THE EMPIRES TWILIGHT

[Captain Canada]

Love the Seaker and the Scholar...very cool. I'm especially digging the idea of the Seaker, and the name ! I'm going to steal that 'Supermarine Seaker' name for a future project.

The 'white lightning' is super cool as well. Great stuff !

[sideshowbob9]

AFW or NMF, which do I like better? Hmmm..... tricky.........

Love the AFW Lightning! The red spine really sets it off as well 

[Mossie]

The 'white lightning' is super cool as well. Great stuff !

You'll love it even more, it's alcholic!  White Lightning is a particularly strong cider you can get here in blighty, usually drunk by teenagers in parks.  Only drunk for one reason, the 7.5% label!

[sideshowbob9]

Only drunk for one reason, the 7.5% label!

^ Well it ain't for the taste!  

[pyro-manic]

White Lightning is very cool indeed. The one thing that would possibly make it even better would be to hang Genies on it instead of Red Tops.

[Brian da Basher]

That's one of the sexiest E.E. Lightnings I've ever seen! That scheme is drop-dead gorgeous!

Brian da Basher

[Taiidantomcat]

Nice

[thedarkmaster]

BLACKBURN BLACKBEARD SR3

Captain Nathanial Butler sat st the controls of the Blackbeard, " come on you big ugly fuzzy bunny " he thought to himself " not long now, not long, don't let them find us ."  The baltic leap past below at bearly 50 foot as they raced for the firing position to be able to take Leningrad of the face of the Earth. This was a retaliation strike for a Soviet bomber coming in low over the North Sea and turning the city of Hull into a smoking hole.

To his right he knew that British, Canadian and the Queen's German Legion troops where fighting for their lives as Soviet and Warpac forces crossed the Inner German border intent on reaching the Rhine. The threat warning recievers went off ................but nothing was locked on as yet,........... nothing had them in their sights.

The 4 ship formation had slipped past the Danish defences earlier, with the Danes focused on the East and the Soviets it was easy, the counter meashure suit had not been used and the Barbarossa penatration drone had not been launched. All was well.

"Initial point reached sir." his navigator said. well that was it.......the attack run had begun.
" All missiles armed and ready " he replied " confirming target co-ordinates locked in and system running."
" ready to launch the Barbarossa drone sir " the weapons system operator cut through.
Yes yes do it on my mark.............3 ...2...1...mark."
" Missile away " from the weapons operator as the airframe shuddered......" Both Blue steels ready on your mark sir " he continued.
" Very well then, on my mark..........3...2...1...Mark......missiles confirmed away. " the airframe shuddered again and Captain butler had to struggle to keep her from rising too high now the weight of the blue steel missiles was gone.

Captain Butler banked his aircraft away from the distant target of Leningrad and tried not to think of the people whom he had just condemed to death in a Nuclear firestorm.


Extract form the iv Volume set " Tales of the Commonwealth at war 1991 (IV naval forces) published by the New Oxford university Press. Oxford 2015.



[u]Blackburn Blackbeard[/u]

Royal Navy land based bomber capable of carrying either Saxon anti ship missiles, Blue steel mk6 or Barbarossa electronic penatration drones in a combination of two missiles to one drone. ( 3 hard points ).

Suprsonic dash capability with terrain following radar and night vision systems.

Marque 3 version has a flight re-fueling system to extend the aircrafts range.

The Blackbeards Rear arc is defended by a radar aimed 30mm cannon ( the same as used in the Fox armoured car ) firing a variety of ammunition.

























































aircraft is an Italieri tu26 blue steels come courtesey of Aifix's website ( i asked and they turned up for free ) decals are bits and bobs from the spare box

[Logan Hartke]

Oh, very nice.

Logan

[Mossie]

Leningrad for Hull???  Fair swap!  Although I'm toast now....

[thedarkmaster]

yeah mate, did it with you in mind lol


looked through the posts and hull seemed to be the most unpopular so it got the hit

[Mossie]

Thank you?!?!? 

[pyro-manic]

That's glorious.

[ChernayaAkula]

  Frickin' awesome! 

[lancer]

Leningrad for Hull???  Fair swap!  Although I'm toast now....

I guess you won't be needing them decal sthen???