It’s not going to be long now and the Flames of War M24 Chaffee will be released. It will be announced on the Flames of War website tomorrow and it looks like the release date will be sometime in September.
Category: world war two
King Tiger
In the process of sorting some old gaming stuff out I found a bundle of old SDD models. These are 15mm metal castings that I bought back in the 1990s. It makes me think that the other metal models that I have been painting are also SDD.
This box was mainly late war stuff and included a King Tiger.
The model consists of four parts: a pair of tracks, the hull and a turret. This is a very nice clean casting, but is quite a heavy model as a result.
World War Two Game
This photograph is from a demonstration game from a games show in the 1990s. I remember at the time thinking what great scenery and models, however I don’t recall the actual show… could have been Fisticuffs?
Normandy
This World War Two Normandy game was a demonstration game at a games show in the 1990s.
Looking back at my old photographs, I wish I had made a few notes as I now have no idea about the game, the background or even which show this was…
Back then I was using film and I would take only a few shots at a show. These days with digital I might take two or three hundred!
Flames of War Humber Armoured Cars
The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war.
From Simon’s collection.
Cromwell
This Cromwell is at Bovington, well the photograph was taken fifteen years ago I think, so it was certainly there back then…
The Cromwell tank was one of the most successful series of cruiser tanks fielded by Britain in the Second World War. The Cromwell tank, named after the English Civil War leader Oliver Cromwell, was the first tank in the British arsenal to combine a dual-purpose gun, high speed from the powerful and reliable Meteor engine, and reasonable armour, all in one balanced package. Its design formed the basis of the Comet tank. However by the time the Cromwell first saw action in Normandy in many ways it was already out of date.
I am the process of painting some Cromwells for Flames of War.
I remember when I watched episode 4 of Band of Brothers
Overall the Cromwell was a welcome addition to the British, but as with many allied tanks, they were under armoured and under-gunned when faced with the German tanks of the same time period. Where the allies won out was in sheer numbers and probably more importantly logistics.
Comet
This Comet is at Bovington, well the photograph was taken fifteen years ago I think, so it was certainly there back then… 😉
The Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of World War II. It was designed to provide greater anti-tank capability to Cromwell tank squadrons. It was armed with a 77mm HV, a derivative of the 17 pounder, with the result that it was one of the few British tanks with the firepower to challenge late war German designs.
As a development of the Cromwell, it was an interim design before the Centurion tank. Seeing post World War II combat during the Korean war, the Comet remained in British service until 1958. Comets sold to other countries continued in some cases to operate into the 1970s.
It is one of those tanks that I think I like because of the Airfix and Matchbox influence, there was a lovely 1:76th scale plastic kit of the Comet from Matchbox that I remember building. I am expecting that we might eventually see one for Flames of War… you never know.
Flames of War M5 Half Track
Flames of War M5 Half Track from Simon’s collection.
Humber Armoured Car
The Humber Armoured Car was one of the most widely produced British armoured cars of the Second World War. It supplemented the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and remained in service until the end of the war.
From Simon’s collection.
Flames of War M5 Half Track
Flames of War M5 Half Track