Megablitz and more

Drachenzähne   or Dragons' Teeth formed part of several fortified lines in WW2 and later - most notably the Maginot and Siegfried line...

 It's finished!  I combined some of the markings from the kit to complete the Phantom as XT589 - formerly of the Royal Navy's 892 ...

This was Bob Cordery's game about the Indian invasion of Goa in 1961, played at COW earlier this month.  Bob did all the hard lifting ...

The Operation Vijay game (more on that soon) allowed for the possibility of Portuguese reinforcements arriving by air.  Thus it was back t...

As there was a possibility that the Portuguese air force might show up in Operation Vijay, I dug out this old 1/300 F-86 Sabre (which I th...

Next off the production line for the Operation Vijay game at COW is this IAF Canberra.  This is another Heroics & Ros casting, and a p...

I need a few Indian aircraft for a game Bob Cordery and I are presenting at COW next weekend.  I already had a couple of suitable models i...

The forthcoming year's new releases have been announced by GHQ.  As usual, my edit of this list below consists only of the 1/285 scale W...

This pair are both 1/300 scale metal castings by Heroics & Ros and were painted a few months ago.  Both were treated to a sprayed coat...

I recently found these old (January 2005) photos of my 6mm 1980s South Africans in action.  Above is a Brigade supply base in a border vil...

This 1/300 scale Hunter was painted a few months ago - I forgot to post the photos at the time!  It is a one-piece casting by Heroics ...

It's been a quiet week on the blog - not least because I've been away for a couple of days, and I haven't played any games sin...

Following recent email exchanges on the subject of 'modern' naval warfare with David Crook and Paul , I was inspired to dig out and...