Even well armed and armoured ground forces will occasionally require air support.

The question s is are they CAS or bogeys!

These big bat “thingies”, although simple to paint were quite a process to put together.

Having completed the basic painting, I needed to put together the flying base. I needed the hex base with the centre marked out and the same for two 40mm poker chips. I also purchased three inspection mirrors from Bunnings hardware to use as the the telescopic.

The mirror was cut off leaving just the telescopic component.

A matching hole was drilled to fit the and the pocket clip and screw removed.

The hex was drilled to fit as was the poker chips.

All three were assembled and glued.

Solid foam was cut with a hot wire to fit around and hide the poker chips.

The foam “rocks” were painted and the rest of the base flocked.

The finished squadron.

A similar aerial stand system was used for some WW2 planes back in March last year. See here.