Biting the fixative bullet

Today was another nice day weather wise, so after the missus had gone off to work and all the animals sorted, I say all, we have one cat, Tasha, and two recently acquired kittens, Archie and Willow, but they all need feeding and the litter tray sorting and I need feeding etc. So at about eleven thirty I decided to bite the bullet on fixative and try a watered down PVA spray on the new road system. The result was 'Busting1' (as they say hereabouts). Covers like a dream and not a single strand of static grass came loose afterwards. The only problem is that at first the PVA spray came out a bit blotchy so I had to do a quick dabbing and mopping job with a piece of kitchen roll, but apart from that the system works a treat. Doing the job outside meant that the spray dried in less than ten minutes. My next trial is to see if it will negate the sheen left by the hairspray fixing method on my 6mm Moderns.

Next time,

Mick.

Almost Patented Anti-Warping Device

Just a quick update as to what I have been up to recently.

The 6mm Brits are now completed -as far as it goes- I need to get some bits and bobs ie 12 Warriors for the second infantry battalion. This statement actually leads quite nicely into the first picture which is of a completed infantry battalion...without command elements.



The latest and now completed terrain project.

The second photo is of the first bits of the new 'A' road that runs through this part of Brum. Bottom line is that the road sections are made in the time honoured fashion of 3mm MDF with wood glue and sand along the edges to represent the border/sides of the road. (The MDF is actually the rear panel of a now defunct DIY chest-of-draws. I have made the roadway itself 40mm wide and allowed a maximum of 20mm either side for the edges. Took me a couple of hours with a jig-saw on a nice day last week to make the bits.) The Almost Patented Anti-Warping Device stands vertically on its longer edges down the middle of the road while the glue dries. Once dry the road sides are painted with Almost Patented...etc, etc. standing along the middle again. The picture actually shows the device in its other role. When the road surface is painted, it lies flat on the slightly raised sides across a number of sections thus maintaining its amazing anti-warping capabilities. (The dark bit at the bottom is the shadow of yours truly showing that he really isn't a David Bailey when it comes to photography.)



Picture three is of a completely painted road section. The more observant among you will immediately notice the little glue and sand lines on the actual road surface; these serve a twofold purpose. Purpose one is to slightly break up the monotonous flatness of the roadway and Purpose two is create the illusion of some ruts where the earth has been pushed aside by the wheels of many wagons. (That last bit is utter bo**ocks really, just fancied some different surfaces on the roadway for aesthetic reasons.)



The final shot is of all the completed road sections so far. 8 x Straights, 2 x Shallow bends, 2 x Slightly Sharper bends, 2 Right Angle bends and a Crossroads. Each has been dry-brushed with my usual colours and has had some patches of static grass glued to the edges. Still umming and arring about using spray on PVA as a fixative for the grass. Might just stick to the hair spray.



(As for the other top-secret project, that's still top-secret and ongoing.)


Don't let them dry out..

Mick

Bargain!

Had a stroke of good fortune yesterday. I went into Brum to do a little research on a work related, non-wargaming project at the main library and thought 'while I'm here I'll stock up on paint and flock from the Ian Allen shop.' Then, when I came out of the library I had an even better idea, 'go and have a swift dekko at Wayland's Forge as it's pretty close.' So I did and never got to Ian Allen because I found a bag of each of Cuman, Bulgars and Pecheneg cavalry in Old Glory 15's going for a Melvin (£5) a throw; 45 cavalry for £15, works out at .33p each. More figures for the slow build Mongol Army. Well impressed and as I said, bargain.

Don't forget,

Keep it damp.

First proper day of Spring?

For the first time this year I am sitting in the tower with the window open for some cool air. Great stuff seeing as during the thing we call winter I normally have both bars of the electric fire on, (CH doesn't go this far up), wearing one of those full head condoms, two jumpers and a pair of fingerless gloves. At my age I've decided that I'm not a cold weather person, give me 40 in the shade any day of the week.

On the painting front, the 6mm Brits are nigh on done -giving me two tank regiments, two motorised infantry battalions -although one still needs the motorised bit- and most of the ancillary stuff like Div Comm and flyboys. To date there are nearly two box files full of them.

