Kingdom of Death

 Came across this range of limited issue models in 35 or 54mm called Kingdom of Death. The models come as characters, monsters or pinups. Supposedly there will be a chess-like boardgame but they look more like display models: whoever heard of limited edition playing pieces? The price of the pinup behind the wall was 27$; it has sold out.

Third Reich Stubble Hoppers in 1/72

 75mm howitzer

PAK 37mm: known as the doorknocker 'cause that was all it was good for.

PAK 75mm: a serious AT gun.

Nuvver one.

Converted Russian Zis 3 76mm AT Gun.

The daddy, 88mm Flak.

Section

Heavy Weapons

Nuvver view of MG42 on LMG bipod mount.

Roy The Redeemer

This statue of the England Manager has been erected on the White Cliffs at Dover where it can be seen from France.

We will need divine (diving?) intervention to reach the final let alone win.

Broke Again

My family went shopping in Bluewater and left me wandering around, bored, with a credit card.

Third Reich: Self Propelled Guns

   The Third Reich produced a bewildering variety of SPGs. From left to right, Elephant Tiger, Jagdpanther, Jagdpanzer IV, and STUG III AT Guns/ Assault Guns. The smallest, the STUG, was by far the most useful.

    Jagdtiger SPG, the heaviest AFV of WWII, and an utter waste of resources.

   Lightly armoured artillery, AT, and Flak guns. The Pz I is a kitbash, which I am inordinately proud of as it is a dinky little model to convert.

Update Warhammer HistoricaL

I have just spoken to the legal department at GW over Fall of the West as the company had not seen it necessary to contact their writers.

As Warhammer Historical has ceased trading I asked GW if they were happy that the copyright reverted to me now that the book was no longer available as is normal practice in the publishing industry.

I had intended to make it freely available over the web since it has no commercial value.

 I am afraid that they regard the copyright as theirs in perpetuity even if they never make it available again.

Presumably this applies to the rest of the range.

Third Reich's Wheels

Motorcycle motorised troops seem a little strange in the modern world but were quite innovative in the forties. The German army was largely unmotorised, relying on foot infantry and horses.

You may recall Her Gruber's little tank. Actually the German obsession with size, possibly reflecting Mad Adolph's well known sexual problems, came out in grossly over-gunned armoured cars. The Puma may have had a 50mm AT gun but was ill advised to mix it with battle tanks.

Prime (and non-prime) movers.