tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83925825822286846422024-03-13T11:21:38.172+00:00'Victory V'An account of my many varied interests and hobbies principaly aircraft modelling,wargaming and military history - or in short lagging the loft!!Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-11201512374762124262019-07-27T18:47:00.001+01:002019-07-27T18:55:07.639+01:00The Hottest War & Peace Festival Ever !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Probably the most impressive and unusual 'kit' at this years War & Peace extravaganza was this superb Marder 111. This was very interesting to see close up and how cramped the crew compartment was for operating the PaK 40 gun.</div>
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I am writing this today with rain falling loudly on the conservatory roof a far cry from Thursdays soaring temperatures at the showground near Paddock Wood in Kent, where Mr Whippy's were instantly turned into liquid form as they left the ice cream vans and stallholders were melting in their marques. There were thankfully many drinking water taps around the site, but I did not envy those trapped within their steel beasts displaying their precious vehicles, or the re in-actors in their hot uniforms...except those perhaps dressed in authentic western desert garb.</div>
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Perhaps it was just the Thursday and the hot weather last week, but there seemed a distinct lack of re enactors/living history enthusiasts 'dressing ' the vehicle displays which was a shame, although I usually avoid the 'set piece battle' or 'bang bang your dead' display in the main ring it is nice seeing vehicles in their settings with equipment and people. Although as usual the SS seemed to come from 't county of Yorkshire'...by their ....er accents! <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzd9_stcrEg/XTxy0cAI4RI/AAAAAAAACPE/5o3-7deLbesg5-pK2QQMDIGovxUszqokwCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vzd9_stcrEg/XTxy0cAI4RI/AAAAAAAACPE/5o3-7deLbesg5-pK2QQMDIGovxUszqokwCLcBGAs/s640/DSC_0384.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
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One last rear view of the gun compartment, surely only small Wehrmacht soldiery crewed these beasts!</div>
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My favourite piece of British Kit resembled an old Airfix kit 'combo' of a Bren Carrier and 6 pdr.</div>
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The carrier was well displayed with its compartments full of its crews accoutrements and small arms.</div>
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The Ordnance QF 6 - Pounder towed Anti-Tank gun was very nice to see as well and made a nice display.</div>
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The only thing missing was the crew in 'Airfix' poses ready to fire! I must make one again now for old times sake!!</div>
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I am sure theres a few of these somewhere in the loft/ 'house stash'!</div>
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Continuing the World War 2 British theme there was the very nice Valentine Tank with wading gear I first saw last year<br />
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A detail shot of the small turret, and the wading gear always amazes me how canvas screens could allow a tank to float! goodness those crews were brave!!</div>
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In this post I am concentrating on WW2 vehicles and will post shots of modern armour and vehicles in a second report.</div>
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A very nice example of a Daimler Dingo, reconnaissance armoured car</div>
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A T34/85 sitting on its own without re-enactors for once, a distinct lack of Stalin's finest this year</div>
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Germans leaving the display ring with a 3.7cm PaK 36</div>
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'Jerry' leaving the display ring singing either that song you hear in the 'Battle of the Bulge or 'Ilkley moor bah tat'</div>
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The ubiquitous US Jeep</div>
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M3 Stuart with Cuillin Hedge Cutter, developed in Normandy as a 'in field adaptation' to cope with the hedgerow terrain , it allowed tanks to break through the hedgerows without going over them exposing their nether regions to a panzerfaust!</div>
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Nebelwerfer German multiple rocket launch system</div>
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American Half track 'gunned up' </div>
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Another Stug? Ausf E I am sure there are some reading this more up on their German armour than me<br />
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American Bulldozer towing a damaged 'fury' Sherman in a well presented 'tableau'</div>
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One of my 'favs' a DUKW the famous 'Duck' shown in a loading scene</div>
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My Cornish Friend Chris , well he's from Lancashire really but lives in Cornwall ....a model maker, owner of a light aircraft and his own aviation archaeology museum has turned his collecting eyes onto 1940's British home front helmets....yes the men in white coats are calling on him soon, well he promised me a free ticket to the show if I could source one of his 'wants' initially any white Brodie or Mk2 which he hadn't got yet<br />
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Well for only the third time ever I have attended a Wargames club meeting ! This was my second visit to the ever accommodating Deal Society who are a very friendly bunch , the last time I visited was about 18 months ago, so not exactly a regular! I would be if I wasn't so knackered after a long day at school. Adrian White hosted a game of 'Rapid Fire' as umpire for me and Mark to play I luckily also had Kevin from the club on my side who had played a game of 'Rapid Fire' before, so I have to confess to having an advantage which helped with the end result.<br />
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The elite 9th SS Panzer division had to capture a British held (or I should say Scottish) held chateau, I did plead for a special bagpipe dice bonus rule....but alas to no avail. I was a little concerned about 'Harry Huns' two jolly Panthers versus my 3 Churchill's! The British Set Up included ; 4 companies of infantry , over half of which were dug in around the Chateau, 5 Bren Gun Carriers, 3 Churchill's, one 6 Pounder AT, a 2 and a 3 inch mortar, Vickers MG and rather importantly two off table 25 Pounders. The German set up included; 2 Panthers, a Flammpanzer 111, a Hanomag Sd.kfz 251 with a Pak gun, 4 other Sd.kfz 251's, a heavy Mortar plus a number of elite Infantry squads equipped with Panzerfausts and a Flamethrower. The Germans were classed as elite The Brits as standard infantry.<br />
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The British Victory conditions were to take two settlements or destroy half of the German forces, the Germans had to take the British held Chateau or loose half their forces. The Brits won initiative and advanced towards the settlement on their left wing driving up the road with 2 Churchill's with a Bren Carrier in the lead, the rest advanced on the other side of the hedge in the same direction, The troops dug in at the Chateau received the 6 Pounder in support of their position which was also HQ's base. Smoke gave cover on the advance up the road . The Germans sent a Panther up the road to the first British Objective (the white houses) and advanced men and Flammpanzer in support around the objective via the wooded area. The rest of the German battlegroup advanced to the Railway line.<br />
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Then Total Madness broke out, one brave and foolhardy Churchill Tank Commander went ' head to head' with the nasty Panther the other two Churchill's 'bunked out' and went cross country, damaging the Flammpanzer which had 'brewed up' a carrier. The other Panther and attendant half-tracks had reached the farmhouse objective after knocking out the 6 pounder and its crew with magical '6' dice rolls.<br />
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At this point the German forces were doing rather well, the Brits were rolling (well me entirely) awful '1's at key moments with 25 Pounder 'Stonks' on the 'Jerry' held woodland failing to even burst an eardrum and thats when the radio communications worked! The Churchill fired at point blank with the Panther knowing it was a one chance or out scenario....rolled a '4' missed and no effect ! gulp. The Panther fired rolling a two! ....Churchill armour is thick its only saving grace.....the tank received only light damage and soiled 'kacks' for the crew!<br />
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Now most sane tank men would take the decision to beetle off in reverse around a building for cover thanking their lucky stars, changing underwear and swigging from the RTR hip flask...not our brave boys.....it was stay put and fire, The other Churchill's advanced to the hedge line engaging with the Pak armed half-track, The Germans occupied the Farm on the British Right Wing and saw the occupying Brits off who left through the back door for the Chateau.....it was even more looking like a German victory......and then the unthinkable happened I managed to roll a decent dice and the Churchill hit and destroyed the Panther in the white houses, the other Panther supporting the other attack poised to smash into the entrenched chateau troops failed its morale throw and hit reverse gear with much roaring from the 'Maybach' engine'<br />
