Great evening down the club on Thursday, we held a curry night in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund. As well as the curry was a raffle and a number of manufacturers generously provided prizes. I was one of the lucky winners and won a set of Kallistra hills.
Overall we raised just over £600 for the charity.
Special thanks must go to Steve from the Baggage Train for organising the event
02/03/2013
01/03/2013
On the workbench - March 2013
Blimey another month flies by! There's not been much on the blog, but in the background I've been going cross eyed painting tartan. I'm glad to say that stage is now complete for over 95% of the Jacobite army, so progress should be quicker from now on. To break up the monotony and to keep up progress on other fronts I'll be working on:
- British and Dervish command teams, Egyptian cavalry and some casualty markers for the Sudan
- British command teams for Egypt 1801
- That nice pair of Semoventes I acquired at Crewe
- Some Roman transport and an extra general
- A 150mm Infantry gun and Sdkfz 251/3 for the DAK, plus a matching pair in grey for Europe.
25/02/2013
Crewe - not much booty, but...
there was someone selling Humbrol acrylics, so a big Hurrah as I was down to the dregs of some favourite colours. Other purchases were equally modest a Zvezda German Medical Team and a discounted Italeri fast build Italian Semovente kit. After the M13/40 made up so quickly I was easily tempted by this in the boxes underneath one of the Modelling Society stands.
It's quite interesting that unlike wargame shows putting surplus models up for sale on the stand is quite common, obviously it avoids paying the B&B fee, but also it means there is someone you trust keeping an eye on the models. Still mustn't grumble too much as the local B&B was reasonably well run unlike some at quite a few wargames shows and I did manage to sell some of my surplus.
It's quite interesting that unlike wargame shows putting surplus models up for sale on the stand is quite common, obviously it avoids paying the B&B fee, but also it means there is someone you trust keeping an eye on the models. Still mustn't grumble too much as the local B&B was reasonably well run unlike some at quite a few wargames shows and I did manage to sell some of my surplus.
23/02/2013
"Bydand"
Having worked in Aberdeen and as my Scottish Brigade for last years big game came mainly from the Gordon Highlanders, It was the obvious choice for the Scottish regiment to be added to my 1801 British army in Egypt.
The figures are of course the venerable Airfix Highlanders, and thanks to Daff who provided a replacement when one of them broke. A strange case of the brittle plastic disease, as the musket was still fully flexible and the whole kneeling figure just broke off the base at the ankles.
The figures are of course the venerable Airfix Highlanders, and thanks to Daff who provided a replacement when one of them broke. A strange case of the brittle plastic disease, as the musket was still fully flexible and the whole kneeling figure just broke off the base at the ankles.
Off to Crewe tomorrow
It's time for South Cheshire Militaire again. It only a short drive away and it makes a great day out at this time of year. It's a good opportunity to see what's happening in the bigger modelling world and I usually find something to buy.
Trading - Haves - February 2013 update
I have the following currently available for trade, see the Trading Department for more details. I'm also prepared to sell the figures and other bulkier items at any show I'm attending.
Unpainted-
Airfix AWI casualties/Lying down
Airfix British Paratroops (34 figs)
Airfix German Infantry (1) (42figs)
BP Casts – US 57mm & crew
Caesar German Infantry (complete set)
Dwarves (3 painted figs)
Esci French Guard Artillerymen (22 figs)
Hat French Line Lancers (2 figs)
Imex Indians (17figs)
Italeri AWI American Infantry (complete set less the Indians)
Italeri AWI British Light cavalry (complete set)
Perry 28mm figures (2 Foot Dragoons)
Perry 28mm figures (6 riflemen)
Strelets German Stormtroops (3 sprues out of 4)
Painted-
Festes-haus zu Ransback (lasercut building)
Airfix Eastern Roman Archers (21 figures)
Strelets WSS Austrian Artillery (4 guns & 12 figures)
Strelets GNW Swedish Artillery (2 guns & 6 figures)
Strelets GNW Russian Artillery (2 guns, 6 crew plus two extra)
…Plus odd figures remaining from various sets, etc. that I haven't sorted ut yet
Needs are summarised on another post
Contact me at Fire-At-Will at live.co.uk
Unpainted-
Airfix AWI casualties/Lying down
Airfix British Paratroops (34 figs)
Airfix German Infantry (1) (42figs)
BP Casts – US 57mm & crew
Caesar German Infantry (complete set)
Dwarves (3 painted figs)
Esci French Guard Artillerymen (22 figs)
Hat French Line Lancers (2 figs)
Imex Indians (17figs)
Italeri AWI American Infantry (complete set less the Indians)
Italeri AWI British Light cavalry (complete set)
Perry 28mm figures (2 Foot Dragoons)
Perry 28mm figures (6 riflemen)
Strelets German Stormtroops (3 sprues out of 4)
Painted-
Festes-haus zu Ransback (lasercut building)
Airfix Eastern Roman Archers (21 figures)
Strelets WSS Austrian Artillery (4 guns & 12 figures)
Strelets GNW Swedish Artillery (2 guns & 6 figures)
Strelets GNW Russian Artillery (2 guns, 6 crew plus two extra)
…Plus odd figures remaining from various sets, etc. that I haven't sorted ut yet
Needs are summarised on another post
Contact me at Fire-At-Will at live.co.uk
20/02/2013
Old Airfix - Stug III
Old, but still good, a pair of Airfix Stug IIIs that were sitting in my stash. It was when I completed my latest Stug IV I saw the deterioration in the tracks on my very old Stug III models, so hence the decision to build these. They are very much straight out of the box, but I've added cut down shurtzen from the Plastic Soldier Company Panzer IV and a couple of Orion Panzer crewmen.
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