While walking around Historicon, I came across a unit of seven Battlefront R-35 tanks that were based painted. They were only six dollars each, so I figured I would pick them up…
Tag: WWII
FOW – Peter Pig Aerosan NKL-26
Having finally finished my Flames of War winter Soviet force, I turned to some vehicular support. A few moths ago, I found some Aerosans on the Peter Pig website and thought they…
FOW – Early War Soviet Infantry Battalion.
After putting together the winter Finnish army, I decided I needed their Soviet opponent force. In the meantime, I put together a winter German winter infantry company, as I was able to…
FOW – Axis and Allies Messerschmitt Bf-110 Air Support.
Next on deck for my aircraft project was the Messerschmitt Me-100. The plane comes in the base Angels 20 game. I saw it online and it seemed to be one of the…
FOW – Axis and Allies US P-40 Air Support.
After struggling a bit to pimp my MC-200s, I thought I would try to work on a set of plains that would need minimal work. Laying on the top of the pile…
FOW – Axis and Allies F4F Wildcat Air Support.
I decided to grab another set of planes that did not need much work, the early war scheme F4F Wildcat. I thought these would be pretty easy, as they did not have…
FOW – Gallabat-Metemma Campaign, Part 4.
This is the report of the fourth game of our Gallabat-Metemma campaign. Game 1 saw the capture of Fort Gallabat by British and Indian forces. Games 2 and 3 featured counterattacks by…
FOW – Axis and Allies, Italian Macchi 200 Air Support.
I decided my next Axis and Allies aircraft pimping project would be Italian aircraft to support my desert forces. I had choses this aircraft, as it covers the entire war. The came…
FOW – Gallabat-Metemma Campaign, Part 3.
This post reports the third game of our Gallabat-Metemma mini-campaign. Our first game recreated the historical attack by the British and Indian troops of the 10th Indian Infantry Brigade to recapture the…
FOW: Gallabat-Metemma Campaign Part
Issues 433 and 434 of Wargames Illustrated magazine ran two articles titled, “The Battle of Gallabat” and “The Attack on Fort Gallabat.” The articles provide background, orders of battle, a map of the operational…