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So half way through the game which lasted 9 moves of the 12 , both Kevin and I were not keen to do the dice rolling, not wanting to let each other down, by the end our luck had changed and the coup de grace was the rolling of '6's on a 25 Pounder 'stonk' into the German held farmhouse where massive casualties convinced the German commander all was finally lost as he was a gnats whisker from 50% casualties.<br />
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So a good victory for the Brits and much wound licking for 'Jerry' ....an interesting scenario which Adrian has played before and this was the first Victory out of three games the other two being draws. Is it a balanced game...definitely the assistance of the 'off table' artillery helped victory, I benefited from being a team where as Mark was the lone German player, the game was very enjoyable due to Adrian's encyclopedic knowledge of the rules (I hate reading rule-books, like the pretty pictures ...but reading the writing uh oh) plus he supplied everything apart from the infantry which were Marks superb masterpieces. A box of his 20mm work is shown below the figures used in this game.<br />
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Now to re dress the balance , this was my second game this year as I had been well and truly 'thumped' at 'Travel Battle' which Mark won at the convivial 'Thomas Tallis' micro pub in Canterbury<br />
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I could plead intoxication after a few jars of real ale but really it was bad play on my left wing which lost me the battle so no excuses! Again although I have a set its not been painted like Marks example above and below which makes the game visually look a lot better.<br />
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There will be an update on painting projects soon, but now time for family stuff coming up to Easter and what looks like decent warm weather!!!<br />
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Again missed Salute....venue, poor lighting, scrum at trade stands, travel costs, ancient mothers appointment with the consultant all led to yet another non visit. I also have been making too many purchases online as I have been re-energised in the hobby by starting a late Bolt Action WW2 US Army. This will be the subject of the next post, but in a similar fashion to Marvin on <a href="https://suburbanmilitarism.wordpress.com/">Suburban Militarism</a> and his Uniforms of the British Army Cigarette card posts, linking 'painting' posts, I am going to do something similar but with box's of vintage plastic figures.<br />
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The First is not warlike at all! In fact a set I never had as a child but one with a complete charm of its own, Zoo Animals No1 . This I spied recently in a specialist toy antique shop<a href="https://www.facebook.com/minnisbayhiddentreasures/?ref=br_rs"> 'Hidden Treasures</a>' in Birchington in darkest deepest East Kent. Now this shop is not the cheapest purveyor of model kits and wargames type figures but occasionally a few gems turn up like these! Courtesy I believe of a reclusive collector who would buy many boxes/packets of a single subject when released in the 60's and 70's. I wonder how many similar stashes are out there?!!!<br />
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The fellow calls in to the shop on an occasional basis with the latest gems...which have included three show-jumper figures (Rather rare, box art looks like princess Anne) half a dozen Halifax bombers in 2nd boxing and more American War of Independence 'OO' figures still on their sprues in the late 60's type box than you have ever seen in your life(more than any toy shop in the 70's even!)<br />
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This wonderful set was released in 1966 in that lovely cream plastic Airfix used at the time which I believe they referred to as 'Ivory' . The set contained 21 pieces including two keepers, two baby Kangaroos, an Ostrich, two waving Polar Bears (saying goodbye to the ice perhaps?!) two Lions, Tigers, two deer ?, two Antelope a Rhino, Elephant, Crocodile and a Dromedary. <br />
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I have come across loose examples of some of the animals in boxes of 'OO' figures in tubs at toy fairs and many of them suffer from 'plastic fatigue' but thankfully these are still 'fresh' on the plastic injection sprue gates and are fine. The artwork is superb and very reminiscent of Ladybird book illustrations of the period and I believe is attributable to Brian Knight who painted the new illustrations for the figure boxes released from 1968 onwards and updated the earlier production sets to make them more appealing. Now the question is who has got a complete set of Zoo Animals No2. I have never seen a set even.Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-89440886130140126112018-06-12T23:19:00.000+01:002018-06-12T23:23:14.391+01:00East Kent Scale Modellers June Meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photo's from tonights June meeting of the East Kent Scale Modellers club which meets every second Tuesday of the month at Manston Aviation Museum. Superb works on display as usual but my favourite had to be Roberts 1/48th Italeri Wessex . He still paints by Brush using Humbrol Enamels and his masterpieces always amaze me. <br />
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Well an interesting meeting with some good stuff on display to inspire, I took along my Team Yankee Chieftain Tanks and 3D Printed models to show members how good these are becoming. Hopefully will take along something completed to show them and to put on the club stand at shows soon.Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-85285230131816311552018-06-11T01:55:00.000+01:002018-06-11T01:55:16.263+01:00BROADSIDE SHOW REPORT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An enjoyable visit to Broadside in Sittingbourne in deepest darkest Kent today, as I said in my previous post this is a friendly local show which fills a leisure centre hall with club games and traders plus a very lucrative bring and buy room on a floor above. Luckily it wasn't a hot day and the leisure centre doors were open to aid ventilation!<br />
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The winning show game was Deal Wargaming Associations 'The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side' As the blurb said 'This wargame is set in the millenia-old war between predator and prey fought out over generations against the backdrop of the African Plains' The cast included gnu, Lions, Rhino's, Elephants, Warthogs, Giraffes, Crocs, Hippos Zebras and other herbivores. The rules were generated by a club member and games could take 30-45 minutes. It looked good, was different and attracted many players. Well done to Adrian and the other club members present.<br />
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My next favourite game really made me think hard about 6mm scale ....not something in figure terms that usually appeals but the Posties Rejects Marchais-en-Brie 8th September 1914 , Turning the German Flank in the First Battle of the Marne really was food for thought. It was well put together with a good basic playing board and effective scale scenary and that scale really gives you a proper eagles eye view of proper formations of troops.<br />
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The figures were <a href="https://www.baccus6mm.com/catalogue/GreatWar/">Baccus 6mm </a>as were the buildings used. Hedges mounted on ice lolly sticks, there was even a captured French hot air balloon in play! I also chatted for the first time to Big Lee of the Blog <a href="http://www.blmablog.com/">Big Lees Miniature Adventures</a> primarily about his visit to the Tiger exhibition at Bovington Tank Museum. Great to meet you Lee and the other Posties.<br />
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Next up on my 'favourite game of the day category was the Spanish Civil War aviation game, a photo of an early Heinkel He 111 from the game graces the header to this piece. I really liked the models <a href="http://www.heroicsandros.co.uk/">Heroics and Ros </a>and <a href="http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4">Scotia </a>mostly with a few rare 'Amiots' thrown in from a 3D printing company. This was put on by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/946642695471243/about/" rel="nofollow">Spanish Civil Wargames Facebook group .</a><br />
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The Milton Hundreds Group who put on Broadside are a very friendly bunch and I received an excellent briefing and the rules systems used on their British/Maori Wars game which also looked good mostly using the superb<a href="http://www.empressminiatures.com/"> Empress Miniatures figures.</a></div>
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Well thats it, a really enjoyable 3 hours spent in excellent company. Did I make purchases , well a few select additions but only a few stalls were discounting and no stall was selling rule sets which seemed amazing. I would have liked to purchase 'What a Tanker' and 'Chain of Command' but will have to get those direct from the 'lardies' there was also a lack of any other rules to whet my appetite and surprisingly no 'Saga'. I did have a good chat with the lady on the Foundry stand about what there is to see in their part of the world around Newark and the Battle of Stoke Field. They did not have any packs of Yeomanry Boer War cavalry so will have to order those or visit that area of the country during the summer holidays. </div>
