WWI aircraft


One of your favourite games at Wassail Games Club is WWI air combat, using the Canvas Eagles rules. For details of this, see: WWI air combat

The aircraft


I made the majority of my WWI aircraft from scratch, using balsa wood, cardboard, and bamboo slivers for struts.

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Aircraft stands


They are mounted using the method given in 'Paragon's New Aerial Dogfight Rules 1916-1918', Hugh Walters and John Herbert, May 1977.

I have taken the liberty of scanning in the appropriate instruction from the rules.


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Paragon's aircraft stands.
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Aircraft base, 50 mm across flats.