Author Archives: Tony
Green and Pleasant Land
The world of Rallance IV couldn’t be more ideal for colonisation. Located slap in the middle of its G3V-type star’s Goldilocks zone, the upright rotation and near circular orbit give it steady weather patterns with little in the way of … Continue reading
Joy of Six 2023
Our next show is coming up soon – the Joy of Six 2023 is (as the name might suggest) dedicated to one of the smaller scales – 6mm (or 1/300th, 1/285th etc). It’s run by Baccus, one of the leading … Continue reading
Scaling Down
We’ve had a couple of enquiries about 15mm versions of our WWI vehicles, so Phil’s been having a play with the printer settings… So we’ve decided to add these to the website – they’re under the existing 28mm Great War … Continue reading
Bases are back again!
After a v-e-r-y long hiatus, we’ve managed to get hold of new stock of the hex-base flying stands again. 13000 of the little blighters turned up at the end of last week (proof is in the picture below) to finally … Continue reading
Roman Repositories
The Small Scale Scenery continues to grow – we’ve now hit product code 200 ! This week we have a pair of Roman releases from the early C.4th, both from Trier (known by the Romans as Augusta Treverorum) in the … Continue reading
Armoured Car Parade
To show solidarity with the Czarist government, a squadron of Royal Naval Air Service armoured cars was dispatched to Russia in 1915. Not being entirely sure how best to use their British friends the Russians sent the unit to the … Continue reading
Making Tracks
We promised to write an article on making track for our new 15mm Monorail cars, and here it is. As you’ll see, it’s a really straightforward process. The track itself is made from mini cable trunking – ours came from … Continue reading
Buzzard Off !
With the Salute releases all safely on the website, we have something brand new this week. Small but perfectly formed, these are Neo-Soviet Kanyuk (buzzard) class Strikeboats. We’ve gone for a mid-green colour scheme inspired by some of the early … Continue reading
La Flotte Française d’Outre-mer
Our second overseas territories fleet is the Gallic force based in French Guiana. Composed again of older second-line vessels (fewer turrets, more barbettes), the craft patrol the environs of the Guianese territory for pirates and smugglers, and occasional incursions by … Continue reading
A New Life Awaits You in the Overseas Colonies
“A chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.” As part of our South American project, as well as the ten independent states we wanted to do something to cover the three European colonies on the … Continue reading
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