Next up will be the Russians who will also get a complete repaint and base job, not looking forward to that as there are more Russians than Brits! Plus my WP vehicle recognition talents are none too clever but thank God for the tinterweb, eh. Spotting them should be easy, remembering what they are is the problem...might have to label them so as I know whats what. Far too many T- this, BTR- that or BMP- something for my liking and my knowledge of Russian is not even as good as my knowledge of Mongolian! What ever happened to NATO code names eh, like Flogger or Bear, so much easier to remember. The only one I know for certain is a Shilka quad AA coz it has a name not just a series of letters and numbers. If anyone out there knows of such a system being in place please let me know.

Found shedloads of 6mm buildings that I made at least fifteen years ago -modern terraced, ruins of same, timbered, both thatched and tiled. All to be based on either 100 or 120mm square bases. Must have enough for at least 6 villages and a town. Just need to get onto those nice people at Irregular and get some fences, walls and other bucolic stuff for filler.

I've also started another sideline of a wargaming project but not much has happened so I will just post this cryptic comment and leave it at that. You'll never guess what it is as long as you have a hole in your ...harumph. I don't know where I'm going with it as yet so stumm is the word. Sometime over the next few posts there may be more.

Marked out a piece of hardboard for some roads the other week when it was raining outside and only just noticed it here, bu**er, could have got them cut out in the sunshine. Nevermind, have to wait until my next day off.

Sassy's currently on the back burner as not only am I doing all of the above, I am also proofreading my first attempt at a novel. Whether it will get published I don't know but if I don't try then it never will, will it? I mean even JK Rowling had to start somewhere, didn't she? Hopefully it will be the first of a trilogy. I have loads of ideas for books which I keep meticulous notes for because you never know...

Had a Senior Moment there,

On the last post I forgot to mention who made the Modern...mainly because I haven't a clue. I could narrow it down to maybe H & R or Navwar but thats as close as it gets. (In any event it's a bit of buckshee advertising for both firms.)

The Sassanids are definitely made by Donnington Miniatures.

At last, a nice day

It's been quite pleasant up here in the usually Wet Midlands so I dashed outside to take a few pics.
Now the thing is, I couldn't tell you what Mark or letter any of these so I will go with the type. Simples! (For me anyway. I've no doubt someone will let me know.)

A Chieftain. Now, on a veteren's forum he said that BAOR stuff was painted with any dark green they could get hold of although factory specimens were a 'bronze green'. Unless noted otherwise these have been painted with, as a base colour, Vallejo German Cam Green 70979, the netting is Flat Green 70968 dry-brushed with Light Green 70942. Black lines were painted on and the whole vehicle given a black wash before dry=brushing with Russian Uniform 70924. The models were given 2 coats of varnish, 1 of gloss and another of matt. The flock and foliage was sprayed with hair spray which unfortunately gave them a bit of a sheen.

One problem is that the green was a bit dark on the tanks and the black lines don't show up very well. (This problem has been rectified by using a lighter green on the Warrior MICV's.)



A Scorpion.



A Stalwart lorry.



This is the command base for the Chieftain regiment. Shows a Chieftain and a command Sultan. Now I know the aerial looks a bit thick but I tried using bristles and after the first 5 snapped I started using brass wire, unfortunately this is the thinnest I have.



A Challenger.



The whole Challenger regiment.



The Challenger command base with its Sultan.



The next three are of the latest Sassy Levy infantry unit.

Pastoral Sqalour a la Wargamer

I know that last post I said that I wouldn't take any photo's of my painting table, I didn't lie, I just forgot that I had taken some a while ago. In fact, checking the puter info uploaded with the pics, they were taken at midnight on 2nd October last year, at the same time as I uploaded the pics from the Derby Show.

So here they are.

In one respect I am quite fortunate in that I have two tables in the tower, the computer table on the left in the top pic, and the painting table on the right in the lower. Nothing has changed, they are both still in a bit of a state, the only major difference is that the small heap of Sassy Levy have been finished.

By the way, in the top left of the puter table pic are two clay busts; these were made by EO and YO while still in full time education. In case you are wondering, they are my runtlings' artistic interpretation of yours truly. In the painting table pic, in front of the jars are two mall, white plastic hemispherical objects. They are actually the widgets from cans of Guinness cut in half, eventually to become the domes on the tops of some more 15mm Middle Eastern houses.




