Juramentados

Juramentados 

(Men sworn to die in battle)

Just about the only wargames set-up I have NOT 20mm is a 28mm skirmish one for my pet project - Rif War 1919-26, some yrs back I bought a large batch of figures (thanks to Bannockburn Boy over on the SOTCW forum) which a sculpter from Scotland produced just for himself and have never been released to the public.

I`ve converted these, pruning away guns, swapping arms or hands (and a head) and added various scimitars (thanks Ian)  

Crusaders for Tunisia

Crusaders for Tunisia

The first time I`ve sat down to paint since late June.

I`ve just lost my drive, I have no plans, in fact I`ve just been plodding for most of the last 18 months, anyway, over on The Wargamer`s Forum, they do regular "builds", the lastest on is "Blades" and whilst i don`t often do guys with swords, etc I thought of an entry slightly outside the box

Crusader IIIs of 17th/21st Lancers "Blade Force" Tunisia, December 1942

Britannia models

    

Wales Airshow 2019

Wales Airshow 2019

Held over the weekend 6-7th July, right opposite the guesthouse over stunning Swansea Bay

New for this year and quite a surprise when I opened up for breakfast were a pair of full size replica aircraft standing less than 100ft from our front door - a Hurricane and a Spitfire

 Our guesthouse just behind

 Assembling the Spitfire

 The view from our room 3

 from the dining room

 Completed spitfire

 Stripping down the Hurricane on the Sunday

Again sitting opposite our place

 

 Our eldest son Alex (21)

 View from the dining room

 all packed up and ready to go

Battle of Britain Flight 

Warbirds

A pair of Spitfires and 2 Hispano-Suiza Me109G with Merlin engines (used in the Battle of  Britain movie 1969). 

These simulated dogfights across the sky, on the Sunday, there was a soundtrack of machine gun fire.

Catalina

 105mm

 Tigers Parachute display team

 Swansea`s 50yrs flag

 T-33 Shooting Star

 Red Arrows

 Tigers (again) doing a twilight jump with sparklers