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  Battle of the Falklands A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders   Authors notes This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands,  a First World War naval action betwe...

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 Battle Of Coronel IV A Full Thrust scenario by Phil Broeders Author’s Notes This scenario is based on the Battle of Coronel – a WW1 encounter between a squadron of modern German warsh...

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THE GOEBEN AND BRESLAU INCIDENT A Full Thrust scenario by Phil Broeders AUTHOR’S NOTES This scenario is based on the search for two German ships in the Mediterranean during the early stag...

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  The Matapan Incident A Full Thrust scenario by Phil Broeders   Author’s Notes This is a contact battle between two long-standing enemy forces (and can form part of a campaign if you ...

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 I've been painting up starships for some time over the past couple of months.  Torn between Full Thrust and another rule set. But its a lot of fun!   Most of the fleets are commensurate wi...

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 I noticed that I hadn't posted since March (when Covid lockdown hit).  This co-incided with a new job, the boys coming home to stay and many other factors.  The upshot was (with wargaming put...

https://philbancients.blogspot.com/2020/10/no-apologies.html

Got a light box at last - only a few quid on Ebay with built in LED lights....and selection of backdrops. 6mm bocage experiments are the first into the box...

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Coronavirus.  People locked into their homes.  'Working' from home.  Not allowed out for 2 weeks. Wargamers with lead mountains : "My time has come"

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Selling off my 6mm winter tree collection...

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I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally got a solution I'm happy with. For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexagonal bases are required.  I found a ...

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On sale now! I'm getting rid of some of my Eastern Front winter stuff to clear the decks and use the funds for other projects.  If you're interested, they're on Ebay now. Ju52  German ...

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As part of the Aeronef project, I wanted to find the right size of waterslide decals which would fit with the period.  I've seen a few with WW1 aircraft decals which seemed to fit but have had ...

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 I was waiting for the first of my Aeronef ships to arrive from Brigade Models - and they turned the order around very quickly.  Its a starter pack - British vs German - and a good way to star...

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So I plumped for the obvious starting pack - British vs German. One cruiser, one light cruiser and 8 patrol nefs (destroyers basically) each.  The British fleet is the Exeter, Orion and 4 C...

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In my new Aeronef project, the first port of call is clearly which nation(s) fleets to buy.  Clearly there is no point just buying one so I need to have a 'home' fleet and a natural enemy and t...

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I've been thinking about the fun I get from the hobby for some time now.  I have a lot of troops from different eras - Samurai, WW1, WW2, Renaissance etc. and many have not seen the light of da...

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In April 1864 the newly commissioned Ironclad CSS Albemarle got underway, her mission was to clear the Roanoke River of all Union vessels. The Confederates army was besieging Plymouth NC and aft...

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‘Wargames are played, for the most part, without the supervision of an umpire. The game relies on the integrity of the individual players to show consideration for other players and to abide by...

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My first 1/3000 fleet was that of the Regia Marina - Italy's Mediterranean fleet.  On the surface, they represent a powerful force - and were among the 'prettiest' of WW2's fleets (especially w...

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I've had these for some time but hadn't got around to painting them until now. They're from Tumbling Dice who do a good range of historic ships covering Classical, Spanish Armada, Anglo-Dutch ...

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Saw this on the Fauxhammer website which I thought I'd share with you. It is their idea of the Best Paints for Miniatures and Wargames Models 2019.  So a few caveats before we start.  This l...

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While plans for fighting the entirely unhistoric battle between the Goeben and assorted British ships sent out to hunt her down, I'm also blowing huge chunks of my birthday money on building up ...

https://philbancients.blogspot.com/2019/04/refighting-ww1-naval-battles.html

PURSUIT OF THE GOEBEN The scenario is based on real events right at the start of WWI. The Germans knew that war was about to be declared and had advised their ships captains accordingly. The B...

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Saw a very interesting video on You Tube today which investigated what actually (or at least what they think actually happened) and out forward a very plausible explanation as to how 7,000 Engli...

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After a couple of refresher games of General Quarters we found the main problem was when we started firing torpedoes at each other (especially the Japanese Long Lance). It was initially assumed ...

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