On a footballing front, I listened to the Irons v Burnley match on the radio up here while ripping Warriors from their old bases. 5-1 to the Irons. Result. Next stop is Stoke away in the next round. Stoke have a couple of unpredictably dangerous players, Mr Long Throw Delap and ex-Hammer Matty Etherington who can raise a line of dust as he barrels down the wing at a rate of knots. Keep them out of it and then you only have to worry about the strikers. Game's already won. (Yeah right. WH have done well so far, I just hope they haven't peaked too soon.)

Still blowing Bubbles (NO, not the simian -steady missus- I mean West Ham's signature tune for crying out loud!!!)

No names, no pack drill

There is a bloke up in the north east of this fair country who carries the blame for all of this. I was catching up on a few blogs that I check periodically and came across his postings about some modern 6mm Belgians, Russians and Brits that he was doing as another slight diversion. I took one look at them and thought, those are nicely done and a bit inspirational and as I've got a mess of that stuff, I'll dig it out and have a look. Dug it out, had a look and decided that they needed rebasing. Now, I do not undertake rebasing lightly, in fact as I posted on the WD3 forum the other week 'I would rather gnaw my own leg off than rebase figures'. Then I had a closer look and thought sod it, I'll go all the way and repaint the little bu**ers...and it's all his fault.

So on my workbench now, (which by the way I will not photograph because it is a perfect example of pastoral squalour but I know exactly where everything is and if I tidy it I'll never be able to find anything), I now have 6 15mm Sassy bolt-throwers plus crews, the army command element of 5 Sassy Catty's and Clibs cavalry, some more Hunnic Mongols and 2 recently completed 6mm tank regiments -one of Chieftains and the other of Challengers. The 6mm stuff all has brand new paint jobs and is on nice new bases, and finally, a half painted SP Artillery regiment, all organised to the Combined Arms Ruleset. Each tank regiment has 13 tanks plus command and supporting stuff, totalling 18 or 19 models per regiment. Following this I have a mechanised infantry battalion to do with 12 Warriors, an equal number of infantry bases plus all the ancillary FV432 b's and p's. After that its the towed artillery regiment, then the command elements for the whole lot. Then, once that lot is done, it's the turn of the Russians...and I say again, it's all his bl**dy fault. He shouldn't post such pics of nice models where poor, unsuspecting wargamers like myself can look at them and get all carried away on the 'Oh they're nice, mine could look like that' bandwagon.

And of course, another bl**dy problem is that now I've got to make shedloads of terrain for the little fellas. The upside is that it can be used for all my other 6mm armies as well.

6mm terrain, thats another story. I used to have a storage box full of buildings, woods, forests, roads et al and one evening in the dim past I had a game at a club near here. As usual, the game finished and we packed everything away and I left my box in the one of the large lockers at the centre, meaning to pick it up later. Then I promptly forgot all about it...until about 18 months ago. The problem was that in the intervening period the building had been pulled down -with my terrain box probably being skipped before hand. Still, never mind, I have a load of buildings that I made a good 20 years ago that I found the other day whilst looking for THE BOX OF 15MM ACW that I still cannot find. It's a start.

Fortunately, I have a week off work -holiday that had to be taken before the end of March- so I might even get some pics done of the little so and so's -if the weather behaves of course. Oh, and also some pics of the third unit of Sassy Levy infantry.

Close-ups and Closer-ups

This time, instead of blanket army photos, I thought I would show some close ups. Apologies in advance to anyone who has seen any of them before. These are from my Polish Renaissance 25/28mm army.

First up are a unit of mounted dragoons -the dismounted versions have not even been bought yet. Can't remember the manufacturer -one of the more modern ones.



Next up, a squadron of general European cavalry that could hail from anywhere. Again, manufacturers name forgotten.



Two units of Musket/Pike/Musket armed infantry. Yep, same again on the make.



A unit of regular Drab infantry. Hinchcliffe figures.



A unit of the iconic Winged Hussars. Hinchcliffe figures from back in the day.



Grand Hetman Chodkiewitz and his personal standard bearer. The standard is his own coat of arms. OG figures.



Some multi-period religious types. The one with the club has been ordered by his bishop to find some lunch...so he is about to bladder an unlucky, wandering dray horse.



Russian foot cossacks backed up by a Drab unit. Hinchcliffe, OG while the bloke on the horse is Essex.



