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ACW Naval status update - week 19
Work continues on the USS Minnesota and USS Kearsarge models. The Kearsarge had the duffel bags along the railings painted and the stays and back stays for the foremast are installed.Work continues on...
View ArticleTales of the Anaconda - page updated!
Salutations!Overhauled the "Tales of the Anaconda" page to include some background history on the life cycle of the game and add questions that commonly come up. If you have questions regarding the...
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ACW Naval update - week 21
No update last week for multiple reasons. This week has some good progress.USS Kearsarge has the rigging installed.Last task here is to paint the rigging and call it a day...USS Minnesota - work...
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ACW Naval update - week 23
I know, you're asking yourself, "what happened to week 22?" Well, it sorta got swallowed up with a bunch of activities around Memorial Day weekend. I spent a weekend in Houston doing assorted...
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The ACW Naval building project 2015 - 2016. The final posting.
It's done.I've completed the assembly and painting of all the ACW naval models in my collection. If took more than half a year, but it's done. The last two models - USS Kearsarge and USS Minnesota...
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Mostly done - the Shapeways Fokker D.VI
I've finished another 1/144 model to add to the collection of World War I fighter planes for use with Wings of Glory - the Fokker D. VI. It's an interesting model. It's parentage is clear - the body of...
View ArticleMore ships points for Anaconda...
Added a new document to the wargamevault.com website with the point values of a bunch of additional ship models that are available in 1/600 scale. Click here to connect to the product page.For those of...
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Those magnificent men in their (heavy) flying machines - The Letord and R.11...
Two new arrivals on the table, both twin engine aircraft.The Letord is a French observation/bomber introduced in early 1917 and used throughout the war. This particular model is armed to the teeth with...
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Two French Hens...
Painting on the two recent Shapeways models is underway. The two models are the Caudron R.11 haevy escort fighter and the Letord light bomber / recon kite. Both planes shall be painted in the French...
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Reduced Aircraft Factory's 1/144 Caquot Type M Observation Balloon
Newly arrived from Shapeways is this model of the 1/144 Caquot Type M Observation Balloon.A mainstay of the observation corps, it was frequently the target of enemy aircraft. Years ago, FFG had...
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Unboxing the Wings of Glory - Nieuport 11
The new Wings of Glory series 9 aircraft models have been released in the United States. One of the four models is the Nieuport 11, a spiffy little single seat fighter. The Nieuport 11 was a smaller,...
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The balloon project is lifting off!
the 1/144 Cacquot Type M balloon is coming along slowly. The gasbag has been assembled and several coats of primer have been applied.This particular model was painted in Black, Strong and Flexible...
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French firepower almost ready to take flight
Work on the R.11 and Letord 2 models discussing in a previous post is almost complete. All that is left is the final gloss and matt finish coats and adding a magnet for basing the models.First up, the...
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Heavy fighter escorts reporting for duty!
The Letord 2 and the Caudron R.11 are completed!These both painted up nicely. Decals were from Dom's Decals and a few odds and ends from the decal box (the numbers were Woodland Scenics decals).A box...
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Up, Up and away in my beautiful ballooooooooooooon........
.....or 99 Luftballoons on the wall, 99 Luftballoons.....But seriously folks, I'm making great progress with the Reduced Aircraft Factory model of the Caquot Type M kit balloon available on Shapeways....
View ArticleSikh Wars: Battle of Ferozeshah December 21-22, 1845 - A scenario for Volley...
Following Ranjit Singh's death in 1839, a struggle for power erupted that saw a succession of weak rulers replacing each other by increasingly nefarious means. The Sikh army – the Khalsa – moved into...
View ArticleAchtung, Panzer!
Picked up a copy of TANKS by Gale Force 9. Fun little game. Very stripped down WWII game with total focus on tank combat.Yes, it's a game, but this is clearly designed as an introductory WWII armor...
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Panzer Vor!
On this beautiful fall day, I fired up the airbrush and proceeded to paint up a mess of late war German AFV. Most of these are meant for use with Gale Force Nine's new game TANKS, but I'm also getting...
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Getting a broken Panzer IV model back on the gaming table
I may have mentioned that at FAll IN 2016, I purchased a batch Panzer IV H from a guy in Wally's basement. The were assembled, basecoated and given a heavy coat of weathering, which covered the basics...
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ACW Naval - Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.
Earlier in 2016 I finished building and painting my back log of 1:600 scale American Civil War naval models. What an accomplishment! I was able to move forward and wrap up the 1;144 WWI airplane...
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