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Virtual Lard 4 having consummated my desire to actually play Coastal Patrol (as opposed to just flicking through the rules and sighing at the lack of an opponent - thanks, Jeremy!!!), I had a speculative punt on The Wargames Website's Trading Post and netted 2 S-Boats, 2 MTBs, and 4 PT Boats. All 1:300 Cruel Seas, all still on the sprues and all their bits present and correct, these cost me absolutely nothing - not even P&P - courtesy of a very nice chap called Paul in Aberdeen. All fired up, I then got another 6 PT Boats cheap on eBay (despite eBay second-guessing the sender and telling me he was out of stock, so I should pick something else).

So my Coastal Patrol fleet is now 8 S-Boats, 8 MTBs, 2 Fairmile Ds, and 10 PT Boats (5 Elcos, 5 Higgins if anyone's interested). Might sort out some Italians for Med scenarios, but otherwise this will probably be it for 1:300 as I don't think anything bigger works at normal table sizes (the fact that Warlord had to reduce those types to 1:350 should have told them that).

Something, at last something.

A 1/350th Thunderbird 2 model for SPACE:1959 usage.

Italians are a laugh - their torpedo boats suffer from the same problem as their fighter aircraft..... exceptionally fast. Superbly engineered, huge fun to be zipping about in looking cool for the ladies..... but to do all of that you do have to sacrifice something which tends to be actual guns....

Since I need to get an army for Age of Hannibal (SAGA) just bought myself a big box of Victrix Carthaginians.

Errr. yet more CoC, a DAK motorcycle combo and a Schneider P16 half track, from Col Bills (Perry and Worlord I believe) then some Italian tankettes, a Marmon Herrington for Malaya and a couple of artillery pieces from Paint & Glue. Oh, and some Jacobite casualties, (Foundry) from the inevitable first volley.

bangorstu wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:33 pm Italians are a laugh - their torpedo boats suffer from the same problem as their fighter aircraft..... exceptionally fast. Superbly engineered, huge fun to be zipping about in looking cool for the ladies..... but to do all of that you do have to sacrifice something which tends to be actual guns....

And armour plating! Quite agree. I'm considering adding a special rule for Italian boats - at a certain point in the game, the crew all stop to wave at bikini-clad women on the beach. Bit odd in the middle of the night, but there you go......

Following on from making some streams I have been genorisly sent some original Bellona river sections still in their packaging.



This company makes a very similar range of items for a modern equivalent.

http://www.amera.co.uk/product.php?range=f

I remember them. I coveted them when all I had was blue felt strips.

Some bins, churns and unexploded bombs from Paul Edwards

Ilkley Old School wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 8:52 am Following on from making some streams I have been genorisly sent some original Bellona river sections still in their packaging.



This company makes a very similar range of items for a modern equivalent.

http://www.amera.co.uk/product.php?range=f

I've got some of those knocking around in the bits box. One day I'll refurbish them!

I have gought my contribution to the Christmas air game. 9 Jap torpedo planes, 4 American army fighters, some mediterranean hurris and Ities and a pair of BF109 Fs to fight Spit II and V