The big (only) artillery piece. The matchstick firing trigger can be easily seen but if you squint a bit and look out of the corner of your eye, it could be an elevating block. Crew of unknown provenance.



The bloke on the horse had a bit of conversion work done on him. I believe he started out as a Spanish Conquistador type but I filed down his pantaloons and created some bucket-top boots. The plate armour was 'dremeled' into mail and whatever weapon he was carrying was removed and an officers type mace added. This was made by the simple expedient of blobbing some Bostik onto the end of a piece of brass wire. Oh, and a wing was fixed to his back. Don't know who made em.

Some more of the collection

First one up is my only 1/300 SF army. Bought the whole lot plus more strange bits for a fiver about 10 years ago. It's my only GW army and I got it with the intention of doing a 'what if' campaign against my modern Brits(pics to follow on another post) or against any of my WW II armies. If memory serves, it took about 3 days to paint the lot!



Second is one of my few 25/28mm armies -Polish Renaissance. I'll be honest, I use the term army rather loosely here as there are no pancerni and only one unit of Winged Hussars. I actually have another five of each from Irregular to paint but haven't got round to it yet. Manufacturers include Essex, Hinchcliffe and Mini Figs. The big artillery piece is actually one of those that fires matchsticks but the trigger looks a bit like the elevation block so I kept it. 7 or 8 years old.



Thirdly, a box of two Prussian Napoleonic Landwehr cavalry regiments and a brigade commander. The Napoleonic Collection is made up of Lancashire Games, Essex and Mini Figs amongst others.



Fourthly, another box of Prussian cavalry. This time a mixed brigade of Dragoons and Landwehr. The army is based to Peter Gilder's In the Grand Manner Rules.



Fifthly, the Prussian infantry, cavalry, commander and a couple of little vignettes with odd figures I couldn't find any other use for. I've got about another four batteries of artillery unpainted. About 8-9 years old.



Next, A smallish French Corps of Napoleonic 5mm Mini Figs blocks. Possibly 30 years old. Some work still required on the bases.



A British Division of 5mm blocks. In another 8 of the same sized boxes I have my 5mm Prussians. The complete 1st Armee Korps of the 1815 campaign and all the Guard troops.



Some 6mm Polish Napoleonics. Not painted by me. about 15 years old.



Now, there is a story behind this 15mm Macedonian Army. About 30 odd years ago I went to a show, fancied a Macedonian army and brought a load of original best match Mikes Models figures -at 2p for an infantry figure and 4p for cavalry. Bu**ger me, 2 weeks later, Mikes Models announced a brand new range in Mil Mod, no prizes for guessing which range that was. I think I incorporated some of the old figs in the army but still ended up buying another shedload of the nice new figures. All Mikes Models bar the Greek hoplites, (not painted by me), and the Indians which are Mini Figs.



I have a few others not yet included here coz most of them are elsewhere on the blog. The only three outstanding ones that immediately spring to mind are 25mm Mongols, 1/300 Modern Brits and 1/300 Modern Israeli.

I went, I watched and then came home again.

Well, the Blues are off to Wembley to take on Arsenal after beating the Irons 4-3 on aggregate. Carlton Cole put away a screamer after splitting two defenders and everyone thought that's it, 3-1 over both legs. Do you know how difficult it is to sit there with clenched teeth and fists in your lap when your team score and you are amongst at least 16,000 of the opposition supporters? Let me tell you, when Cole scored I felt like jumping and screaming like a banshee, but I couldn't...unlike like my mate and MO did when Blues scored. I put on brave smile, stood and clapped magnanimously.
Everyone thought it was game over except Alex Mcleish, the Blues manager. The b*gger did it again,put a rocket up their bums and Blues came out in the second half like a different team and scored twice to even it up. About midway through the half McLeish decided to bring on the head on legs that is Nicola Zigic -as MO put it 'he's good at being tall'. (For those who don't know, Zigic is 6" 9' without his socks on.) Luckily he can't jump -not that he has to- but he most definitely is the comedy element. Using his head and both feet, he sprayed the ball everywhere -to Hammers players, off the pitch and even into empty space. Boy did we chuckle. And then, in the first period of extra time, the lanky swine only went and made a pass out into the space where Gardiner was lurking.
Gardiner tee'd it up and wellied it, low and hard down to Green's right. Keeper managed to get a solid hand on it but it spun over his arm and in. He obviously thought he should have done better because he immediately held his head in his hands.