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Yipee the one Wargames Show I was determined to visit again after enjoying last years experience is tomorrow. I have not attended Salute since it was in Chelsea Town Hall and Colours in Reading many years ago. I used to treck to Cavalier (Tonbridge) in February until recently but now <a href="https://www.miltonhundred.com/broadside/">Broadside put on by the Milton Hundreds Wargames Club</a> is the one 'must visit' in my Calender. It is close to where I live, well lit in a Leisure Centre, friendly and put on by a local club featuring other local clubs demonstration games and traders, although it does also attract traders from far and wide as well. See the link for full info. I am sure I had photos from last years bash but can I find them? so I will post some from tomorrows visit soon.<br />
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This makes up for the loss this year of the Shepway Modelling show which was due to be held today at Hawkinge Community Centre BUT the centre had double booked the show with a wedding!! 'Numpties' so my most local model show other than those held in the Lees at Folkestone and the bi annual event in Faversham was cancelled. Bad luck for Shepway modelling club who put a lot of effort into it on an annual basis.<br />
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So to make up for the cancelled show here are some photos of the superb models from the 2017 show entered into the competition and on display on exhibitors stands.<br />
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Well thats it , great shame there was no show this year but I am sure 2019 will be even better and I hope a run through of some of the items on display show what a variety of modelling skills are on display at a small local event, please attend them or they will be lost in this day of escalating costs.....or weddings!</div>
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Well the obligatory school holiday wargaming session with Mark took place today and we concentrated on playing 'Tanks' by Battlefront for the first time. Both of us have the starter set and although we have many 1/76 scale tanks between us we did op for 1/100 scale (15mm) to learn the rules with a 50 pointish skirmish game as recommended. <br />
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As usual I plumped for the allies and selected a Firefly and two Sherman V's , Mark had a Panther and two Stug Assault Guns. My troop was valued at 51 points against the German 63 points although building a crew and extra equipment adjusted the points value of both troops.<br />
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The game was played on half a table tennis table with a few token bits of scenary, next time at Marks we will have proper landscaped wargaming boards or printed mats to make it more appealing to the eye. Set up is shared to place scenary, and the attacking player (yours truly) deployed first then turns follow movement, shooting and command phases dependant on tank initiative and attack values. Lowest initiative moved first giving the highest initiative tank (Panther) the best picture of what the opposition was up to. The highest attack value tank fired first. The Panther held all the cards!!!<br />
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Well suddenly within the village there was carnage, the Germans suddenly understood the 'Bitzkrieg movement rule in the command phase and were amongst the allies in the ruined buildings. The British should have kept moving, a lesson learnt! Suddenly two Shermans were 'kaput' knocked out by Panther and Stug for the loss of one German assault gun, the Firefly mortaly wounded and a crewman down was cornered in a ruined house and was knocked out in a last stand ....the Panther didn't sustain a scratch!<br />
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Well I met up with Mark this week even though I was going down with 'C in C Home Commands' cold to see where we were with our<a href="http://www.team-yankee.com/"> Team Yankee</a> project. It has become a bit of an arms race and sadly 'cold war going hot' seems to be in the foreground of current word news with a return to chilled relations with the Great Russian Bear.<br />
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Basically I've always wanted to develop a 70's/80's British Army and always thought this would be in 'Micro Tank' scale until Battlefront developed Team Yankee in 15mm. Initial releases were for American and Russian Forces but the British Iron Maiden supplement soon followed as did my immediate purchase of 'Charlie Chieftains' British Starter set. Now thankfully Mark nearly always likes playing the Germans in WW2 (I prefer the Brits being a jolly wizard chap) and likewise he was happy to collect Russian Forces for this game. Trouble is he makes and paints faster than me!! So while i've trotted out 5 Chieftains, 4 Scimitar/Scorpions, an Abbot and a Fox he's painted twice that number and a whole host of infantry to boot!<br />
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Predomonantly he's made T72 and T64 tanks with Acacia Heavy Howitzers that are a lot meatier than Abbot spg's , BTR's of some variety, Shilka's for air defence (how many guns do you need on a turret!) and some nasty looking Gecko SAM jobbies.<br />
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While I was playing catchup by completing the construction stage of my Scimitars and Scorpions on the day he was up to no good building Mig 21's (Tamiya 1/100 scale) and painting Hind Helicopters!<br />
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An important element of any get together is to look at various wargames purchases over the last few weeks/months plan visits to any wargame shows (<a href="https://www.miltonhundred.com/broadside/">Broadside at Sittingbourne)</a> trips to Deal Wargames Club (i've only manged 1 visit so far) and any new projects that may divert our attention or dusting off old projects. This is done over a brew or two which I think aids construction and painting.<br />
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<a href="http://olddairybrewery.com/">Old Dairy brewery</a> is one of the new breweries in recent years to be set up here in Kent and are now based in leafy Tenterden near the wonderful <a href="http://www.kesr.org.uk/">Kent and East Sussex preserved Railway</a> which runs between Tenterden and <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bodiam-castle">Bodium Castle</a> just over the border in East Sussex a lovely day out in itself. Their beers are named after milk bottle tops so you can get red top, gold top etc and is a very quaffable pint whether from a pump in the local or out of a bottle highly recommended especially when building models.<br />
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We finished off by placing vehicles and some scenary on a<a href="http://www.tinywargames.co.uk/"> Tiny Wargames</a> Team Yankee Battlemat , the above shows a Fox armoured car primed in Halfords grey primer and two chieftains waiting for their camo and shading....I am a slow painter!!<br />
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For those not into late 20th Century wargaming etc have no fear other stuff is on the go as my previous post describes and I can't concentrate for too long on one subject! Now who mentioned the Franco Prissian War recently? PS the better photos are Marks (thought better credit them!)<br />
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<br />Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-44244881338021281112018-04-07T14:32:00.001+01:002018-04-07T14:32:35.597+01:00A List of Current Wargaming Projects<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So the usual long gap in posting! This time due to loosing my little book of passwords ! I couldn't log into the google account that I use to write this blog. Lesson learnt I hope. Well a lot ....and I mean a lot of purchasing has been going on in the past couple of years and as usual sadly little painting or modelling time. At what point does one just become a collector? I have a friend who is now a regularish (school holiday's both in teaching profession) opponant and is a bad influence on the latest glitzy wargames trend. This has meant that I have dusted off old WW2 armies and bought loads more games and toys.<br />
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<b>Above are some mortal remains of old WW2 stuff from 30 years ago, thankfully the Russians were in a better state of repair. </b><br />
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<b>Team Yankee</b> 15mm (Cold War) - British , West German, East German. An active project I am really enjoying I do love a Chieftain Tank! It also seems very close to home as it's a period from my history. Status: Collected all the army books building and painting British army first aiming to game by the summer school holiday.<br />
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<b>Flames of War</b> 15mm (Desert Campaign) - Not got into WW2 Western Theatre Flames at War as I have loads of 20mm models as I have for the desert campaign but the models and forces guides looked superb and attracted by starter boxed sets - British 8th Army & Italian Avanti. Status : recent acquisition yet to begin.<br />
