Like World of Tanks? Like toy soldiers and model tanks? Then join us for TANK WAR at the Wayland Games Centre in Essex! This is a one day event on Sunday 9th November that gives new and existing Bolt Action fans a real taste of the new expansion – Tank War! As tread-heads for many…
The latest addition to our fast-growing range of plastic 1:56 scale Bolt Action vehicles is this eagerly awaited Panzer IV medium tank! You can choose to build your Panzer IV as one of three different variants: The short-barrelled Ausf. F1. The long-barrelled Ausf. G with its distinctive ball muzzle brake. Respectfully known by British forces…
Two exciting previews for AFV lovers – a first look at our new plastic Sd.kfz 234/2 Puma armoured car by renowned scale model manufacturer Italeri as well as another project coming through fast… The Puma is the next plastic kit to be released after the Panzer IV. You’ll be blown away by the detailing on this…
Originally designed as a troop support tank, its role was to be reconfigured with the need to replace the Panzer III, after facing the Soviet T-34. The Panzer IV was rolled out as Germany’s primary battle tank. The most widely produced German tank of WW2, the Panzer IV was used as the template for many…
The German forces under the command of kommandant Bernard Lewis have been running amok – with three games under their belt, it was time to throw something of a ‘speedbump’ in their direction – enter the equally Teutonic force of Richard Dando! The chaps took up position in the Mail Order warehouse… a grass mat…
Matthew Davies talks us through how he constructed his converted German captured Universal Carrier: The Universal Carrier was true to its name, and found itself in a ‘universal’ role, in several armies during World War Two. As well as a transport, it was also used for logistics, reconnaissance, and some were used as support weapons…
Saturday 4th October 2014 saw twenty two generals meet at Firestorm Games in Cardiff. Allies and Axis generals numbered eleven apiece and so in the tradition set last year, we broke out into a doubles 650 point Armoured platoon game again. Also as with last year we really wanted the friendly side of our hobby…
Another great plastic terrain piece for World War II battlefields – a bombed out house – perfect cover for infantry squads and a good objective for a game: The kit includes a cobblestone base, sandbag defences, a fallen door, stairs and many other details inside and out. View in Store Check out the rest of…
Available now, this colourful and characterful metal boxed set – a squad of German Kriegsmarine! The men of the Kriegsmarine were often asked to do more than serve at sea. U-Boat and ship crews could be found in land actions in many theatres, wearing their trademark blue sailor’s uniforms or the grey-blue U-Boat leathers as…
Add armoured support for the Red Army with the BT-5 Fast Tank, and drive back the forces of the Third Reich: The BT-5 was one of the BT series of Soviet fast cavalry tanks, produced from 1933 (BT relating to Bystrokhodny tank – fast/high speed tank). They were lightly armoured, but reasonably well-armed for their time, and had…
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