Re: FT Fighters - Indicating Types Question

At 4:25 PM -0400 6/6/01, Allan Goodall wrote:
>How do you indicate the various types of fighters on your fighter
stands?
>
>Using the MT fighter types (heavy fighters, interceptors, torpedo 
>fighters, etc.), it's not hard for one side to have two or three 
>different types of fighters in their mix. I'm currently painting my 
>FT fighters and I'm curious as to how others indicate the type of 
>fighter pertaining to a stand.

I ended up having three types of fighter models. One is typically 
used as an attack or torpedo. One is flexible in use as a heavy 
attack or std heavy, one is useful as std or as interceptors. They 
look different than each on the stands. I also have each stand 
numbered and some of the stands are a low viz grey (navy) and others 
are a dark dark green (marines). This allows further differentiation. 
One or two groups even have some special paint schemes added as 
further differentiation (a flight with an Ace say).

All stands are numbered. I note CEF burns on the orders sheet for 
ships, that way I can cross check myself for each unit if I forget 
(ie I can look back and double check to be sure I accounted for a 
combat burn in the right turn...)

Group strength is indicated by a die on the stand.

>One way is to paint up stands to match the type of fighter, but that 
>seems either, A) inflexible, or B) requires a lot of painted fighter 
>stands.

Not if you do one fighter model per stand and use a die. I've got 
something like 20 fighter groups.

>
>I thought of marking my fighter stands with a letter or number, and 
>then having a "type roster sheet", but this seems cumbersome.

Its not bad. It also allows you to allocate them to their ship. But 
then I go as far as naming ships based on class types (Black Prince, 
Iron Duke, etc for one BC class that I run) and sometimes name the 
fighter groups...

>Another option is to colour code the dice used for endurance and the 
>number of ships.
>
>How do you indicate the various types of fighters? How do you 
>indicate Ace and Turkey squadrons?

Usually they get a nice red die for the ACEs...

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