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<b>Saga - 28mm Dark Ages</b> - Painted 10 saxons a couple of years ago never purchased the rules just the toys (Saxon & Viking) but have now obtained Saga 2 ruleset and Age of Vikings supplement . Status: looked at the pretty pictures and will paint some mini's to give a break from painting tanks!<br />
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<b>Dead Mans Hand</b> - Western Gunfight Game 28mm - Have rules and a few packs of Artizan/Wargames Foundry Cowboys . Status - Undercoated figures and painted flesh tones plus built half a westren town shop in MDF. Only needs 5 figures to get a game going !<br />
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<b>Wings of War/Wings of Glory</b> - 1/144th WW1 & 1/200th Scale WW2 aerial combat - Have rules and aircraft (prepainted yipeeee) and won my first game shooting the red baron down with my Spad<br />
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<b>Tanks</b> - World War 2 Tank Skirmish Game battlefront miniatures (they are getting a lot of my wages!) Status : bought a few tanks and ruleset simple game to learn, first game at Deal Wargaming Club hopefully soon.<br />
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<b>Airfix Waterloo Project</b> - Have collected plastic waterloo figures in 20mm for years, started painting some 'jocks' after stripping paint off them using Dettol. Status: Stalled project although still buying latest Napoleonic releases from various companies.<br />
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<b>Belgian Army WW1 Project</b> - What really started this blog still fascinated by Belgian involvement in the early years of The Great War. Status : Stalled although added some Hat 20mm figures of Infantry & Machine Gun Dog Carts recently.<br />
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<b>Tumbling Dice</b> 1/600 Aerial Combat - Starter set purchased of B17's and Me 262's etc should be easy to paint and get a game up and running. status yet to begin.<br />
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Phew a scary list demonstrating a total lack of will or focus that some hobbyists have on one era or project at a time. The trouble is I have always been fascinated by all eras and genres of the hobby apart from one, Samurai games and figures which have never influenced me at all. On top of all this I am an aviation buff and collect and build aircraft models (as often as the wargaming ones!) and have a good and expanding collection of early Airfix boxed figures and playsets. I posted pictures of some of the 1/72 HO OO figures a few years ago but will add articles soon on playsets and buildings. how many of you have similar habits to the above list? how many sell before they buy? <br />
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Today at the Academy where I am employed as the careers and guidance Tutor we had a visit organised by the English department from Dan Abnett who is probably most famous in certain wargaming circles for the huge number of Science Fiction novels he's written for the Warhammer 40,000 universe ...Gaunts Ghosts etc. Now I must confess I am not the greatest fan of the Warhammer franchise as the wargaming side is in my opinion a complete rip off with the ridiculously high prices for miniatures, but I may just pick up one of Dan's novels as his talk on being a writer was absolutely superb and enthraling, and our students were very well behaved as he captivated them with his stories relating to his writing exploits, not just for Warhammer, but also the comic 2000AD (2000th copy published yesterday) Marvel, Torchwood and the Dr Who radio series.<br />
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Dans military novels for Warhammer have been based on researching the experiences of soldiers from History. The experience of the crews of his invented giant war machines are based on WW2 submarine crews, and veterans who read his novels and comic strips believe he has served in the forces as his depiction of camaraderie and military life is so convincing. His belief being that the human experience and condition doesn't change even if the weaponry and universe does.<br />
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He has been lucky enough to visit the private weapons collection of the British Army on a couple of occasions and has had the chance to feel the weight of weaponry and understand how different weapon systems are used (he has handled Napoleons dueling pistols while there!). Dan is also able to contact serving soldiers and airmen around the world who have entered into correspondence with him enabling him to enquire about aspects of service life.This attention to detail provides greater 'realism' in his science fiction writing.<br />
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Apparently a Canadian Leopard Tank crew in Afghanistan were pinned down for a day in a hull down position and to offset the boredom of not moving in a closed down tank for 24 hours the commander read his copy of a Dan Abnett Warhammer novel breaking the paperback into 4 sections and passing it on to the other crew members as he read it. They gave Dan the tanks flag as a thank you!<br />
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It was very interesting hearing how a comic strip is produced and how his Warhammer 40,000 novels have developed a more fleshed out fictional universe. The characters, vocalbury and geography he's created have now influenced the rules and the game. After making Dan a cup of tea at break time I asked if he wargamed at all and he doesn't apart from visiting the Maidstone Warhammer shop to play the occasional game to help with his writing. Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-17110993571056322872016-09-17T20:54:00.000+01:002016-09-17T20:54:20.979+01:00The Annual Pilgrimage to Euromilitaire Model Show, Folkestone, Kent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The show usually takes place mid September and always cheers me up as the summer draws to a close. It is in its 31st year at the Lees Cliff Hall in Folkestone and although its not a wargames event it is usually inspirational in terms of the modelling and artistic side of our hobby. The competition attracts international entrants and cannot be classed as a local model show although the usual support from Kent and Surrey modelling clubs is in evidence and gives the event a friendly feel.<br />
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Was this years event as good as previous years? well apparently entrants to the competition hall were apparently down by 400! and I must admit I did notice a lack of Dioramas this year and there was not one that made me go WOW (or words to that effect!) If it wasn't for the Fantasy class entrants the hall would have looked threadbare. The military vehicles section wasn't overly inspiring either but still there was some fantastic artwork on display in the other classes which can either inspire you or make you think 'I'm unworthy'!!<br />
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The above diorama made most smile entitled 'Window Shopping, a Room With a View' it showed some barefaced cheek! Another frivolous diorama (see below) was probably the best in this category the construction of the building itself must have taken hundreds and hundreds of hours even before the rest of the scene was populated and dressed with incredible detail.</div>
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The single figure section was reasonably well supported with some excellent painting on display and a nice mix of painting styles which caught the eye, although I must admit there was not one outstanding figure , which sometimes helps ones own confidence as you think 'well perhaps with a little bit of care and practise I could be as good as that'.</div>
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Instead of overloading this post with many more pictures I will add pictures from the day to my other posts and include the pick of the bunch from last year as well, which included the Battle of Waterloo which was an exhibition piece on the main stage. The trade area was where I noticed visitor numbers were down on previous years especially as the Saturday of this two day event is usually the busiest. Most stallholders were reasonably happy with sales but some of the prices of the hyper detailed resin figures made my eyes water! It was nice to see Tommy's War there with their first world war resin figure range and Mitches Military Models had a superb WW2 British Para in 75mm and 120mm scale running with a mortar round container. </div>
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The Friday before returning to work after the long summer education break I eventually met up with my Wargaming opponent Mark who is also lucky/unlucky (delete as appropriate) enough to be in the secondary education sector. To cheer ourselves up we had a game of Memoir '44 a game by Richard Berg. Now I haven't played 'Wargame Boardgames' since the 1980's when it was Advanced Squad Leader, Cry Havoc (would love a copy of that fun game again), Storm Over Arnhem, Third Reich and the massive 'Europa' series of games which if I remember correctly had different WW2 campaigns. Case White the invasion of Russia had maps big enough to cover a ping pong table and 3,000 card pieces denoting Russian and German units...mind blowing stuff in my late teenage years.<br />
