Warfare 2023

 For the first time in a while, I went to Warfare. For reasons as baroque as why the SELWG show is in the Lee Valley, Warfare was in Farnborough (okay 1.5 miles from the nearest railway station according to the web site, though whether that was as the crow flies or including going way past it to get to the entrance I do not know).

SELWG does lay on a bus service to and from the station, but for Warfare it was a bit of a slog out there.

There was a lot more of the companies I buy from at SELWG, but there were some surprising no-shows, which lead to some rearranging of tables that made finding some of the traders more difficult as they were not were they were on the map

I did end up buying a number of sets of rules, so in no particular order.

Seven Days to the Rhine, Cold War rules for the 'eighties. Though designed for 15mm, I am looking at either 10mm or 6mm.

Crooked Dice had their 2.5 version of their Cinematic Skirmish Rules. Combining the rules from the previous variants into a common book. They had lots of new figures, a number of which I also bought.

This is the first Fistfull of Lead game I have bought. It is a simple game for mechanics (and Kaiju) battles. No to find some suitable figures.

Pandyman had their new World War One Trench Offensive starter set. More later.

Winter of '79, set during a fictional civil breakdown during the late 'seventies. Small scale skirmish.

Other items, from Empress I bought a Hornet tank.

And LK-2 tank, plus a T64A.

From Pandyman I bought a number of their modern emergency service figures including Riot Police.

Fire man.

Police.

And two armoured Paramedics.

There were a lot of other things bought, but that is for a later post.

On the way back the route goes past the Farnborough Aeronautical Science Trust museum. There are a number of interesting items on display outside, one day I will come back and have a look in the museum.

Renedra 20 foot container as cover

 I reviewed the Renedra 20 foot container earlier , but mentioned that I would take some photographs of the container in use as cover.

Empress Miniatures HMMWV.

Empress Miniatures GAZ Tigr.

Empress BMD-1

Clockwork Goblin/Warlord M8 Grizzly walker.

Warlord M4A4C

The cupola peeking over the container.

Empress Miniatures Challenger 2.

Oshiro Models SFV05 / Command hover vehicle

 At Salute 2023 I bought a SFV05 / Command hover vehicle from Oshiro Model terrain.

It is a simple resin kit and comes complete with a "hover" stand, two discs of clear acrylic (top right in photograph).

The fit of the top and bottom parts of the hull was okay, improved by some gentle sanding using sand paper on a glass plate.

In the above photograph the hover stand still has its white protective cover on.

The two halves of the hull were glued with two part epoxy, this gave time to adjust the position, though I had to file/sand some epoxy where it had squeezed out.

The model was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray all over.

Citadel Mechanicum Standard Grey was then sprayed over, leaving some of the Chaos Black as shadow.

Citadel Corax White was the sprayed as a sort of Zenithal highlight.

Oops, wonky turret. T added an aerial using brass rod and plastruct tubing.

A drip that needs tidying.

Advancing through the market district.

Renedra 20 foot container

 At Salute, Renedra released their injection moulded 20 and 40 foot containers (plus barrels and pallets).

I bought two of their 20 foot container packs.

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The pack builds two containers with opening doors and four pallets.

Each container requires three sprues - top and bottom sprue; sides sprue; end and doors sprue.

What is not clear from the instructions is that the sides sit on top of the base, not on the outside. The fit is good once you work out how the bits go together, however there is no assistance in holding the walls together (it does require at least three hands to balance them).

Once assembled, it looks like a corrugated container. 

A nice detail is their is a ventilator on one side.

The end brackets - which in real life are used to attach them to a wagon or lorry, or to hold them together when stacking - are lacking in detail, and the normal slots (which are used by the big fork lid trucks) are missing. However, these are gaming pieces and not model railway

The door detail is good, and the doors open and the interior walls are detailed.

This one has been undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray, then Citadel Corax White.

I do need to get some suitable decals, probably from model railway suppliers.

Comparison shots

Ainsty (~1/62), Renedra (1/56), Unknown but either 1/48 or 1/50,  O Gauge (1/43)

Of course, there is always a need for something to carry it.

I am thinking of trying to extend a Crooked Dice Tortuga lorry. The container fits in the flat bed. I could probably do with another set of wheels as well as extending the frames.