Author Archives: Phil

That’s that then…..

So after weeks of preparation, late nights and long casting sessions Salute has come and gone for another year. Its always a busy day and again we didn’t get to see much of the show ourselves so have to resort … Continue reading

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Fun with a dremel

Its just coming up to 1am and I find myself dremeling into the heads of Belgian ladies. Obvious really. What else would I be doing at this time. I’ve one final mould to make for Salute and its the second … Continue reading

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Another hi-tech building

Five days to go until Salute……. Very quickly before I bundle the sprogs off to school. I did the first couple of castings of the second of our 15mm “hi-tech” buildings last night.

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Another little building

Just seven days to Salute and counting … Amongst all the other jobs of last weekend I managed to make the first castings of another new 6mm building. A second tower for our desert building range. Its shown below with … Continue reading

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Plans for the weekend…….

Its just me (and the cat) in the house the weekend. No children!!!! Just time for me to play catch-up in the final couple of weeks before Salute. And my god I’m going to need the time. The list of … Continue reading

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More little buildings

A few more 6mm building previews today. First up is small commercial unit with a loading bay. Second is a square building. I’m not sure whether its meant to be anything in particular but it will be useful if you … Continue reading

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Building previews

As part of our build-up for Salute in April (one month to go and so much still to do) I’m working my way through the stack of un-released building models that we have. I’ve moulded the first couple and made … Continue reading

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Large scale Land Ironclad!

Occasionally here at Brigade Towers we’ve discussed the idea of upscaling some of our Land Ironclads models to a larger scale. Naturally these chats come to nothing for a plethora of reasons (mostly apathy it must be said). Until now … Continue reading

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6mm sneak peek….

Since I had the house to myself at the weekend I spent a large part of Saturday casting resin stock in preparation for Salute in April. Oh yes I know how to live. In amongst the pile of moulds were … Continue reading

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Minigwal first casting

Well its not actually the first casting since it took a few spins to debug the mould. But its the first decent casting from the master mould of the new 15mm PacFed Minigwal fast attack vehicle. I need to make … Continue reading

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