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Now Memoir '44 is a stylised game with very easy to learn rules and scenarios based on simplified major engagements in WW2 from D Day onwards. Mark had been playing his son over the summer and recommended this game for light entertainment although it is surprisingly strategic and you need to time the playing of key command cards to achieve your objectives and wiping out enemy units to earn yourself 'medals', Huzzah!<br />
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We played the first scenario, Pegasus Bridge which just involved infantry units enabling me to learn the basic rules quickly. As you can see in the pictures (although others will be more acquainted with this game I'm sure)it is a very basic representation of the terrain encountered with the two objectives the famous Pegasus Canal Bridge on the left and the Orne River Bridge on the right.<br />
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Initially I tried to attack Pegasus Bridge head on dashing like the glider troops did straight up to the bridge....this resulted in many casualties and my Paras took a real hiding, however the Orne Bridge was simpler and taken relatively quickly. Mark is a superb defensive wargamer and usually enjoys many wins against my more headstrong attacking mentality.....however eventually I outflanked the German defenders and with a few fortuitous attack cards turning up from the deck giving me heavy weapons support bonuses and a change in my dice rolling luck led to final victory for the plucky Paras after being behind for most of the game.<br />
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The playing pieces again are stylised representations of Weapons/Tanks & Infantry but with Marks superb painting skills they end up looking brilliant and much more inspiring.<br />
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The smug look of Victory for Fraxinus or was it the happy consumption of Jam doughnuts during the game! After an enjoyable mornings play we <u>had </u>to visit one of Dovers micro pubs the<a href="https://whatpub.com/pubs/DDS/0229/rack-of-ale-dover"> 'Rack of Ale'</a> for an enlightening tour of the tap room & quafing of Firkin summer ale.Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-42902253033807901832016-08-31T12:01:00.000+01:002016-08-31T12:01:19.648+01:00Flash Gordons and the 1st Dettol Highlanders<br />
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After perusing the rejuvenated <a href="http://waterlootomons.blogspot.co.uk/">Waterloo to Mons</a> Blog I have decided to join Matt on a retro Airfix Waterloo project...although other 20mm plastic manufacturers figures will be added to the core set. This led to me exploring that part of the loft insulation rarely visited plus a couple of chance buys at local collectors shops.<br />
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Thinking about it I am not sure I have ever had a project as such but in all truth I dip without any planning into whatever takes my fancy at the time with my modelling table groaning under figures and kits from all eras. I do envy those who see a project to the end.<br />
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To start with I found similar to Matt that the current catalogue Airfix Battle of Waterloo set suffers from the age of the injection moulds which although not in the same league as the flash on current WW2 Revell German paratroops (that is another story!) is still frustrating when you are dealing with cleaning the mould seams off 'soft plastic' 20mm figures. New pack of razor blades, magnifying glass and elastoplast at the ready.<br />
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The first figures I will try to paint are usually the hardest those 'amazons', the Highlanders, first produced by Airfix in 1969 as one of two packets of HO OO figures that started the Waterloo series. In a toy collectors shop at Herne Bay I found residing sadly forgotten in a shoe box, plastic bags of Airfix figures mostly Waterloo and American Civil War....I did a deal and bought the lot! Many are painted very badly but the Waterloo figures are in that cream plastic of the original sets with no flash. So goodbye Flash Gordon's but I needed to remove the paint. Time to try the Dettol method as recommended online after some google research. Easier and cleaner than car break fluid apparently! definitely don't go there.<br />
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Well it's been a long time! 3 years ago as mentioned in my last post in the summer of 2013 my father was taken ill. Well a lot has happened since, including selling the family home in Surrey, moving mum into a bungalow near me and dad into a nursing home also nearby. The working life of an academy careers tutor has also become a lot busier as well, and modeling and wargaming has taken a back seat although some activity has taken place, usually short 1 hour games and just a few figures painted. Reporting this on a blog has been a call on time too far hence the blogging 'radio silence'. <br />
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February this year my father passed away and my partner Hazel's father also passed away 3 months later. We are just about recovering from these expected but still distressing events.<br />
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Earlier this year someone used a photo from my blog on Facebook saying it was their collection of Airfix figures! I made a suitable comment but it got me casually reading some of my favoutite blogs again although Matt and 'Waterloo to Mons' seems to have ceased again a great shame. I then decided I would soon revisit Victory V as I enjoyed the discipline of writing the blog and occasionally someone may perhaps have enjoyed reading it!<br />
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The regular article in Miniature Wargames on blogs has also brought some new sites to look at , but I must start looking at 'freshening' Victory V up a bit as it had become a little cluttered and dated, tips welcomed as I am not in any way an IT 'techie' this may take some time!<br />
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The above photo shows one of my old T34/85's (not Joseph Stalin thanks Simon!) behind an Airfix Strongpoint in a '1 hour wargame' in the 2016 Easter Hols. Oh and while I may not have modelled and wargamed much the loft insulation, stashes and lead mountains have increased vastly out of all proportion to activity. <br />
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<br />Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-56847062576180927182013-08-08T23:49:00.000+01:002013-08-08T23:49:04.503+01:00Battle of Otterburn 1388 & Shortened Holiday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Two weeks ago it was all systems go for a Northumberland Holiday staying in Kielder Forest. Hazel and I had a large itinerary of places to visit and walks to do; Hadrians Wall, Bamburgh castle, Cragside House, Alnwick Castle, Warkworth Castle, The Cheviot Hills, Flodden Battlefield, Farne Islands etc etc etc. All initially went well an excellent drive of 430 miles from Kent followed by a 12 mile walk next day along the Kielder Lake footpath, superb scenery and some jolly nice ale sampling at a local hostelry!<br />
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Kielder water is huge and surrounded by massive commercial forestry operations which cut off the local electricity supply to Kielder Village when felling is in progress nearby. The whole area is set up for outdoor tourism with campsites and water sports centers 'all over the shop'.<br />
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The wildlife was superb and for a qualified Countryside Manager like me I was amazed at the amount of Orchids (lesser Spotted) growing like weeds along the footpath on our walk along the shore line.<br />
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Anyway BEER! I was delighted to sample two local brews by the Wylam Brewery 'Dognobbler' a 3.9% light hoppy and very refreshing ale after a hot walk followed by a more mature ruby red ale 'Red Kite' at 4.5% a very wholesome ale along the lines of Shepherd Neames 'Late Red'. The one thing you do need to do when walking along Kielder water is to cover yourself entirely in 'Mossie Guard'....them midges assemble in 'fighter gruppen' and descend on any exposed white flesh available!<br />
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The second day of the holiday included<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cragside"> Cragside House</a> famous for being the first 'domestic' home with electric light and the country seat of the Victorian Industrialist and arms manufacturer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong">Lord Armstrong</a>. A fantastic 'pile' with an 8 tonne Italian marble fireplace on the third floor supported on the rock face which the house is built into, interestingly for an industrialists house it was furnished in very much a William Morris Arts and Crafts sort of way although it can be said the whole house was definitely the domain of 'chaps' with Billiard rooms and hunting pictures and collections everywhere.<br />
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A <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/after-chevy-chase-the-battle-of-otterburn-1388-170557">Victorian Painting 'After Chevy Chase'</a> The Battle of Otterburn 1388 usual Victorian sentimentality and wrong period armour by about 150 years!</div>
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More BEER before 'doing the gardens' this time 'Nels Best' by the High House Farm Brewery a deep golden 4.2% ale another clean and refreshing modern ale named after the local farms Collie Dog!</div>
