Well, well, well... Doesn't time fly? There I was thinking that I should get back to updating this blog when I suddenly realised th...

Card-driven games as not to everyone's taste and while some people loathe them, I love them. I sometimes think this dislike of card...

Used by soldiers, spooks and warlords the world over, Mil's Mi-8 Hip is probably the world's most produced helicopter (althoug...

Way back when I was a wee lad (well, actually it was more like ten years ago), I bought some QRF 15mm LWB Landrovers which had formerly ...

Along with the WMIKs and Snatch Landrovers, the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer truck is one of the iconic vehicles of the early days of Br...

Chieftains by Bob Forrest-Webb first popped up on my radar screen way back in 1986-87 when I bought TTG's Battlezones - Scenarios fo...

Just for a change, a Cold War stalwart has joined the ultra modern vehicles I have on the assembly line: QRF's 15mm FV701 Ferret Mk ...

For a bit of armour support when the Warriors  and Challengers are not around, the Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle can stand i...

Along with the Challenger 2 (reviewed here ) my last order from QRF included a trio of  MCV80 Warrior with Chobham  which is the FV51...

Rather less well-known than Roco Minitanks, producer of 1/87 vehicles, the RMM Roskopf range of 1/100 models produced in Germany from th...

While I think there are issues with the QRF Challenger 2's turret (see Castle of steel and Dorchester, part 1: QRF Challeng...

My latest order from QRF included a Challenger 2A1  because nothing says "tank support" like a big Chally! QRF has four Cha...

A while back, I thought that a dedicated paint & modelling tray would be a good way to reduce some of the clutter on my hobby table...

Hidden away in their 15mm Falklands range, MJ Figures have a couple of AFVs, including a Panhard  AML-90  armoured car. This alternativ...

Since it would appear that no self-respecting army would nowadays go about its business without embedded news teams, there is no reason...