12 Days of Christmas – Day 1 Kicking off our 12 Days of Christmas, here’s your first tasty present: a work-in-progress shot of the Sd.Kfz.135 Marder I. With the fall of France in 1940 the German victors found themselves with many thousands of vehicles. Some were pressed into service by their new owners whilst others were…
This week our Studio painting team have turned their focus to the Far East and the vehicles of the Japanese Empire: the Type 4 Ho-Ro self-propelled gun and the Type 95 Kurogane scout car. View in Store Note that the Kurogane can be assembled with the canopy up or down and comes with a…
Michael Wittmann was one of Germany’s most famous ‘panzer aces’ of World War II. During his career he was credited with destroying 138 enemy tanks and 132 anti-tank guns. He fought throughout the war until his death. During the battle of France and invasion of Greece he commanded a Stug III assault gun (Sturmgeschutz III)….
Available now! Our latest plastic kit for Bolt Action – the Puma Sd.Kfz 234/2 Armoured Car. View in Store The Puma is, arguably, one of the best-looking armoured cars of WWII. A variant of the Sdkfz 234 it boasted a fully enclosed turret with a 5cm gun and thicker armour than other variants. Despite this additional…
With ‘Tank War’ rolling out worldwide, and the sound of gunfire sounding out from tabletop battlefields across the world, something wicked this way comes – the OT-130, as fielded by the Soviet, Finnish and German forces – the latter renaming it Flammwerfer Panzerkampfwagen T-26B 739(r). View in Store The OT-130 was based upon the tried-and-tested T-26…
A few weeks ago, we launched a fun mini-game called Tiger Hunt – with the chance for 5 lucky winners to get their hands on a copy of the fantastic Armoured Fury starter set…. The time has come to announce the winners. So, without further ado… drum roll, please lads! Our 5 Lucky Winners of the…
Patriots had been fighting the Germans ever since the fall of France. Hundreds of small groups were constantly sabotaging rail lines, demolishing German supply depots and sending invaluable information to the Allies. A small movement at first, it grew to over 100,000 members by D-Day. In true cloak-and-dagger fashion, these brave men and women risked torture and death to get…
The 17 year old French resistance fighter known as “Nicole Minet” was a farm girl when the war broke out. A few years later in 1943 she joined the Franc Tireur Partisan Français (which translates to “free shooters”), which was named after the saboteurs who fought the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War. The resistance was…
This week our Studio painters have turned their hands to the ever-popular SAS jeeps – these characterful models are literally covered in details, making them great fun to paint! View in Store View in Store View in Store View in Store Check out our full Bolt Action SAS range here: SAS Range
Carentan was a small town of about 4,000 people. It also happened to be right next to the N-13 highway as well as the Cherbourg-Paris railroad, and sat in between Utah and Omaha beaches. Soon after the invasion of Normandy, this sleepy French port town would become a critical objective. The day after D-Day, Omaha and Utah beaches had…
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