More Toy Soldier Storage Solutions - plastic drawers

Given the degree of interest shown in my posts on my box file storage and transport project, I have taken some photos of the units I use for some other toys. 
I first discovered these plastic drawer units in a DIY store in the 1980s and now use quite a few of them to store various toys, including 1/600 ships, some 6mm 'Modern' kit, and my 6mm Great War figures.

The units are about 21x17x17cm.  This is the unit used to store my Great War Germans.

The drawers are just the right size for my fleet of 1/6000 scale ships.

The labelling project is gradually spreading to these units!

Some of the individual drawers are labelled using a Brother label making device I use in the office for making file labels.

The drawers are a handy size to accommodate units for some of the games I regularly play.  This pair of drawers contains the whole of German III Corps for Op14.

132 Armoured Division 'Ariete' - part 1

While I had Ariete out of it's box (as part of the most recent 'Box File Project' post), I decided that then was a good opportunity to take a few photos.  Ariete is quite an old Megablitz division having first seen action in 1997 and (unusually) has remained almost unchanged since then.  This incarnation of Ariete has so far been engaged (in full or part - either as itself or masquerading as another unit) in North Africa, Sicily and Russia(!)

The complete division as it might have appeared at the peak of it's powers - during the Gazala battles of 1942.

'Recce' elements - AB41 and L6 are both RAFM metal kits, albeit with the fragile original gun barrels replaced with wire.

As someone once said, "You can never have too many lorries."  The rather splendid Lancia is a Skytrex metal kit and the Morris fuel bowser is a Corgi die-cast.

Div HQ - the command variant of the M15 tank is a resin casting by Grubby Tanks with a Raventhorpe figure, and the radio van is a Lledo die-cast.

The tank battalions - Esci M13/40 - the proper kit - none of your new fangled fast-builds here!

The Bersaglieri Regiment - two infantry battalions (Raventhorpe) with their Fiat lorry (unknown resin kit) and an AT unit - a Semovente 47 by RAFM.

Still to come in Part 2 - the artillery and AA regiments

Northern Greece, 1989 - preview

This is a NATO Brigade Commander game I recently set up and played on my games table at home.  A report of the playtest and a subsequent playing of the game will follow once I have had the opportunity to inflict it on some real players!

This is part of my series of linked (albeit tenuously) scenarios based around a shooting war in the late 1980s.   This game sees the Greek border being assaulted by....well that would be telling, wouldn't it?

The terrain set up on my table.  It features many hills and provides the first outing for some (impassable) mountains.

A village on the Greek side of the border.  The local garrison consists of an infantry battalion, one company of which is always covering the border minefields.

Who knows what is happening north of the border?  Rumour has it that lots of heavily armed chaps are clambering aboard their BTRs...

Forbodian Engineers

Among the recent batch of odds and ends I added to the Forbodian Army were these engineers.  These fine fellows are members (well OK, the only members...) of the Forbodian Royal Engineer & Artificer Korps (FREAK) and serve the King in the construction and destruction of fortifications, bridges and the like.

FREAK assembled for the Royal photographer.  The figures are lightly modified gunners.

The Chief Engineer, Kapitan Cimpp.  He is an adventurous fellow who enjoys blowing things up.  Here he is, clearly looking for something to set something light to...

Aha - a cache of dud(?) heavy artillery shells!

Another big explosion and a happy Kapitan!

(Note - the bold Kapitan is not based on any retired engineer Captains of my acquaintance. Honestly. And certainly not one who'd be really miffed about being represented by a converted gunner!)