Overall, I would have to say that the Blues were a bit hungrier, having more shots -and on target- than the Irons. But nevertheless, it was a bl**dy good game and I'm so chuffed I got to go. Ta again MO!

PS There's even a chance of me going to Wembley with MO and my mate. This time I will definitely follow the Blues and holler and shout like the rest of them...but I draw the line at wearing a Blues shirt. Although they are my second favourite team in the country there are limits.

Latest terrain projects

Back at work today and remembered to bring the camera home so here are the promised pics of my latest terrain projects:- the finished woodland pond and a couple of small hills.

1. First off, the pond. Everything is finished apart from the foliage. I put this one in because I like the lighting -it shows up the water effect quite well. Only a single coat of gloss varnish.



2. The completed pond, taken a bit further away from my painting lights. I managed (don't know how, though), to avoid glare from the water.



3. Basic hill construction. Offcuts and bits from various thicknesses of polystyrene -acquired just in time from a local skip- were glued down with wood glue to a irregular piece of thick card and some slate pieces glued were down with Hard as Nails. The whole lot was then covered with strips of masking tape that extended under the base. The masking tape used is the cheap stuff from Poundland. Don't worry about any folds left from where the masking tape has creased, they add to the topography of the piece. I like to use the odd rock, stone or pieces of slate to add a little weight to the piece.



4. The whole top surface was then covered with the ubiquitous sand and wood glue. Once dried, to represent earth collapse, some small pieces of unused cat litter were glued down with wood glue. For more adhesion and to fill in some of the major gaps all the litter was covered in diluted glue. Then more sand was glued down along the top of the litter for continuity.



5. Both new hills together. A quick blast across the top with an unperfumed extra-hold hairspray to keep the flock on and the ball's in the net.

My Personal Library Notes.

There you have it, the compete library as of 2010 -I know that somewhere in the house there are books that I have missed. At the moment we have 34 book shelves of varying lengths and widths scattered around the house -all are mine bar one. Now you understand why the missus calls the gaff a library rather than a house; I prefer to call it a centre of learning. Anyway,I don't know what she is on about. (Chuckle).
You will notice that there are a few volumes by myself, these were written in my Hamlet Models phase.

Library -Part Nine -General Military and Wargamiing

GENERAL MILITARY

BATTLEFIELDS
Holmes, R., War Walks, BBC Books, 1996
Holmes, R., War Walks 2, BBC Books, 1997
Seymour, W., Battles in Britain 1066-1547 and 1642- 1746, (2 Vol.’s), BCA, 1975.
Warner, P., British Battlefields – The North, Fontana, 1975.
Warner, P., British Battlefields – The South, Fontana, 1975.
Warner, P., Famous Welsh Battles, Fontana, 1977.

UNIFORMS
Funcken, L & F., Le Costume et les Armes des Soldats de tous les temps (Vol. 1), Casterman, 1966.
Kannik, P., Military Uniforms, Blandford, 1971.
North, R., Military Uniforms 1686-1918, Hamlyn, 1970.
Schick, I. (editor), BATTLEDRESS 1700 to the Present, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson , 1978.
Thompson, L., Uniforms of the Soldiers of Fortune, Blandford, 1985.

OTHERS - LAND
Chapman, C., Russell of the Times, Bell & Hyman, 1984.
Darman, P, Surprise Attack, Blitz Publications, 1994.
Dunnigan, J F., How to make War, BCA, 1982.
Flemiing, P., The Siege at Peking, Readers Union Ltd, 1959
Hallows, I S., Regiments and Corps of the British Army, New Orchard Editions, 1994.
Haythornthwaite, P., The Colonial Wars Source Book, Caxton Editions, 2000.
Johnson, C., Artillery, Octopus, 1975.
Keegan, J., The Face of Battle, Johnathon Cape, 1976.
Kosar, F., Light Fieldguns, Ian Allen, 1974.
Longworth, P., The Cossacks, Constable, 1969.
Messenger, C., History of the British Army, Bramley Books, 1997.
Muir, K., Arms and the Woman, Sinclair-Stepehenson, 1992.
Stevenson, W., 90 Minutes at Entebbe, CB, 1976.
Tzabar, S., The White Flag Principle, Allen Lane, 1972.
Tzu, S., The Art of War, Wordsworth Reference, 1993.
Wheatley, D., Red Eagle, Arrow Books, 1968.
Wilson, J., The Long March 1935, History Book Club, 1971.
Woods, F. (edit.), Young Winstons Wars, Sphere Books, 1972.

