7W1
A6M2 Zero
B25 Mitchell
P 40 Kittyhawk
Brewster Buffalo
TBF-1 Avenger
F4 Corsair
SBD 3 Dauntless
P 39 Airacobra
P 47 Razorback

But remember all should be in camouflage and markings from the East Asian battlefields.

There are many more airplanes that qualify than the above examples. If you have any doubts, just ask.

Dioramas and figures are welcome. All scales are fine.

Nice one Jesper!

Time permitting, I'll try to join in - but I'll learn my lesson from Tankbusters and this time I won't commit until until I'm sure I have a realistic chance of building something suitable.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Jesper

I intend to join with two Type 95 fighters and maybe some other stuff rotting in my stash .... we'll see.

Hopefully happy modelling

cheers

Steffen
P.S. maybe you could extend the timeframe to 1931, so some of the newer AZ models (and others)

Nakajima NC
Breda 27M ...

could be used

The Mukden incident was in 1931 and IMO part of the 2nd Sino Japanese war ... the city of Mukden is today Shengyang (with an a/c manufacturer of the same name )



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If anybody has any questions or already knows what they are going to enter they are welcome to start posting in the official tread already. Just remember not to start your builds before the campaign officially starts

I have several planes I want to build for this campaign. However, so far only one in my stash. The Eduard Profipack KI-115 will be my first plane in this campaign.



The KI-115 was a dedicated suicide plane produced as cheap as possible. It should only fly one way on its first operational sortie Production plans were for several thousand planes to be produced for use against the US invasion fleet , but only roughly 200 planes were produced before the atomic bomb ended the war. No planes were ever used operationally although limited training had begun.

Good to have you onboard, Steffen If your fighters are anything close to the level of your great FW 190 it will be very nice entry into the campaign.

I have increased the timeframe to 1931 to include the incidents leading up to the Sino-Japanese war.

@Rowan: hope you will find the time to build something suitable for the campaign. I will be looking out for that late entry into the campaign

I'm in too

It will give me a great excuse to build my Tamiya A6M2..

Great, you are very welcome.

Good to have one of the "locals" for the campaign onboard

I have several Japanese aircraft that will fit this campaign. It would even give me the excuse to start the "Grace" that I never got round too.
Andy

Good to have you onboard, Andy.

We got the go ahead for this one.

I'll revise my list of subjects.

I'm in. I've got a 1/32 Corsair and 1/72 B-25. Hopefully I can get the both in...

I'm aboard too.
Looking at my stash, I got AM's 1:48 avenger and special hobby's 1:72 B-339, which should both make good entries.

Todd, Rob and Eetu, great to have you in the campaign

Now we are a bunch of guys ready to start the rumble in the East Asian Sky - and we have not even started the campaign.
:-)--<

@Todd: I am looking forward to see the 1/32 Corsair. It will be a nice beast to have on display

@Eetu: have you decided on the nationality of B-339? As I understand it was both used by the British and the Dutch.

Most likely British, since the kit comes with two options for that and special hobby's decals have been top-notch.

Jesper,

Count me in as well. I have no idea what I'll put together yet though. I still need to build something for the "Guardian Angel" campaign that I jumped into! Such a problem!

-Derek

Thanks Jesper. Glad to be aboard. A beast indeed but a beautiful one...

Pacific Region Buffalo's, flown withs RAF Markings, are some British Sqn's, Australian and New Zealand Squadrons, the boxart of theTamiya 'Re-issued Pacific Theatre' with he dragon artwork is a New Zealand Squadron.

Some Dutch Buffalo's carried the Orange Black triangle insignia [at first], to reduce confusion with the Japanese hinamaru, this was changed to the tri colour of their national flag.
Dutch squadron' also flew the B25c/d Mitchell's, P40e's and later P 51 Mustangs.

Hope this helps.

I got my own campaign starting up soon on Armorama, and I know I am going to regret this, but count me in with a 1/48 B-25. I will go click myself in.

Count me in, too. Can't decide what to build yet, I have several P-40's or a Shinden that I believe would qualify.

@Derek: Rob is working on a list of planes and nations that participated in the Pacific, so there you will probably be able to find some inspiration for what to enter into the campaign. Great to have a "local" expert like Rob supporting the campaign.
Regarding time you will have quite some time before this campaign starts, so hopefully it will not be a problem, although it almost always is. So many great models to build, so little time.....

@Carl: Good to hear you are joining the campaign. It will be great to see a B-25 in 1/48 scale. It is going to be awesome for sure...

@Tony: both the Shinden and the P-40s can be entered into this campaign. Just remember that the painting and markings on the P-40s should be for the Pacific war.

All you guys: welcome onboard! Great to have you all onboard and I am sure we will have a great campaign when we start in August

Hi All!

I have already enlisted for this Campaign!

My first choice is the Trumpeter SBD-5 Dauntless in 1/32 scale, but I have already done some minor assembly on this kit.

Started early last year before the build "stalled", mostly due to lack of building time because I signed on for other Campaigns here.

Not much done yet really, and no painting either, can I submit this kit?

Otherwise I´ll go for a 1/48 Hasegawa P-40E from the Aleutians, and build the SDB in parallell.

Looking forward to an Interesting Campaign!

Cheers!

Stefan E

Hi Stefan

Good to have you onboard!

As it is only minor assembly that has been done with no painting at all I will allow it as an entry into the campaign.

However, do not let that stop you from entering both planes into the campaign

Hi Jesper!

Thanks, now I have the perfect excuse to get that SBD done!

I MIGHT have a suprise up my sleeve, though....

Cheers!

