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On the subject of PBI when will the printed rules be released?

Martyn S

This is great news. I've still got to start my Stalingrad terrain. Is there a one stop photographic reference to the city?

Martyn S

Thanks Sean. Gosh there's a vast range of muds on offer here. There's even a special Vietnam mud! Which of course will give rise to 'You've used the wrong colour mud on your NVA bases. A refreshing change from accusations of using the wrong Dunkelgelb! The only mud they don't have is that 70's pop band. Time for me to try something new. To date I just use builders sand which I wash and dry brush.

Martyn S

Martin of course does the storm trooper in gas mask appropriate for a Nazis on the moon game based on this documentary. In fact I bought some packets shortly after I watched the Iron Sky. Hmmm like most of my projects it was never realized. Perhaps they will get a shout in the new Sci Fi rools.

Martyn S

Thinking about these 'standard' game table sizes didn't the 6ft by 4ft come from community halls having folding trestle tables this size? When we formed the Scunthorpe wargames group back in 1974? We used the many folding table tennis tables of the community centre I wondered if these were the '8x6 standard' but they were probably 9x5? Our use really annoyed the youth club as there would be chalked on roads and rivers. I do detect a move to smaller size tables. I was told that Games Workshop did an investigation into the size of the average household dining table for their Kill Team game.

Martyn S

Isn't the Grant/Lee something of a 'Dakka' tank in having quite a few MGs? How many could be brought to bear in PBI?

>'Too much tank detail makes a WW2 game into top trumps "smackdown" game.
So no grasshopper tank chaps'.

Please say we can have two Maus.

Martyn S

Traffic was posting some amazing pictures of the Stalingrad terrain he was making. Last post November 2023. Did he ever finish it and what games took place. Loads of inspirational construction ideas.

Martyn S

On the subject of how we use hedges in our games. I do feel it is far to easy for troops to move up to a hedge poke their riles through to fire and claim soft cover from incoming. Then there is the ease at which they can cross the hedge. When I'm out an about in the countryside I often think about such things. Is there any information about tactical training in Normandy about hedges. I'd like to think troops went round them most often and only troops in defensive positions could shoot through them.

I appreciate this is more relevant to skirmish games.

Martyn Simpson

Noooo.....as I've said before rules with Germans on the cover sell more copies. Take for example WRG. In the 70's everyone played their Armour Infantry rules and yes there was a Tiger tank (Amongst others) on the cover. Their revised set in 1988 had British infantry on the cover....everyone stopped playing the game. I'm sure the same thing is going to happen with Warlord games Bolt Action now Version 3 doesn't have a German on the cover.

Martyn S 

The Bayeaux tapestry is a  good source for the sorts of coloured threads about at the time.

Martyn S

I share your pain Simon. The Which magazine once did a review and testing of glues. Wilkos super glue came out tops for various reason such as ease of application etc. It came in a nice small bottle and had a decent brush in the lid. Some lid bottle brushes are awful. I did note a deterioration of the quality of this glue towards the end of Wilkinsons store in my town. Wilko would seem to still be around but their little bottles with the brushes not so  So my search for the perfect super glue continues I will try folks recommendations. 

Martyn

Those videos are wonderful. Thanks for sharing. Groan I've just started trying to make some stream sections using MDF which I've been undercoating heavily, these can now go in the bin. I guess the trick here is trying to source the various suitable silicon caulks here in the UK. There does seem to be a bewildering variety of the stuff. I hope to visit Wickes on Wednesday I'll have a look out.

Martyn S

MFI-9Bs as used by the Biafran airforce. I wonder what the camouflage colours they were painted. I have got some similar looking aircraft which came with my Heljan aircraft hanger.

Martyn S

The place to buy RUBs is Homebase. On my amazement at how many they had I was told by an employee the owner had shares in the company.

On the subject of MDF inserts can I warn about the danger of mould growing on MDF. This was discussed recently in one of the wargame magazines. I store my collection down my cellar which is slightly damp and the MDF inserts I had laser cut myself were pretty infested  I've since sealed, primed and painted my surviving inserts. Having said that I may have been using a cheaper untreated MDF so inserts made of a better quality and treated MDF might be okay as  I have noticed some MDF with a sheen on the surface down my cellar is unscathed. The morale of this tale is don't store stuff down your cellar or in a shed.

Martyn S

Martin, can I too be penciled in to the batting order.

Martyn Simpson