OTHERS – AIR
Chant, C., The History of the RAF, Chevprime, Ltd., 1990.
Sims, E H., Fighter Exploits, 1914-1970, CB, 1973.
Stares, P B., Space Weapons and US Strategy, Croon Helm, 1985.

OTHERS – NAVAL
Jentschura, H , Jung, D & Mickel P., Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945, AAP, 1999.

OTHERS- GENERAL
Carver, Field Marshal Lord, Britain’s Army in the 20th Century, Pan, 1999.
Gilbert, M., A History of the Twentieth Century, Volume One 1900-1933, Harper Collins, 1997.


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HISTORICAL / WARGAMES TIE INS

Featherstone, D., Air war Games, Stanley Paul, 1966.
Featherstone, D., War Games Campaigns, Stanley Paul, 1970.
Featherstone, D., Solo Wargaming, Frederick Warne, 1973.
Featherstone, D., Wargaming Pike and Shot, David and Charles, 1977.
Featherstone, D., The Peninsular War, Argus Books, 1991.
Grant, C., The War Game, Adam and Charles Black, 1971.
Grant, C., The Battle of Fontenoy, William Luscombe, 1975.
Grant, C S., From Pike to Shot 1685-1720, WRG, 1986.
Herbert, E., The Second Boer War, Argus Books, 1990.
Jeffrey, G., The Napoleonic Wargame, Almark, 1974.
MacDowall, S., Goths, Huns and Romans, Argus Books, 1990.
McNeil, A., Battlegame Book 4: WW II, Usborne, 1975.
Sayce, A M., Campaigns of the Mongols The European Campaign (1237-1241), HM, 1997.
Sayce, A M., Japanese WW II Scenarios, HM, 1999.
Sayce, A M., Japanese WW II Scenarios (Vol 2) Malaya, HM 1999.
Sayce, A M., Japanese Invasion of Wake Island 1941, HM, 1998.
Sayce A M., Japanese Landings in Northern Malaya 1941, HM, 1998.
Sayce, A M., Japanese Invasion of Hong Kong 1941, HM, 1998.
Sayce, A M., The Battle of Jitra, Northern Malaya 11-13 Jan.1941, HM, 1998.
Sayce, A M., The Battle of Sangshak 1944, HM, 1999.
Stevenson, P., The American Civil War, Argus Books, 1990.


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ENCYCLOPAEDIA & ATLAS’ etc.


Chandler, D., Atlas of Military History, AAP, 1980.
Bruce, G., Dictionary of Battles, Collins, 1995.
Dupuy, R E & Dupuy,T N., The Collins Encyclopaedia of Military History, BCA, 1995.
Falls, C., Great Military Battles, Spring Books, 1969.
Foster T, Graham B & Revie, A., BATTLE A History of conflict on land, sea and air, Marshall Cavendish, 1978.
Hayward, Brig. P H C. (comp.), Jane’s Dictionary of Military Terms, Purnell Book Services, 1975.
Keegan J & Wheatcroft, A., Zones of Conflict An Atlas of Future Wars, Johnathon Cape, 1986.
Keegan, J., Encyclopaedia of World War II, Bison Books, 1990.
Koch, H., Modern Warfare 1815-Present, Bison Books, 1983.
Lee, R G., Defence Terminology, Brassey, 1991.
Mackinnon, C., Observers Book of Heraldry, Frederick Warne, 1975.
Natkiel, R., Atlas of 20th Century Warfare, Bison Books, 1982.
Wilkinson, F., Guns, Hamlyn, 1970.

Library -Part Eight -Modern

KOREAN WAR

Barker, A J., Fortune Favours the Brave, NEL, 1976.
Farrar-Hockley, A H., The Edge of the Sword, Companion Book Club, 1955.
Farrar-Hockley, A H., The Edge of the Sword, Star, 1981.
Halliday, J & Cummings, B., Korea: The Unknown War, Viking, 1988.
Hoyt, E P., The Bloody Road to Panmunjon, Jove Books, 1991.


