Operation Nimrod -30th April -5th May 1980

This Month see the 45th Anniversary of the SAS rescue of hostages in the Iranian Embassy in London ,I remeber watching a film on TV when it cut to the live assault by Men in Black wearing respirators and swinging on ropes and explosions going off , this was my first knowledge of the world Famous regiment . Below is a shot of 2 books by Rusty Firmin who took part in the raid and the Film 6 days based upon his Book GO Go Go also on show are 2 acrylic ornaments one showing the famous winged dagger (actually Excalibur ) and the famous balcony shot from the siege ,both made to celebrate the anniversary and both signed by Rusty Firmin.

Dawn of Iron Ships

Bought Dawn of Iron rules for ACW naval warfare quite a while ago so thought I would pick a battle that would give me a nice mix of ships , I chose 1/1200 scale so i could play on a 3x3 table . So I went for the battle of Hampton Roads which gave me a mix of iron clads steam and sailing ships ,with being new to this scale and this type of warfare I ordered ships from 2 manufacuters Big Jims Prints and Langton miniatures . Both orders arrived really quickly and both are nice quality I think Langtons win out on quality and also their ships come in little packs with all items in seperate packs inside the main pack included is a small card with the ships name and what parts should included ,they come in either resin or white metal and masts and saiks are in metal . The Big Jims ones are all 3D printed resin they come in zip bags with no I.D of which vessel is which and the masts are still attached to the printing supports so in such a small scale finding out which ship is which and seperating the masts will be difficult for me so even though Big Jim is cheaper on most models I think any more purchases for me will be Langton . I will most more pictures as I progress the Pics below show an example from each company as they come out of the bags .

Rogue Warrior Evolution

managed a game if Evolution my space rangers v Johns Space Teddy Bears ( i know but he is my friend ) turned out to be a close run thing thise teddy besrs were tougher than they look but i managed to save embarresment and knocked the stuffing out of them ....sorry

Dr Who

got a game of Dr Who Miniature Game played this week .The 4th Doctor trying to talk peace while the sea devils and silurians attack UNIT head quarters , although the Dr did manage it a lot of UNIT troopers and a few Sea Devils paid the price.

Old Skool Daleks

a few Daleks from the original TV series , love the black and silver Saucer commander all twistedpinnacle resin colour schemes from the Dalek fan site

Summer Project

decided that while we are away during the summer months to relax with a bit of model making , a couple for wargaming purposes but mainly just display models . I started by thinking of a theme for the display kits which was RAF jet fighters as you can see from the picture that soon disapered

Oshkosh JLTV

The Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical vehicle is the latest light ,heavily armed vehicle that is in service with a number

of Nations including The USA ,Israel Brazil and Belgium amongst others ,this model is a resin kit from Spectre Miniatures , the Figures are Israeli Sayerat Matkal Reconnaissance unit metal figures from Warfighter Miniatures.

Sea Devils & U.N.I.T

More figures done for Doctor Who this time some Sea Devils and UNIT troopers , the Sea Devils are from the short lived Warlord range and teh UNIT are resin from Twisted Pinnacle .lots og DWMG action coming up this summer

Hellboy

I ordered a Hellboy resin figure from Solarmodelsnprops on Etsy and there was a mix up with my delivery which was quickly sorted out and the owner put in a free Hellboy Bust as a thank you for waiting . I have not done the item I ordered as yet but I have done the free Bust ,I can only compliment the quality of the products and the customer service from Solarmodelsnprops .