With the mid war equipment out of the way, it was time to move to late war. Unfortunately, the 1st FFI was rechristened as a mech division for the invasion of France….
Tag: WWII
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French T30s.
With the APCs out of the way, the next thing I needed was some artillery support for the French. So, I pulled out the T-30s and a couple of jeeps. I believe…
Lend Lease Armor Project – Free French M3 Scout Cars.
With my new decals at hand, I am now working through my backlog of French late war armor. It is funny, this was the force I meant to start with. However, my…
Lend Lease Armor Project – French M3a3s
Last year I started my big push to paint up my metric ton of unpainted Flames of War allied vehicles. The plan was to do them in mass, using the same colors…
FOW – Battle of the Psel River, July 1943.
On the day after Thanksgiving, we always play a big tank battle, which we call “Tanksgiving”! Our game this year was based on an attack by elements of the Soviet V Guards…
FOW – Carnage in the Caucuses, September 1942.
Forward Our Friday battle took place in September of 1942 shortly after the Nazis has crossed the Terek River from Mozdok in the Caucasus as part of the drive to Grozny and…
Virginia War Museum – Williamsburg, Virginia.
The plan was to hit Busch Gardens at two for the Christmas event. With that, we had the morning to kill and I opted for a stop at the Virginia War Museum….
Military Aviation Museum – Virginia Beach, Virginia.
I was in Williamsburg post Thanksgiving and took some time to hit a few more museums. I have been to Norfolk area a number of time and always try to check out…
FOW – 15mm Terrapins and Pontoons!
Being a bit of a tread head, I have a soft spot for odd looking military vehicles. This extends into soft skin vehicles. Well, I came across some British Terrapin amphibian transports…
U-505 at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology.
On the final leg of our tour, we drove through Chicago and had to stop at the Chicago Museum of Science and Technology. Specifically, we had to see the U-505 U-boat! Another…