Category Archives: Great War

Phil’s been at it again, scaling down more of the Great War range to 15mm. There are five more models, starting with a trio of US vehicles – the diminutive Ford 3-ton tank, the Jeffery quad truck and Jeffrey Armoured … Continue reading →

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 →

In the early days of WW1 armoured cars were used to great effect by both the Belgian army and the Royal Navy, their hit and run tactics causing many problems for the Germans. In response to this in 1915 three … Continue reading →

Firstly – we’re able to send overseas items via Royal Mail again, so we’re pretty much back to normal. The service is apparently a little slower than usual (the cyber attack has taken out some of the RM systems used … Continue reading →

First (because we know you all look forward to it so much…) is this week’s Royal Mail SNAFU update. The news is that they’ve started to unbung the backlog of existing parcels, so anything already in the system should be … Continue reading →

The Germans didn’t make many armoured vehicles in WWI – everyone knows the A7V, but there were several other vehicles. One is the Büssing A5P armoured car, which was built in very small numbers – in fact, just one ! … Continue reading →

We’ve made good progress on orders this week – everything left over from before the holiday break went in the post yesterday, as did a good number of those that have arrived since. By the end of today we should … Continue reading →