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The formal gardens were a good walk from the house but what a view!</div>
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Returning from Cragside to Kielder we went via the Village of <a href="http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre/medieval/battleview.asp?BattleFieldId=34">Otterburn famous for its 'Private Battle'</a> in 1388 basically English V Scots but in all reality it could have been billed as Percy V Douglas which Douglas's men won although Douglas himself was killed and Henry Percy 'Hotspur' was captured. Both armies were about 7,000 strong and the conventional English tactics of using longbows failed as it was getting too dark to fire arrows. The Ballad of Chevy Chase described the bloody encounter these three verses seem appropriate;</div>
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Of fifteen hundred archers of England</div>
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The memorial stone to the battle is in the photo at the top of this piece and is contained within a grove of Larch trees planted by the national Trust in 1977 there is the one interpretation board and a few sorry looking picnic tables. behind the larches the land where the battle took place is shown above. A nice range of wargames figures are produced for this battle by <a href="http://www.claymorecastings.co.uk/">Claymore Castings in 28mm</a> </div>
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On Friday evening we heard my father had been rushed into hospital during the day so after a bad nights sleep we decided we would do Alnwick castle and then return south so we made the most of our last day in Northumberland by spending it entirely at the castle which I will follow up on in a future posting especially with regards to the Northumberland Fusiliers Museum.</div>
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Its a very impressive edifice and has remained in the Percy Family the Dukes of Northumberland for over 700 years</div>
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The state rooms were very ornate (no photos allowed sadly) and some impressive masterpieces were on display including some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaletto">Canaletto's</a> which I always love seeing, the 'light' he put into his paintings always astounds me.</div>
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Never ones to miss an opportunity to look stupid we duly got togged up and got stuck in the stocks!</div>
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The castle gardens were equally impressive and the children were enjoying the joke fountains! Sadly the next day we left for Surrey and I have spent the last 10 days helping my parents, dad is now out of Hospital after contracting Pneumonia and blood clots on his lungs and is making slow but steady progress. I did take my 'modelling crate' thinking I would get time to complete some Panzer IV's etc but it was full on being a carer and sorting out medical appointments and support .... I also visited the Local Sainsbury's supermarket more times than I care to remember!</div>
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To celebrate actually having written 100 blog entries ...only taken 5 years! as slow as one of Geoffrey Boycotts England innings! I am posting two pics for your amazement and wonderment of the Airfix Sam-2 Guideline Missile set.This I purchased at the weekend at the War & Peace Revival much to my amazement. There were hundreds of stalls selling everything from jeep and tank spare parts-kits-1940's underwear - Bren guns (£640 if you are wondering) etc etc. One stall was selling kits, the purveyors were from deepest darkest Cornwall and were jolly enough but their kits were priced at £15 for series 1 Airfix & Novo (bagged & plastic/card ) and almost went up by size of box with no relevance to rarity of the kit. I almost turned away thinking 'all a bit rich for me' when I noticed stacked with series 2 &3 1970's boxed Airfix kits one of my 'holy grails' an almost mint Sam 2 set, only marred by an ancient Woolworths price sticker.<br />
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Now as any collector and follower of the Airfix brand knows this is one of the kits which along with the Ferguson Tractor, SS France, Original Spitfire, the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 will not re appear as its mold was damaged or lost. Its price £10 I rapidly invested! (it seems to go for anything between £15 - £70 on e bay or at auction, with about £30-£35 being the norm) The original 1973 Airfix Catalogue description ' 19 No A303V SAM-2 Guideline Missile. This Russian defensive surface-to-air missile is currently deployed in North Vietnam and Egypt. This new 124 piece kit provides cab and trailer together with launching platform.' <br />
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To celebrate the Sam -2 I also succumbed to the original Airfix Provost with Rocket rails in RAF Training Command colours, love the box art too. I remember my dad making this kit in the 1970's.<br />
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Also at War & Peace Revival were some model displays and trading area but outside the racecourse main stand near the Battle of Britain exhibition with no clear signposting was a tent which contained this fantastic model collection of RAF aircraft involved with intercepting the V1 menace and late war fighter operations<br />
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It looks like a lifetimes work sadly there ws not anyone present to quiz over how long it took to build this lot, but what a collection and shows how effective building to a theme can be.<br />
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Below is a superb model of a V1 launch site. The whole display was well 'labelled' with information sheets<br />
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At the back of the tent was a wargame display by the guys from <a href="http://www.crushthekaiser.co.uk/">'Crush The Kaiser'</a> who write fast play wargames rules for the Western Front. They also have a blog <a href="http://crushthekaiser.blogspot/">crushthekaiser.blogspot</a> a set of WW1 aerial combat rules will be out by Christmas a sneak preview I have saw last autumn it uses telescopic stands adapted from a product bought from Tesco for 99p to give the 1/72 model planes different height levels. I hope to get a game with them sometime as they are East Kent based.<br />
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The game at War & Peace depicted an early engagement of the battle of the Marne, the poppies a nice touch.<br />
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Will post a few pics of models from the MAFVA stand plus WW2 vehicles soon, anyway on with house maintenance for the rest of the day in between thunder storms!<br />
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Well Saturday was my day to celebrate having survived my first 2 terms working in education and what an event to do it at! <a href="http://www.thewarandpeacerevival.co.uk/">The War and Peace Revival</a> is the renaming of the now famous massive military vehicle extravaganza that was War and Peace show and held at the Whitbread Hop Farm at Paddock Wood for the past 20 years. Due to various factors they moved the show to the recently closed Folkestone Race Course on the South Coast of Kent and even nearer to the continent which probably attracted more attendees. It is also a larger site and there are permanent buildings with excellent facilities. I took a huge amount of photo's so I will break them up into subject areas and post, also my ID on some of these vehicles is not very good so any comments on that front very welcome but they will hopefully act as useful references for modellers/wargamers out there.<br />
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Fox Armoured Car</div>
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Scorpion</div>
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Stalwart (a favorite due to the Airfix 1/32nd model!) </div>
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One of my Teaching Colleagues Husbands Ferret ! good to meet you David</div>
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Scimitar turret on FV432 </div>
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FV 432 Recovery or Ammo carrier?</div>
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Rapier CVRT </div>
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A Ferret mk2 with turret</div>
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Inside T62 Turret hatch showing the breach</div>
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BMP type thing </div>
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CVRT 'Striker'</div>
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Scimitar</div>
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CVRT family 'Spartan' ?</div>
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Scorpion</div>
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CVRT with some kind of missile affair? I admitted to being short on knowledge on this subject</div>
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Scorpion again (picked up an Airfix model of one at the show)</div>
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The Abbot Self Propelled Gun (Another Airfix1/32nd favorite!)</div>
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FV 432</div>
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A missile supply vehicle</div>
