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Hello Kitty joins Daniel and Friends- in Pomerania!
We had another game of Blitzkrieg Commander this past Sunday, and it went a lot smoother than the first. Since my last post, Giovanni received his copy of the new edition of the rules the week before...
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Italeri Zis-3 and "Servants"!
After our last BKC game, I've decided to beef up the Soviet infantry, and spent the day working on another battalion of seven stands, some support in the form of a 45mm ATG, another 82mm mortar, and...
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April Output...
...was not that great, as it is the busiest month of the year for me. While I was able to work on some Napoleonics at the beginning of the month, report writing and preparing for a presentation ate up...
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Soviets Victorious!
The West Tokyo Wargamers had another great game of BKC last Sunday, and certainly winning one helps to keep up the motivation to churn out more Russians!We really are getting to grips with the rules,...
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Kurskifying the Kollection...
The West Tokyo Wargamers played another great BKCII game in May. And even if the Russkis got their butts handed to them by the Germans (who were commanded by an Italian, just to rub it in!), it was a...
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Mixing and matching T-34's
Since my last post, the Pegasus Hobbies models have been shipped and I'm just waiting for them to get here any time now. In the meantime, I've been doing a dry fit of one of the UM OT-34's.On the...
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Tankograd Tokyo
The 18-y Tankovy Korpus takes shape!I received my order of Pegasus Hobbies tanks and buildings, and this weekend has seen me busy putting together T-34/76's, KV-1's, and SU-152's, as well as starting...
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Changes in Plan...
While looking for information on Guards heavy tank regiments, I found this .pdf file from Battlefront on their Flames of War site. Unfortunately, it looks like the 36th Guards Heavies used the...
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Betushkas!
I came home the other day to find my Pegasus Hobbies BT-7's had arrived. Really simple kits- about 12 parts per model! The track links are a little on the thick side, but nothing to detract from the...
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Housing boom, and some suburban transportation.
I've been quite productive recently with making model kits- I've been churning them out at a great pace. The weather for the next few months here in Tokyo is going to be hot, humid, and generally...
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Going "3D"- the IL-2 Sturmovik
Fascists beware!!!While waiting for various components on my heavy tanks to dry out, I decided it was time to look at some air support for the Soviets, started on the AirfixIlyushin IL-2 Sturmovik...
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"Tarting up" the KV-1s
Shitty summer here; typhoons, heat, rain, heat and rain, and just plain meteorological filth as far as the weather is concerned. Airbrushing and spray priming are out of the question for the...
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It's all in the details...
Despite a busy work schedule- and I do mean busy, fourteen hour working days having been the norm recently- I've been able to unwind a bit by working here and there on the tanks. With the weekend upon...
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A Five-Year Plan in Two Months
Yesterday I managed to commence work on two more T-34's, so at this point I want to remind myself what it is I want to accomplish, and the time frame I am setting myself. Which is really the point of...
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Rising above the Crowd
Here are some WiP shots of my air support. The Il-2m Sturmovik and the flight stand I've been making for it.I went to the local craft store which has a wide range of useful goodies, and picked up a...
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Quantity has a Quality all it's Own.
Seen here in the form of six Easy Model pre-assembled T-34/76 tanks. Evidently white camouflage is not so popular with gamers and collectors, as these were being discounted at 450 yen each- about $5.50...
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While the Soviet Union slept, the Battle of Britain reached its climax. Long ago, but made more real for me by family experiences. While my family was basically Royal Navy, my mother is from Sussex,...
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Autumn is here!
And I am really glad to be saying "sayonara" to the hottest summer I've known since coming to Japan nineteen years ago. Natsu-san, don't let the door hit you on your way out.In contrast, autumn means...
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Eastern Front Railway Station
I recently came across this resin kit through a post on The Guild wargamer's forum. A quick check with Hobby Link Japan showed that they had one in in stock, and I finally got around to ordering it...
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Reinforcements from the Capitalist West!
Pride of place to the T-35. Looks impressive, and being made of white metal, it is one heavy model!I can't believe it has been so long since I posted here, as it's not as if WW2 gaming has been...
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It's the Gulags for me...
The recent games day at the West Tokyo Wargamers saw Brian and I try our hands at another WW2 game using Blitzkrieg Commander II. Let the recriminations begin: The NKVD were to have a busy...
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Dusting off the Popovs
Not much activity on this blog over the last year, basically because the focus at the West Tokyo Wargamers has been on Napoleonic wargaming using Warlord Games' Black Powder rules.However, on our...
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12-y Gvardeiskoi Tankovoi Brigady
A few weeks ago I received two boxes of PSC's excellent little T-70 light tank, along with one box of four 76.2mm Zis 3 "Crash-Boom" artillery pieces. These are very nice little kits, and I really...
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All quiet on the Eastern Front.
I realized I haven't updated any of my blogs for ages, and this one for over three whole years. This is partly because I've already been having to spend a lot of time at the computer what with work...
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The Red October Cement Works Pt. 1
Closely following on from my last post, here's another one featuring a terrain project on which I've been working, on-and-off, for well over a few years now.Anyone who plays Blitzkrieg Commander knows...
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