10mm Miniatures

Canadian Autocar Armored Car in 1/144 Scale

Shapeways Canadian Autocar armored cars in 1/144 scale. These required very little cleanup. The only oddity is that two of the four have the steering wheels on the right and two have them on the left. I can’t tell from the photos of the real vehicles which is correct.

Blue Max AAR

This weekend the local HMGS-South group played a game of GDW’s Blue Max (first edition 1983) using 1/144 scale planes from the Wings of War series. The scenario was an Allied advance in the spring of 1918. A few rules were added to cover attacks on ground units and anti-aircraft fire. Five players (two German, three Allied) each flew one plane, and got a replacement if they were downed or left the table.

The photos suffer from reflections from the clear vinyl hex sheet.

An S.E.5a’s wings are shredded in a pass with a D.VII. Return fire and ground fire sets the D.VII alight.

Two French infantry units like the one here will eventually be scattered by fire from another D.VII.

A Dr.I occupied the other two Allied planes (a Spad XIII and a S.E.5a).

Several planes end up low or out of fuel.

Both German and one Allied plane left the table damaged and low on fuel and were replaced. One S.E.5a exploded. We played 28 turns in about 3.25 hours.

10mm WWI French Infantry

Figures from Pendraken.