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Abbot again</div>
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a Czech BMP type Russian job answers please!</div>
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It was dusty!</div>
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Chieftain</div>
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The Centurion is for some reason my favorite tank and picked up 2 'cheap as chips' Airfix models at the show </div>
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Engineers vehicle on Chieftain chassis</div>
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A trio of Scorpions</div>
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As a reward for making your way through all those pictures of cold war vehicles the shows 'poster girl' who was posing for pictures like a live piece of B17 'nose art', well it seemed rude not to take a photo! Also I got a very rare Airfix Kit at the show which I don't think the vendor knew was worth more than £10 guess what it was? all will be revealed in tomorrows 100th blog posting!</div>
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Pak 36 finished and based, I am going to get some razor blades today to get rid of the mold lines off the next figures I do, Revel DAK infantry. Although the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3.7_cm_Pak_36">PAK 36</a> was the main infantry anti tank gun at the outbreak of war it soon became outmoded by 1942 and struggled against increasing armor thickness eg Matilda II and T34's. Some were mounted on Hanomag's (ESCI did a kit of this). Now its the school holidays hopefully some more modelling will get done (amongst all the other jobs!)<br />
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I have also got to catch up on posting about Manston Airshow, the battle of Britain commemoration and now the War & Peace Revival show....but relevant to this post are a couple of PAK 36's from the War and Peace show.<br />
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Both were spotted in the living history area where there were hundreds in German uniform (but very few Brits/Commonwealth, something I find very sad, plenty of 'Yanks' tho')<br />
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<br />Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-11971587087580272232013-07-14T09:34:00.003+01:002013-07-14T09:34:50.947+01:00Battle of Britain Memorial Day at Capel Le Ferne Today 14th July <br />
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Memorial Day is held on the Sunday closest to the first day of the
Battle, 10 July. It is taking place this year today July 14th, of particular note to my family as we look after Pilot Officer Michael Mudies grave in Molesey, Surrey. He was shot down on the 14th July 1940 73 years ago. It also
marks the 20th anniversary of the unveiling of the Memorial at Capel Le Ferne which is between Dover and Folkestone.<br />
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I took these pictures in 2010 on the 70th Anniversary, camera is recharged for today and I hope to see a couple of veterans there. Sadly their numbers are dwindling on an annual basis.Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-58834198547752727722013-07-06T19:54:00.002+01:002013-07-06T19:54:44.401+01:00Workbench Update Pak 36 & Panzer III<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A quick update on the modelling of the DAK forces, one HaT German PAK36Anti Tank Gun and crew painted and being based with my first ever <a href="http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/">Plastic Soldier Company </a>kit a Panzer III G well underway.<br />
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I am most impressed with PSC this tank has gone together in no time and looks the business in wargames terms, best bit no individual road wheels!!!!! I will complete the other two and paint them as a batch.<br />
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The HaT PAK 36 is a basic kit in that awful rubbery plastic....how do you cut the mould lines off the figures, even a sharp scalpel fails! Answers very welcome as this is my main gripe with plastic figures and the latest release of plastic Falklands Paras from Revell also have some flash to remove (originally Matchbox).Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-24472653898330424522013-06-29T14:22:00.001+01:002013-06-29T14:22:56.042+01:00Manston Air Show Part 1 - Catalina & Mitchell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last weekend was the Manston Airshow....a proper airshow not some affair with bouncy castles etc along the front at Margate BUT a proper airshow based at the airfield for the first time in 20 years. Now with the demise of the Biggin Hill Airshow this was going to draw the punters enthusiasts and families alike from miles around and so what featured mostly in the<a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet_extra/news/Hurricane-sweeps-into-Kent-2332/"> press was the 9 mile tailbacks</a> and reports of people actually missing the show due to being stuck in 5 hour queues! I found cycling the best option and singing 'The only way to an airshow is by bike' I sailed through the traffic (had one offer of £100 for the bicycle...my 1981 Claude Butler in blue, no way!)<br />
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The star of the show was of course the fantastic Avro Vulcan but today I will start with two of my favorite American twin engined aircraft the 'Cat' and B25. Sadly for the majority of the show goers they missed the Catalina start up and take off as she was a 'static' for the day but we stayed until the show closed and watched her depart, a fantastic sight and the white colour scheme looked good against the cloudy backdrop of the sky.<br />
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This PBY is owned by the <a href="http://www.catalina.org.uk/">Catalina Society </a>and is based at Duxford, it was built in Canada as a Canso A amphibian for the RCAF and spent the war from 1943 on anti submarine patrols . Post war it remained in service until 1961 as a freighter and air sea rescue plane. It then became a 'fire bomber' and finally was purchased by Plane Sailing and started displaying at airshows in the UK in 2004. In 2005 it was repainted into its current scheme. It was great seeing it fly and was Hazels aircraft of the show....yup not the Vulcan or Hunter!<br />
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A very spirited display was given the pilot really threw this 'crate' around the stormy skies here is a shot with bomb doors open. Next posting will feature the 'eavy metal' on display.</div>
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Well the Hanomag is finished although I've just noticed an error! Anyway fun build crewed with some Matchbox DAK infantry. I think a Matchbox Wespe next with its palm tree base. The ruined house wall section diorama will be added to the scenery spares box.<br />
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I will build some more Hanomags and add extra equipment, this looks too factory fresh so I may 'dust' up the wheels and tracks. I would like to find a cheap source of Jerry cans & general stowage that doesn't cost more than the kit....but might end up just have a go at making some from scratch and casting in resin over the summer break.<br />
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This was the later boxing made politically correct by the removal of the swastika flag, gunfire and attacking plane and released by Revell. Fraxinushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187862690231771844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8392582582228684642.post-83393087175916291972013-06-12T19:51:00.003+01:002013-06-12T19:51:28.754+01:00Red Arrows, a 'Jolly Little Boat' & a Hanomag!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Saturday the 'deadsparrows' were based at Manston so that they could perform their wondrous aerobatics at the Folkestone airshow ....well non airshow as it had been cancelled! Theywere paid for and booked so they displayed!<br />
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747 being scrapped at Manston its been a landmark for some months, the JCB's preying on it like Velociraptor's eating a dead Brontosaurus!</div>
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Last weekend I decided that there would be too many 'temptations' at the
Broadside Wargames show at Sittingbourne...I need to focus on my
current projects plus the new job is on much reduced pay so with great
sadness I decided to not attend (everyone else in 'Blogland' seems to
have gone & it seems to be developing into a very nice show). Also I
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the 'Hazyjoe'. We are members of Fordwich boat club and have bankside rites to store and launch our 14ft rowing boat which is equipped by a small Mercury outboard. </div>
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We went out on Sunday and the river Stour was quite busy. Basically boats down river come up to the Fordwich Arms and we go downriver to the 'Grove Ferry Inn'!!</div>
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In between the 2 watering holes are the Westbere Lakes and Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve. Kingfisher, Terns, Cormorants, Swans, Warblers,Tits, Wagtails etc all spotted on what was a rather cold day to be messing about in a boat.</div>
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I was wearing 4 layers of clothing on the 9th June!! The good old British Summer!</div>
