On the final leg of our tour, we drove through Chicago and had to stop at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology. Specifically, we had to see the U-505 U-boat! Another…
Tag: WWII
Airfix Battles – Introductory Scenario Using Miniatures.
I have been looking for another set of rules to run 20mm WWII games for my group on Tuesday nights. I have found a number of rules that I really like, but…
Battleship North Carolina Museum and Memorial.
After finishing up my beach trip, I decided to drive down to Wilmington North Carolina to spend a day with some friends that recently moved into the area. This was a perfect…
Pimping Up some Old Glory 15mm PzIs and IIs.
A couple years back, TJ and I came across a guy selling a collection of old Skytrex/Old Glory 15mm painted tank models. Going through the collection, the price was right, we both…
FoW – Battlefront French R-35 Tanks
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…
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…