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Tuesday 27 April 2010
Toyota Technicals
Where ever there are Somali fighters they inevitably have Toyota Technicals in support.
It's not Toyota unless it says Toyota on the back. I wonder if Toyota have a military sales division? Both models are inspired by pictures on the web of what is an ubiquitous field expedient modification of local transport assets.
Catching up with a friend from Australia
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Martin Wallace, the board game designer, returned for his annual
post-Essenspiel trip to the UK. He came complete with a box of games he's
just published...
IABSM AAR: St Eugenie
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Dan Albrecht and friends have played the St Eugenie scenario from the *Falaise
Firestorm* scenario book from Skirmish Elite.
Click on the picture below t...
SF as a Proper Name
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This video discusses Proper Names by John Searle. My reason for posting
this is to ask the question should SF or science fiction be considered a
prope...
Catchup, news
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Two days after the
burst water main. From
our bedroom window.
And yes, they worked
overnight all week.Just about got over the house being flooded at the en...
Back to War
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So after seven months away from the game table, last night I went
downstairs and refreshed my memory about the battle and units set up on my
table since ...
Still around
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I know it's been awhile--OK, a year since my last post. I have fallen out
of the blogging habit, with no real motivation to post more regularly.
Don't w...
Rediscovering Thunderbolt Apache Leader
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Got some hobby supplies sent up from the Canberra Strategic Reserve,
including a few games. Amongst them was this gem by GMT Games in 1992: *Thunderbolt
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6mm🤔
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I have a mate who comes to visit and go to a couple of wargame shows. I
have a good time and I enjoy the company. One of the shows is the Joy of
Six. A sho...
Williamsburg Muster
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I ran the Speeder Bike game again with a few minor adjustments to the
track and the rules. I put a gate on the other side of the Hutt palace, to
create ...
Happy New Year
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Hi everyone, normally I would be posting my "review of the year" today and
my plan for 2024 tomorrow.
But as some of you may know I'm poorly in hospital...
I'm renaming my French Pan European Federation 7th Demi Brigade Légion Etrangère to 7e Brigade Blindée , "Force et Audace"...
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Nice!
ReplyDeleteI have more to come, and bought some castings to chop up into a crew cab variant too.
ReplyDeletenice technicals! I need some for my forces, where did you get them?
ReplyDeleteThey are from Peter Pig miniatures AK47 range.
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