Algernon over the Isonzo

My order from tabletop flights just came in. Also my flight stands from Litko also came in. Both were 2 days ahead of schedule. Very impressed. This brings my early 1916 project to the following:

Italian Aircraft	Number	Austro-Hungarian Aircraft	Number
Nieuport 10	2	Hansa-Brandenburg C.I	2
Nieuport 11	2	Fokker A.III	2
Caudron G.3	1

I have ordered a single Caproni Ca.3 from XPForge. I also am getting a friend to print a Caquot observation balloon for the Italians. This will give me a good starter force for both sides.

There are other aircraft that I could try to get but are harder to come by. For instance, the Albatros B.I is unavailable in 1/144th scale. The Lloyd C.II and Lloyd C.III are similarly unavailable. The Albatros B.I and Lloyd aircraft were both two-seater observation aircraft. The Austro-Hungarian's didn't have bomber aircraft at this stage of the war.

For the Italians, they have the Bleriot XI as a reconaissance aircraft. It is available in other much larger scales but not in 1/144. The Nieuport 11 was not available until late in February 1916 but there are models of this aircraft available. There were armed variants of the Nieuport 10s that were fielded as make-shift fighters. Only the Bleriot is unavailable.

As such, there are only a limited number of types of aircraft for this particular theater and time. Most of which are available as models. The Albatros B.I was being phased out and moved to training units as was the Bleriot. The Lloyd's were in active service but there seem to have been fewer of them than the Hansa-Brandenburgs.

For the scenario I want to run with this, I will need several more Caproni bombers and several more Eindeckers. But for the time being, I have more than enough to get started.

My question is, does anyone run games with seaplanes for WWI? The Austro-Hungarians had a number of seaplanes that are interesting looking.