Stefan E

Cool campaign idea.
I have an Italeri P47-N in my stash which I believe would qualify for this.
Its not a patch on the Tamiya offerings,but its the best "N" available in 1:72 I believe.
I wonder how many campaigns I can build P47's for?
Nige

Hi all,

This list of Combatants and the Aircraft used is going to be updated regurly due to the complex of the contents, some of the aircraft would be hard to find as a kit.

America:

A 20 Havoc / Boston [a/b/c and g]
A 24 Banshee [land version of SBD-3 Dauntless]
A 26 Invader
A 36 Apachi
B 17
B 24
B 25
B 29
C 47
C 54 [cargo version of DC 6 airliner]
SBD Dauntless
P 38
P 39
P 40
P 47 [c/d Razorbacks, D and N Bubbletops]
P 51 all variants
P 61
P 400
PBY Catalina
TBD Devastator
Vindicator
Wildcat
Hellcat

Australia:

Dornier Do 24k [ex NEIAC 6 only]
DC 2 / 3
P 40 Kittyhawk [E, K, L, M, N variants]
Spitfire Vc [1 only Mk Vb in service]
Spitfire VIII
PBY Catalina [1 x PBY 4 {ex Dutch}, 5, 5a, 6 and PB2B]
Martin Mariner
Kingfisher [ex Dutch {1 only OTU and 1 only Sqn}]
Ryan STM [ex Dutch 1 x Float plane version only]
Boston III [DB-7b, A20a/c and g variants {1 only Sqn}]
Beaufghter [Mk's I, IV, VI, X, XI and XII {ex British supplied}]
DAP Beaufighter [Mk XXI]
Beaufort
Walrus
Anson
P 43 Lancer [Photo Recon]
P 38e Lightning {Photo Recon version as F4a-1 and F4-1a 3 aircraft only}
Mosquito [FB VI / PR IV]
Buffalo [339e] {Tac Recon}
DAP Mosquito [FB 40, FB 45 and PR 40]
Sunderland III
B 25 Mitchell [C, D and J] {1 only operaional Sqn}
Airacobra {2 Sqn's only}
Mustang [D and K]
Wirraway [Licience production T6 Texan]
Boomerang [CA 12 / CA 13]
Tiger Moth
Ju 31 [ex P/ New Guinea]
C 47
Auster III
Fairey Battle
Hudson
Liberator
Oxford
Vengeance
DH 86
Dragon
Dragon Rapide
Empire Flying Boats
Seagull
Dolphin
Miles Magister
Gannet

AVG:

P 40 b/c and later e
Absorbed into the USAAC as the 23 FG and changed their P 40's for the P 51's

British: Malaya

Buffalo
Hurricane I trop
Wallrus

*Edit later

British: SEAC

India/Burma region

Hurricane I, IIa, IIb, IIc
Spitfire VIII, XIV
Beaufighter VI, X
Mosquito
Wellington
Sunderland
Catalina
Mitchell
Hawk 75
Lysander

China:

I 16
P 40 Kittyhawk
Other aircraft types and those captured - updated later

Dutch East Indies:

Buffalo
Hawk 75 [for runner to the P 40's]
Dornier Do24k
PBY Catalina [3, 4 and 5]
Ryan STM [USAAC service as a PT 20]
Fokker D XXI
DC 3
Lockheed Loadstar [cargo version of the Hudson]
Martin B 10

B 25 c/d Mitchell
P40 e Kittyhawks
OS2U CV Kingfisher
Doudlas DB 7b [Export version of the Boston / Havoc]
*This group of aircraft were diverted in transit to Australia after the copitualion of Java

France: [Colonies in Indo China]

Ms 406


Japan: Army / Navy Air Force

Ki 10 'Perry'
Ki 15 'Babs' {Recon}
Ki 21 'Sonia'
Ki 27 'Nate'
Ki 32 'Mary'
Ki 36 'Ida' {Recon}
Ki 45 'Nick'
Ki 46 'Dinah' {Recon}
Ki 48 'Lily'
Ki 57
Ki 60 DB 601 powered suspect is test airframe for liecience built DB 601
Ki 61 'Tony'
Ki 64 'Rob' experimental aircraft
Ki 66 suspect is planed licience production Fw 190a5 aircraft
Ki 67 'Peggy'
Ki 70 'Clara' [Recon]
Ki 74 'Patsy'
Ki 83
Ki 84 'Frank'
Ki 87
Ki 93
Ki 94
Ki 96 Experimental aircraft
Ki 100 Radial powered Ki 61's
Ki 102 'Randy' [Night Fighter]
Ki 108 High altitude figher
Ki 109
Ki 115 Kamakazi bomber
Ki 202 Rocket intercepter

Also Licience built DC 3's

A5M Claude
A6M Zero [2, 3 and 5's]
A6M2 Seiran [Submarine based sea plane]
A6M2n Rufe
A7M [Zero known as Reppu]
B4M
B5M Mable
B5N Kate
B6N Jill
B7A Grace
C6N Myrt
D1A
D3A Val
E13A 'Jake'
E14Y 'Glen' [Submarine based sea plane]
F1M 'Pete'
Betty
G3M Nell
G5N Liz
G8 Rita
H6K Mavis
H8K Emily
J2M Raiden
J7W Shinden [Canard wing rear engine]
J8M Shusui [licience built Me 163]
MXYZ Kamakazi bomber
N1K Rex foat plane [George was land version]
Irvng
P1Y Francis

Also flew a 'Willow' a copy od the PT 17/19 Stearmans

New Zealand

Buffalo [Malaya based Sqn under RAF]
C 47
DC 3
F4u-1a/d CV Corsairs
P 40 e, k, l, m, n variants
Lockheed Hudson
SBD Dauntless
TBF-1c Avengers
PBY Catalina 5and 5a

Plippines:

P 26 Pee Shooter
Martin B 10




Note: This is a long way from being complete

Hope this helps.