Author Archives: Tony

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Johnny’s Big Brother

One of our last minute additions to the Salute line-up was the 15mm Monorail set. We spent a long time looking for an affordable method to make the track for a 15mm monorail (figuring that resin-cast pieces would be expensive … Continue reading

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