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YOM KIPPUR (ARAB/ISRAELI)

Adan, A., On the Banks of the Suez, PP, 1991.


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VIETNAM WAR

Arnold, J R., Artillery, Bantam Books (Vol. 7), 1987.
Caputo, P., A Rumour of War, BCA, 1978.
Ewing, M., Khe San, Bantam Books (Vol. 5), 1987.
Forbes, J & Williams, R., Riverine Force, Bantam Books (Vol. 8), 1987.
Gregory, B., Vietnam Helicopter Handbook, Patrick Stephens, 1988.
Gunston, B., Aircraft of the Vietnam War, Patrick Stephens, 1987.
Katcher, P & Chappell, M., Armies of the Vietnam War 1962-1975, OB, 1985.
Pimlott, J., Vietnam The Decisive Battles, Guild Publishing, 1990.
Roberts, C & Sasser, C W., The Walking Dead, Grafton Books, 1990.
Rosser-Owen, D., Vietnam Weapons Handbook, Patrick Stephens, 1986.
Schemmer, B F., The Raid, Avon Books, 1986.
Warren, J A., Portrait of a Tragedy, Lothrop, 1990.


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FALKLANDS WAR

Dobson, C, Miller, J & Payne, R., The Falklands Conflict, Coronet, 1982.
Gavshon, A & Rice, D., The Sinking of the Belgrano, NEL, 1984.
Hanrahan, B & Fox, R., I Counted Them All Out and I Counted Them All Back, BBC, 1982.
Jennings, C & Weale, A., Green-Eyed Boys, HarperCollins, 1996.
Jolly, R., The Red and Green Life Machine, CB, 1984.
Laffin, J., Fight for the Falklands, Sphere Books, 1982.


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AFGHANISTAN

McMichael, S R, Stumbling Bear, Brasseys, 1991.


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GULF WAR

Boyne, Col. W J. (intro.), Weapons of Desert Storm, Signet Special, 1991.
Clancey, T., Into the Storm, Pan, 2000
Cordingly, Maj-Gen P., In the Eye of the Storm, Hodder and Stoughton, 1996
Dupuy, T N, Johnson, C, Bongard, D L & Dupuy, A., How to Defeat Saddam Hussein, Warner Books, 1991.
Halberstadt, H., Desert Storm GROUND WAR, Motorbooks International, 1991.
Hiro, Desert Shield to Desert Storm, Paladin, 1992.
Micheletti, E & Debay Y., Victory in the Gulf, Windrowe & Greene, 1991.
Ryan, C., The One That Got Away, Century Books, 1995.
Swofford,A. Jarhead, Simon and Schuster UK, 2003.
Timmerman, K R., The Death Lobby, Bantam Books, 1992.


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MODERN

• LAND FORCES
Anon., The Worlds Armies, Salamander, 1991.
Beevor, A., Inside the British Army, Corgi, 1993
Bonds, R. (edit.), American War Power, CB, 1981.
Bonds, R. (edit.), Russian War Power, CB, 1981.
Burgess, Maj. W., (editor), Inside Spetsnaz, Presidio, 1990.
Chant, C., Land Forces of the World, Crescent Books, 1990.
Debay, Y., US Marine Corps, Windrow & Greene, 1990.
Gander, T J., British Army of the Rhine, Ian Allen, 1984.
Heyman, C. (edit.), The British Army, a Pocket Guide, R & F (Military Publishing, 1993.
Katz, S M., Israel’s Army, PP, 1990.
Mockler, A., The New Mercenaries, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1985
Quarrie, B., Encyclopaedia of the German Army in the 20th C., Patrick Stephens, 1989.
Ripley, T., Modern US Army, Salamander, 1992.
Rottman, G & Volstead, R., Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, OB, 1991.
Schofield, C., Inside the Soviet Army, Headline, 1991.
Skinner, M., USAREUR, The United States Army in Europe, PP, 1989.
Suvorov, V., Inside the Soviet Army, Panther, 1984.
Thompson, G & Nevill, T., The Territorial Army, Ian Allen, 1989.
Urban M., Soviet Land Power, Ian Allen, 1985.
Various, The Worlds Armies, Salamander, 1991.

