Reconnaissance

New Products 1970

by Pat Condray


Military Modelling by Don Featherstone. He did it again! Don has gathered notes, articles, and experience on the general subjects of making, converting, painting, and otherwise modelling soldiers, canons, vehicles, buildings, and scenery. Ai first glance through, the book is definitely unspectacular. Photography is the principal culprit. Many modeling magazines top the book in every issue. The photos are unevenly distributed and imply that Military Modelling is less comprehensive and informative than is, in fact, the case. Comments on how to paint flats, assemble Historex Figures, design and cast original figures, and a chapter (including Dave Geisz's Afrika Korps notions) on Airfix are part of this work which at $6.95, is a bit steep in price but much more useful than it appears at a glance.

Scruby Publishing Co. P.O. Box 144 Visalia, Calif., 93277. (Jack's own Publishing Co., not affiliated with Ambrite) will be bringing back the "War Game Digest" not a subscription magazine. Will be published 3 times a year V~ith no deadline, watch TAG for sale announcement.

Airfix Products, Ltd. has come out with a French Napoleonic Artillery Gun Team with 3 guns. These I have not seen, but they should have included a Howitzer. Also an American Revolutionary, with George Washington and an infantry grouping, which we have not seen.

Gerhard Tobinnus 3 Hannover Avenue, Auf Dorm 24 has announced Hunter Mountaineer Ta-2, African Buffalo, Jager Officer 1870-77, 505 German S.W. African M/G Team, with Infantry lying, kneeling and standing firing.

Command Post 760 West Emerson, Upland, California 91786 now has a good selection of 30mm Napoleonic Figures, A little flash from the hand poured molds. Also German Infantry in steel Helmets, 1917, prices for 30mm foot 30c and Cavalry - 55c, soon to be released. An expanded line of D.C. Stewart miniatures.

Knoll Cottage, Knoll Road, Dorking Surrey. Lists a line of AFV card models in 1/150 scale (N gauge). Afrika Corps fans. NOTE: M/5-Stuart, Cromwell MK Vill, Sherman VC, each pack of cards has a TO included although Infantry is hard to find in that scale. Send $1.00 for a sample pack.

The Wargamer 2717 Elnora Street, Wheaton, Maryland 20902. A new Wargame Magazine. No. 1 had articles on A/H Games. Six issues $3.00.

The Bayonet (Hamish Frazier). Presents a set of Napoleonic Wargame Rules intermediate in complexity between early Featherstone and some of the wilder contemporary schemes. The game is designed to be played with individual figures ... some players in this country hardly believe this form of wargaming ever existed. However, the rules are quite playable, and practically anything played without bases can be adopted to use bases.

Helmet Products, Beechwood, Surrey England. Has introduced a line of Napoleonic heavy cavalry in 54mm. We have not received samples but the figures look very lively in photographs and prices are very low (although the decline of the dollar may raise them above the $1.20 sometimes quoted. The firm is to be congratulated for coming out with heavy cavalry first. The established tradition is to start out with hussars.

Savage and Soldier Doug Johnson, 26 Overbrook Drive, St. Louis, Mo.


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