More on the Brecourt Manor battle.

 Here are a couple of following video. On the skirmish the Dick Winters attack on the Battery.

D-Day Easy company attack on the artillery battery

  I figure a few readers will agree with me the attack on the German Artillery in Band of Brothers was great viewing.   My understand the attack was later used by the West Point as an example of well excuted plan of  attack.  Over the years I have collected few photos of the battlefield.  It time to share them with my readers and blog followers.   Here you go. I hope these will bring light and information on the fight.

Excellent layout of Lt Winters attack.

This photo was taken shortly after the battle.

3 inch M7 M62 A/T round penetration the Tiger and Panther.

 As Long as I be wargame.  There has been this continuous argument of the the US 3 inch A/T round.  Mostly against the round effectiveness.  Which was poor. But was really that bad.  I found this charts the shows the round did well if fire at the flanks of these two tanks.   And surprising at some distance.  Here is the data you decide.  Please note the round is the M62 A.P.C.B.C. type

 

Video on making 3d resin medieval village

 Found this very interesting with all the different types of modeling technics to create the village.

 American Civil War 1861-65

28mm metal figures designed by Alan Perry

ACW 126 Mounted Union colonels

ACW 127 Mounted Union corps, divisional and brigade standard bearers

War of the Triple Alliance 1864-70

28mm metal figures designed by Alan Perry

TA 62 Paraguayan mounted officers

TA 63 Paraguayan casualties

TA 64 Uruguayan Foot artillery firing muzzleloader (six crew, no gun)

TA 65 Paraguayan dismounted cavalry advancing.

Mounted Union officers.

Mounted Corp banners.

Magnetizing Thorougbred ship bottoms for storage.

 Storing miniature ships has always been a pain in the butt. They fall over, get bashed together and all the things we hate.  Well the fix is using magnetic business card blank.  One side has the adhesive, The other a magnetic surface.  These magnets are for sticking your business card to the refrigator.  That way you can find the repair, the dentist or whomever you need.  We all know how hard they can be to pull off the frig.

Well why know stick this type of magnet to bottom of your pewter ship.  Damn it works great. No more bouncing around while transporting to a game.   Here is how I did it.

These can be found on the internet

Bought a hundred, The leftover will be used on gaming bases

Make sure you flex the magnet flat

Line the ship model and make a line

Next using the ruler scribe a line

Flex the magnet along the line. This will break it in two

Peel off the white backing

stick it on to the ships bottom,  If you are having problems
making the magnet stick, Your best friend is super glue

A little short no proble

keep your scrap piece just for this problem

Stick the scrap piece on, Than trim to fit.

I use steel cookie storage boxes.  The magnets stick great to the surface. Plus the 
plastic lid keeps you miniatures dust free.

 

Battle of Leipzig 1813 in 1/72 scale by Wolfgang Meyer

 Battle of the Nations at Leipzig 1813

Cröbern 16.10.1813 around 16:00 o'clock

March of the Austrian reserves near the town of Cröbern. The village had to be crossed to get to the front line in the direction of Markkleeberg/ Schäferei Auenhain/ Wachau.

Several large courtyards in Cröbern were set ablaze by the French artillery.

The pictures show the passage of the Hungarian division Bianchi through the clogged cröbern, or. the march towards Markkleeberg. They were covered by Austrian cures.

The Diorama Cröbern 1813 was presented in the topography with its entire structure 1 to 1. The troop forces were also restored 1 to 1 with their historically proven formations.

Commander-in-Chief Schwarzenberg had ordered battalion column for the Austrian army. An Austrian battalion was approx. 1000 man strong.

Everything on a 1/72 scale

Ironclads modeled by Mark Haught

 Mark did a outstanding feat f modeling these Ironclads & Timber clads.   His paint skill are the best I seen in a while.  

 All colors are Vallejo. The Arkansas and the hypothetical half-built CSS Tennessee are Cavalry Brown. The city class boats are London Grey, and the timberclads are chocolate brown. The decks start life as green ochre and I added streaks with a gradual addition of white to the green ochre

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 more likely just rusted iron plate. The Arkansas was described as "rust colored" by eyewitnesses, but I've also seen "red brown" in accounts. So as usual for ACW creative licenses are in ample supply for us wargamers!

The Stl files can be found at 3D modelling

Bin Laden raid PT2

 Pictures of the 3d printed compound.

Seal team six by Khursan Miniature

More Thoroughbred ACW Ships

 Here are more of Thoroughbred amazing ACW ship castings instructions,