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6mm WWII German Aircraft for Barbarossa

I almost forgot about these.  Nine aircraft, generally for Barbarossa (well, and a couple for France 1940).  Castings are from I-94/Raiden, Scotia-Grende, ad Heroics & Ros.Hs 126, Ju87, Fw 189Ju...

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2023: Having Changed My Methods

Back in September of '22, I presented a plan to help me focus on "only" ten gaming periods at a time, which I now refer to as the "10-plan".  Ten periods may not seem like much focus, but the bigger...

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15mm Air Support for Cold War British 1958

Here are a couple of aircraft for my 1958 Cold War British forces in 15mm.  The first is a Hawker Hunter from QRF, a model I picked up from a hobby shop during a trip to Tennessee many years ago.Second...

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6mm Russian Buildings for Barbarossa

Through I have a fair number of Russian buildings, I really need more city and industial buildings.  I'll take a look at my German and French buildings and see if I can't hijack a few for service in...

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Of Best Laid Plans...

So, during the Christmas break, I started setting up my 6mm Operation Barbarossa campaign on the map table,  and quickly realized that setting up was going to take much more consideration than I...

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June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa Begins: Initial Set-up

After much interruption and chaos in the final months of 2023 and particularly during this last couple of weeks, Operation Barbarossa is finally underway.  I've got the Fire In The East Maps on the...

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Barbarossa, Turn 1, June: AAR 1 Initial German Air Attacks

The offensive started with German Luftwaffe attacks on Russian airfields and command hubs.  Losses were heavy for the largely unsuspecting Soviet forces, with 11 airfields being hit (one completely out...

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Barbarossa, Turn 1, June: AAR 2 - Lithuanian Border

The commander of the 13th NKVD Border Company stood over the shoulder of his radio operator, waiting for any instruction  He had expected either the arrival of reinforcements or an order to withdraw to...

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Barbarossa, Turn 1, June: AAR 3 - Lithuanian Border West of Kaunas

Fire in the East map, hex 2822, Lithuanian border, somewhat west of Kaunas.  German and Soviet reconnaissance forces clash in the opening minutes of the offensive:The German forces advance across the...

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Big Surprise... (Operation Barbarossa)

 ...the German offensive is being slowed by lots of rivers and a lack of trucks.  I've actually been planning to build a set of wider river tiles since last September, but all of my local suppliers...

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On the Painting Table

After getting kidnapped by work for a few days.  I'm catching up on the hobby again.In my last post, I mentioned painting some miniatures. For the last few weeks, about every third or fourth day, I've...

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A Quick Note

Despite having the next battle in my Barbarossa campaign set up on my table for more than a week, peace has spread across my miniature world, as some stuff at work is simply consuming all of my time....

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Not Quite Back Yet

My work crazyness finally ended mid week, though it could pick up for four weeks at any moment.  Things had been busy since last October and stepped up at the start of the year, then picked up further...

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Crawling Out of the Fog

The last few weeks have been a rapid succession of damage control actions in my life, after three months of neglect.  April is always a busy month with family birthdays and tax time here in the US, but...

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A Note About Hasslefree Miniatures

I had read not too long ago that Hasslefree Miniatures was having some issues with some orders, despite this, I placed an order about six weeks back, as I had always had a pretty good experience with...

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Back to War

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 early February.  I expect to play this out over...

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The Battle Raged To An End

It is hard to believe that more than two months has passed since my last post.  I had just started back into my Barbarossa battle, a German attack near Przemysl, when a bunch of stuff came up for work,...

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Reflecting on 2024 and Considering the New Year

Hey everybody, hope all is well and that your holidays were wonderful.  This past year was a bit of an anomaly for me.  I basically stepped away from gaming altogether for 8 months.  It was like a...

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I've Been Keeping Busy

I've been pretty active with hobby stuff over the last couple of months, just not keeping up with the blog unfortunately.  All of my computers are having problems posting pics to my blog.  Sometimes...

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April Hobby Summary (Mostly Star Trek Related)

I'm still limping along with a crippled computer, a problem that I'm likey to fix next week given that all of my work travel cancelled for next week.  So, still no pictures for the time being.Towards...

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