tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post6014107164357346334..comments2024-03-28T16:32:41.081+00:00Comments on Battlefields and Warriors: 1/72 PleasuresNormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-31017057516390408912017-07-12T21:16:30.261+00:002017-07-12T21:16:30.261+00:00It is quite staggering how quickly you can pull to...It is quite staggering how quickly you can pull together a couple of WW2 forces for a game. I to did buy an Airfix Churchill for old time's sake. Doh! My finders were too thick and eye's couldn't focus. I am looking forward to your game reports.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-76838094802422288892017-07-12T19:39:34.929+00:002017-07-12T19:39:34.929+00:00Thanks Peter, the combination of plastic and fast ...Thanks Peter, the combination of plastic and fast build makes this whole thing do-able for me. I never want to try and put all those little wheels on a Churchill again and then try and get some impossible rubber band track thing around them again! <br /><br />These things are fab, there is a spot on balance between minimum build and result for my liking.<br /><br />My naughty little secret is that I have bought enough stuff to put together a small action, so I hope this project is something that is going somewhere.<br /><br />Your continuous, thought provoking endeavours, giving nice sized actions, that show that effort = game, are quite inspiring to me.<br /><br />It will also be interesting for me to do a bit of open table gaming rather than grid based, so there is much to taste and test.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-47584873015069403132017-07-12T19:29:24.068+00:002017-07-12T19:29:24.068+00:00Jonathan, I have never really been quite happy wit...Jonathan, I have never really been quite happy with the 20mm tank stuff on 4" hexes, they just seem too big for the grid, though I can get around multi hex buildings and so my feeling at this time is that my rules and systems for 10mm will likely stay hex based, while those for 1/72 would be open table based. I might like to do an open table version of Tigers at Minsk and have already thought of a diffent command (i.e. Not hex based) system that seems fun and more interactive than TaM. It is all (as always :-) ) in the melting pot.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-73691884301814001122017-07-12T19:24:13.787+00:002017-07-12T19:24:13.787+00:00Shaun, have always enjoyed your AAR's, particu...Shaun, have always enjoyed your AAR's, particularly the one with the 3 Churchills advancing over open ground.<br /><br />I have never really understood the size / scale purist crowd. Everything representative is a size and a scale and indeed a percentage (a millimetre against a centimetre is 1/10 and 1mm and 10%). Add to that, that we all know what we mean when we refer to the 'scales' of 10mm, 20mm etc and to my mind becomes a rather sad matter when someone feels they have to publicly 'correct' a poster.<br /><br />I hope this all turns into something and you get to see some more 1/72 posts here.Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-75106128336045676602017-07-12T18:42:04.217+00:002017-07-12T18:42:04.217+00:00Ross, full circle indeed, except it's strictly...Ross, full circle indeed, except it's strictly on a table now .... not a floor .... oooh my poor knees! :-)Normhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031444717952755557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-59060483685142900912017-07-12T12:30:43.869+00:002017-07-12T12:30:43.869+00:00I to do like the those kits were you don't hav...I to do like the those kits were you don't have to cut out and stick all those wheels. It is so much easier. Good luck with your project.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918057670249529750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-29323279570297603052017-07-12T12:29:12.155+00:002017-07-12T12:29:12.155+00:001/72nd scale armor brings on a twinge of nostalgia...1/72nd scale armor brings on a twinge of nostalgia for me as well. I began with 1/72nd WWII armor a long, long time ago using Hasegawa's excellent kits as the basis for my introduction into the hobby. The models were in plentiful supply in a local drugstore and were cheap even for a youngster od limited means. Ah, those were the days! The Zvezda 15mm armor kits are nice too and field many of them in my WWII project.<br /><br />Is your plan to expand scales for WWII gaming from 10mm to include a 1:72 project as well? Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-41075408985249204072017-07-12T11:48:20.028+00:002017-07-12T11:48:20.028+00:00I am glad you have gone back to 1/72 and got so mu...I am glad you have gone back to 1/72 and got so much joy, and Iron Cross is a good choice - a friend are I have been eyeing off playing it for the last year but the world has not aligned for us yet. I am only 38 years into it, not 40, but I am in the camp of "1/72" (including "1/76" or "20mm") is the one true scale for WW2. And plastic. Most of my "20.mm" stuff is plastic. I do dabble in 6mm, but only as a sideline!<br /><br />And I do realise that saying 3 scales (and for a purist one is a size not a scale) is "one true scale" may not be helping my stance ;-) Shaun Travershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691522858410783769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5368677310334370714.post-32500828602172145502017-07-12T11:10:05.159+00:002017-07-12T11:10:05.159+00:00I can sympathize with this. Having started with Ai...I can sympathize with this. Having started with Airfix in the 70's I have since built forces and gamed WWII in 6mm, 10mm and 54mm but these days its back to 1/72.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com