Tuesday Tupolev

Strictly speaking this is last Tuesday's Tupolev but I didn't get round to posting it then.

It's the old FROG kit of the SB.2 bomber which served from the late 1930s and well into the Great Patriotic War. 

As per the old box art, this one had originally been built with skis but they were in a poor state.  Having binned the skis and re-glued various parts I replaced the flaky original decals.

Sheffield Wargames Society AGM

The AGM was held as planned on 23 November. 

Minutes will be circulated to members by email within the next few days.

The new Committee is as follows:

Chairman - Tim Gow

Secretary - John Armatys

Treasurer - Graham Northing

Show Secretary - Pete Scholey

Publicity Officer - Cy Harrison

A brief committee meeting was held immediately after the AGM.

The membership fee for the coming year remains at £15.00 and should be paid to the Treasurer by 31 December 2016.

SWS meets from 1845 on Wednesdays at:
Woodseats Working Men's Club, The Dale, Woodseats, Sheffield, S8 0PS

The new Chairman (right) conducts a committee meeting...

Dustoff

Sorry - not a CASEVAC helicopter in sight.
The post title relates to the main job carried out during the refurb of these wobbly-winged wonders which were part of the Partizan plane purchase.
I actually dealt with these first as their numbers were less intimidating than those of the WW2 and Cold War models.

A lot of dust and some plastic.  This ancient SE5a may be the Revell kit.  Under the dust is was actually in pretty good shape with only some decals requiring replacement.

Less dust and less plastic.  This Nieuport 17 is again I believe a Revell kit.  The roundels were all but gone so I carefully scraped off the remains and added a set from the decal box.  I also took the opportunity to paint the tail stripes.

More dust and more plastic.  This Bristol Fighter is probably an Airfix offering.  Like the SE5a it had survived quite well, give or take the odd roundel.

The aircraft park taking shape.  But hang on - what are those big piles of dust and broken plastic at the back?

None other than (dramatic drum roll please...) in descending order of vastness  - and ascending order of completeness - an HP 0/400 (Airfix) and a Vickers Vimy (FROG).  An entire tube of glue disappeared in the securing of many, many struts.  I would never have been fool (or rich) enough to buy either of these kits so I feel very fortunate to get these vaguely serviceable versions so cheaply.

To see what fun the 0/400 is to build have a look at Al's version here.

On to Washington!

No, not a leftover rallying call from last week's election, but a playtest of a new game to be published by PSC.  The designer is our old friend Martin Wallace whose games are always worth a look.

This is very much a 'working draft'.  The components of the published game will be much glossier.

 The board is pretty clear.  For the playtest, Jerry officiated while Graham and Martin skulked in Washington.  John and I represented the gentlemen of the South.

 Rather than bugger about waiting for the Yankee blockade to bite we decided on an all-out attack on Washington.

It went rather well but Jerry reckons that we got some of the rules wrong!  A promisingly straightforward game, I'm sure it'll do well when it goes on sale.