• VEHICLES
Anon., Fighting Vehicles, Wordswoth Editions, 1992.
Bishop, C., (editor),Mechanised Combat, Grange Books, 1998.
Bonds, R. (edit.), Modern Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Salamander, 1980.
Foss, C F., Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the World, Ian Allen, 1974.
Hassig, L. (edit.), The Armoured Fist, TLB, 1991.
Kelly, O., King of the Killing Zone, Berkley, 1990.
Lloyd, M., Tanks, Grange Books, 1993.
Peacock, L., Armoured Firepower, Salamander, 19??
Ripley, T., Modern US Army, Salamander, 1992.
Macksay K., Tank versus Tank, Salem House, 1988.
Messenger, C., Tanks and other Armoured Vehicles, Bloomsbury Books, 1990.
Miller, D., Modern Tanks and Fighting Vehicles, Salamander, 1992.
Various, Tanks at War, Blitz Editions, 1996.

• WEAPONS
Beaver, P & Gander, T., Modern British Military Missiles, Patrick Stephens, 1986.

• AIR WARFARE
Beaver, P., Today’s Army Air Corps, Patrick Stephens, 1987.
Gregory, B., United States Airborne Forces, Brian Todd Publishing House, 1990.
Jackson, P., Royal Air Force Germany, Ian Allen, 1986.
Munson, K., Fighters in Service, Blandford Press, 1975.
Skinner, M., USAFE, A Primer of Modern Air Combat in Europe, AAP, 1988.
Shaw, M., From the Cockpit: Harrier GR 3, Ian Allen, 1988.
Spick, M & Wheeler, B., Modern Aircraft Markings, Salamander, 1992.
Stapfer, H-H., Mi-24 Hind, AAP, 1990.
Trotti, J., Marine Air, Berkley, 1989.
Various, The Worlds Great Military Helicopters, Gallery Books, 1990.
Walker, Air-Vice Marshal J R., The Future of Air Power, Ian Allen, 1986.

• FORMATION HISTORIES
Bryant, A., Jackets of Green, History Book Club, 1972.
Cooper, L., The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Leo Cooper, 1970.
Geraghty, T., Who Dares Wins, Fontana / Collins, 1981.
Geraghty, T., March or Die, Grafton Books, 1990.
Gregory, B., United States Airborne Forces, Brian Todd, 1990.
Halberstadt, H., NTC, Training Ground for Combat, Berkley, 1990.
Hills, R J T., The Royal Dragoons, Leo Cooper, 1972.
Laffin, J., Digger, the Story of the Australian Soldier, CB, 1960.
Langley, M., The East Surrey Regiment, Leo Cooper, 1972.
Myatt, F., The Royal Berkshire Regiment, Hamish Hamilton, 1968.
Peters, G W H., The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Leo Cooper, 1970.
Powell, G., The Green Howards, Hamish Hamilton, 1968.
Reynolds, D., The Para’s, 50 Years of Courage, Express Newspapers, 1990.
Wykes, A., The Royal Hampshire Regiment, Hamish Hamilton, 1968.

• BIOGRAPHIES
de la Billiere, Gen. Sir P., Looking for Trouble, Harper Collins, 1995.
Hoare, M., Mercenary, CB, 1984.
Hoare, M., The Seychelles Affair, CB, 1987.
Hoskins, A J., A Contract Officer, Costello, 1988.

• GENERAL
Avery, D., Military Insignia, Select Editions, 1995.
Barnaby, F., The Automated Battlefield, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986.
Deacon, R., The Silent War, Sphere Books, 1980.
Horowitz, I L., The War Game, Ballantine Books, 1963.
Kagan, D., On the Origins of War, Pimlico, 1997.
Kaldor, M., The Baroque Arsenal, Abacus, 1983.
Kidron M & Smith, D., The New State of War and Peace, Grafton Books, 1991.
Lewis, J E. (edit.), True Stories of the Elite Forces, Robinson Publishing, 1993.
Meissner A & Fowler W., War games! Rehearsal for Battle, AAP. 1988.
McGowan, R & Hands, J., Try not to laugh, Sergeant Major, Futura, 1984.
Quarrie, B., The Worlds Elite Forces, Octopus Books, 1985.
Quarrie, B., Firepower, Apple Press, 1988.
Rivers, G., The War against the Terrorists: How to win it, Charter Books, 1987.
Sayer, I & Botting, D., America’s Secret Army, Fontana / Collins, 1989.