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Current build a Revell re release of the old Matchbox 'Hanomag' Sd Kfz 251/1. Nice kit with action figure jumping over the side! This one is being built for the Africa Korps in my desert campaign project. Only one piece was badly molded one of the MG's barrels had not formed properly otherwise it has stood the test of time well.</div>
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Hoping to finish this within the next week and find some additional crew from the Matchbox 'DAK' troops.</div>
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Well I attended the Shepway Military Modelling Societies show at Hawkinge yesterday, as advertised on my last post to see the works of art produced by others, sample the trade stands and get some ideas for modelling projects with particular interest in anything depicting WW2 Western Desert vehicles/troops/planes.The competition table stretched the length of one side of the hall with some superb creations on it.<br />
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The crew of Illustrious were a tad scared with the superb 'Hipper' moored alongside on the competition table! <br />
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The show stopper for me in Aircraft terms this superb Gold medal winning Spitfire, fantastic and not overdone with too much 'pre shading'. however class 13 for Wargames Figures had no entries the whole morning ....so I thought I had better fly the flag for wargamers everywhere and enter so the class remains in future years competitions. I raced back home picked up some figures & the Matchbox Humber all of which have featured on this blog and entered them with minutes of the closing time for entries into 3 classes. I was the only entrant in the wargames section so I made 3 entries (at least it didn't look bare anymore!), my Humber in the small scale armour section and one figure in the below 54mm class.<br />
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Now I hoped to get a certificate for bothering to enter in the Wargames section and watched the judging from afar and saw that my little 15mm Minifigs had progressed to the winners table...ah so I was only up against my self and they were the best of my three entries. Prize giving came and to my amazement the above little chaps got a Gold, The WW1 Belgians and my recent Zvezda Napoleonic Artillery got Silver each, my Parliamentarian musketeer a silver and the Humber a Highly Commended Certificate (only a 'built from the box matchbox effort').<br />
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The class winners table at the end of the show, the 'flats' were very impressive fantastic painting. Now this shocked me and embarrassed me in a typically British way having to go in front of some fantastic modellers to collect my awards especially as it was an off the cuff submission......BUT to support local Wargames and modelling clubs we need to participate and get involved. The whole experience boosted my confidence to paint and model and that has flagged in recent years so if you see a local model show support it and remember its not all about 'Salute' and 'Euro Militaire' once a year!<br />
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On the North Surrey Club stand were 3 very nice armored vehicles, the Lanchester</div>
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'Dingo'</div>
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'2nd Panzer'</div>
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And a superbly displayed 'Space Marine' fellow </div>
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Its all Greek to me!</div>
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A fantasy 'beast' on the competition table</div>
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Nicely executed pipe smoking dwarf</div>
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Stunning Lynx</div>
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Equally 'yummy' Lightning</div>
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A great diorama on Shepway's own stand</div>
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A mine clearing vehicle of some kind</div>
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A Valentine with a Lewis gun on top of the turret</div>
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Smart little Vickers VB</div>
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1/76 scale A13 very nice</div>
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Cold War Diorama</div>
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Anyway enough of my 'Holiday Snaps' but I do find these local shows truly inspirational.</div>
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Brian of 2D figurines was really helpful and explained how you paint 'flats' he let me have one at a much reduced cost to give it a go & that I could contact him if I needed advice on its painting, a stall run by modellers is always the best. See the<a href="http://www.intflatfigures.org/"> British Flat Figure Societies forum </a>for more info. Finally most people on the 'blogasphere' are better painters and modellers than me so if you have never entered a local show give it a go! Sadly in a moment of exuberance at having won something for a craft (the first time since 1st prize for baking shortbread at primary school!) I said I would 'dance' with Hazels Morris side today! Blast...I need some Beer!<br />
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What a place to chip away at bits of plastic and sniff the 'Poly' and paint. last Sunday was one of the <a href="http://www.rafmanston.co.uk/">Manston History Museums</a> occasional cockpit open days with a few military vehicles and 2 local modelling societies displaying their skills.<br />
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I crammed myself into the cockpit of the museums <a href="http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1404252/">Canberra B15, WT205</a> nose always amazed at how cramped and ergonomically dreadful the instrumentation is laid out plus sod all visibility from the cockpit (The Buccaneer was even worse!) <br />
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Canberra Cockpit and below the coal hole for the 'Nav' & weapons 'bod' claustrophobic or what!<br />
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The real bonus for me was meeting the East Kent Scale Model Society and Shepway Model Society their work was superb and they were a very friendly bunch, I will attend East Kent's meetings in future at Manston which is just down the road from home. I thought it would be worth posting pics of some of their superb work for your delectation and inspiration!<br />
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The first set of pictures are East Kent modellers 'creations'<br />
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This is a flea sized model of the flying flea garage built kit plane from the 1930's! z scale figures next to it!<br />
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German built Daimler armoured car?</div>
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Leonardo's 'Tank'</div>
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A combine harvester! I believe made from a diecast model stripped re painted and detailed!</div>
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A Cromwell</div>
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Meteor T7</div>
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The East Kent Scale Modellers in front of the museums T33 Shooting Star</div>
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Opposite EKSM the Shepway contingent with equally impressive modelling skills</div>
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'The serpent & the warrior'</div>
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The Saracen (not in opposition to the above Templar!)</div>
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very interesting mix of vehicle subjects</div>
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Never really understood the appeal of these kind of busts (others I do understand more!) but superbly painted</div>
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Ferret</div>
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Model or real vehicle sometimes hard to tell from a picture!</div>
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Definitely the real thing the museums superb Jaguar with hatches and cockpit open for the day</div>
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Nice to be able to closely examine the aircraft, this one flew 35 missions in the Iraq war and later flew with 41 Squadron before early retirement in 2005.</div>
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Bomb Disposal Landrover</div>
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The rare Meteor TT20 painted to represent a NF11 of 85 Squadron</div>
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The museum also commemorates its long association with the ATC</div>
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A working Merlin was also present used to control nuisance bird populations at key sites in Thanet.</div>
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This Saturday is the Shepway Modelling Societies annual show at Hawkinge at £1 a snip combine it with a visit to the <a href="http://www.kbobm.org/">Kent Battle of Britain Museum</a> nearby and a pint in the '<a href="http://www.catandcustardpot.co.uk/">Cat and Custard Pot' </a>the old pilots pub. Not much of the famous airfield now survives it is now a 'Wimpy' estate !</div>
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