Monthly Archives: May 2012

Broadside 2012

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Tony

In less than two weeks’ time we’ll be attending Broadside 2012 in Sittingbourne, Kent – it’s a very convenient show since I happen to live ten minutes walk away ! Unfortunately the organisers have been badly let down over advertising … Continue reading →

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Going Postal

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Tony

I sat and did the Brigade post this week, as I do every week – weighing packages, printing out labels, writing customs tickets etc. And for the third week in a row, I took a sharp intake of breath at … Continue reading →

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Aeronef previews

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Phil

My master building days haven’t quite gone according to plan (sick children & shopping for my mother) but I have managed to make some progress. Tony introduced me to the Caproni Ca.60 a little while ago. This was a prototype passenger … Continue reading →

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Building Packs

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Tony

We’ve bundled up some of our 6mm buildings into packs to make it even easier to create your own desert township. The first pack, comprising mostly dwellings and houses, gets you a dozen buildings for £13, whereas the town buildings … Continue reading →

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Whilst the cat is away……

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Phil

Ok so this is a fairly shameless excuse to get a picture of one my cats on the internet. However the wife is going away for five whole days to Snowdonia with some friends so naturally I’m taking time off … Continue reading →

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More Soviets

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Tony

Modelling work on the 15mm Soviets continues apace; in addition to the Kunitsa APC and Laska tankette already previewed, we have the following models ready for printing: We’re working hard on turning these collections of bits and bytes into resin … Continue reading →

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Task Force Zeta volume 2: Fleet Auxiliaries

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Tony

At Salute we sold an awful lot of copies of the Legionnaire Games rulebooks – the Strike Legion set for 1/300th ground combat, and the Task Force Zeta spaceship rules. We’ve just had a restock order come through on these, … Continue reading →

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Last of the new stuff … for now

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Tony

So we reach the end of our burst of new releases. The last items are all 15mm SF, although at opposite ends of the size scale. The prize for sheer bulk goes to the AmRep Curtiss Heavy Hover Tank, a … Continue reading →

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Power to the People !

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Tony

Following a rather irritating no-show by a customer who placed an order to be collected at Salute, we have a number of sets of our Shapeways Power Pylons available for sale. These can be found on the website, and you … Continue reading →

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New Aeronef

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Tony

We had three new Aeronef models at Salute on Saturday, all British. These are now available on the website, joining our previous batches of 6mm and 15mm buildings, spaceships, Land Ironclads and Celtos figures. Two are giants of their class … Continue reading →

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