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The sinking of the Bismarck
On 27th May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by units of the Royal Navy.Bismarck.Prinz Eugen.She had left Germany in the company of the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 19th May, and after...
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The editor of THE NUGGET sent me the latest issue on Sunday evening, and I sent it to the printer (Macauley Scott Printing Company, Welling, Kent) on Tuesday morning. I hope to be able to collect it...
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Narrow Gauge Adventure: The story of The Craig & Mertonford Railway
Thanks to Kev Robertson's recent blog post about NARROW GAUGE ADVENTURE: THE STORY OF THE CRAIG & MERTONFORD RAILWAY by P D Hancock reminded me that I had read this book when it was first...
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The guns of the Imperial Brazilian Ironclads
The Imperial Brazilian ironclads were armed with the following guns:120-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading cannon70-pounder Whitworth rifled muzzle-loading cannon68-pounder smoothbore...
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The 109th anniversary of the Battle of Jutland … and some wonderful wargaming...
Today marks the 109th anniversary of the initial stages of the biggest naval battle of the Great War, the Battle of Jutland.Map showing the course of the Battle of Jutland.Over the years, many naval...
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The Budget Model Railways Challenge: A progress report
The first thing that I did was to paint the top of the floating shelf with three coats of Ochre Yellow acrylic paint.I then placed my railway track onto the floating shelf to ensure that it fitted.I...
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Nugget 372
I will be collecting the latest issue of THE NUGGET from the printer (Macaulay Scott Printing Company of Welling, Kent) later this morning, and I will posted it out to members as soon as I can.I will...
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Henry Hyde's Battlechat 117 with Professor Gary Sheffield
In his latest podcast on his BATTLECHAT channel, Henry Hyde interviews Professor Gary Sheffield ... who happens to be both an old friend of mine and my occasional online wargaming opponent.On his...
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The Budget Model Railways Challenge: Inspiration for my choice of layout
As regular blog readers will know, I've always hankered after having some sort of indoor equivalent of John Ruddle's garden wargames setup.John's setup included a garden railway, and it was looking at...
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Watching YouTube
When I was confined to my bed for several months last year, I became an avid watcher of YouTube ... and I thought that I would share a list of some of the channels I subscribe to with my regular blog...
View ArticleA busy few days ahead
I have a busy few days ahead, and my usual rather relaxed way of life is going to have to be put aside … at least until Wednesday!Today I had to take my car to Dartford to have some repairs done to its...
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During yesterday morning the surveyor from the shower installation company visited us, and spent nearly two hours measuring up the space and calculating what work need to be done to instal a new...
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The Budget Model Railways Challenge: My border fortress
I have managed to convert my toy wooden castle into a border fortress for my floating shelf model railway layout ... and it looks like this:The as-yet-unpainted border fortress with a garrison of 15mm...
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Imaginary Brazilian ironclads
I’ve been creating a YouTube video about Imperial Brazil’s ironclads, and during a break I decided to ask ChatGPT to create two imaginary Brazilian ironclads.The first is the casemate ironclad...
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The Budget Model Railway Challenge: Some trees and a backscene
On Saturday, Sue and I went to Faversham in Kent, and whilst I was there, I visited THE MODEL SHOP in Preston Steer, Faversham.I was able to buy two items that I need for my floating shelf model...
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The Budget Model Railways Challenge: My border fortress is finished
Before painting my border fortress I gave it two coats of PVA to seal the wood. Once that was done (and the PVA had dried), I undercoated the model using two thin coats of matt Black acrylic craft...
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The Battle of Tamai refought using Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet
Background to the battleDuring the campaign to relieve the besieged Egyptian forces in Khartoum, an expedition – led by Major-General Sir Gerald Graham – was sent to Suakin on the Red Sea coast of the...
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Two more 'Dominion of ...' books of rules have been published
Steve Parker has published two more 'Dominion of ...' books of rules, DOMINION OF MARLBOROUGH AND PETER THE GREAT ...and DOMINION OF PATRIOTS AND REDCOATS.The DOMINION OF MARLBOROUGH AND PETER THE...
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Developing the Portable Ironclads Wargame: The American Civil War
The latest addition to the PORTABLE WARGAME stable of rules - DEVELOPING THE PORTABLE IRONCLADS WARGAME: THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR - has been published.It was written by David Crook (the creator of the A...
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The Budget Model Railways Challenge ... now has a backscene!
I managed to cut a piece of 3mm plywood to the size I wanted for my floating shelf model railway's backscene (60mm x 20mm). I then cut down part of the backscene I had recently purchased from THE MODEL...
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An eBay bargain
I recently won an auction on eBay and bought six ready-painted 15mm resin buildings. They cost me just under £25.00, including postage and packing.I bought them with the intention of using them on my...
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The Battle of Omdurman refought using Dominion of the Spear and Bayonet
Background to the battleFollowing the fall of Khartoum in 1885, the British and Egyptians withdrew from the Sudan. Under British leadership, the Egyptian Army was reformed, better trained, and...
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I have been to ... the Memorial Hospital, Shooters Hill
A couple of weeks ago, Sue and I were part of a group who visited the Memorial Hospital on Shooters Hill.The hospital was built after the First World War as a lasting memorial to the local people who...
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A new YouTube video: The War of the Triple Alliance and the Imperial...
I have just uploaded a new YouTube video to the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.It lasts approximately thirteen minutes.The video can be found here on the Wargaming Miscellany YouTube channel.
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I have been to … the Abbey Wood Memorial Garden
I moved to the Woolwich area in 1975, and from 1976 until 1982 I lived on the Abbey Wood estate.Abbey Wood is now well known for being the south-east London terminus of the Elizabeth Line, but back in...
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