AIRFIX MAGAZINE September 1971. Increasingly slanted towards model soldiers and wargaming, this issue contains well illustrated articles on 54mm conversions; World War I Austin Armoured Car scratch built in 1:32 scale; German parachute troops; conversion of Airfix Panzer IV kit into Jagdpanzer IV; American half-tracks; plus reviews of latest books, figures, etc.
BATTLEFLEET Journal of the Naval Wargames Society U.K. Volume 4, No. 12 - Conta ns. proposed rules for land campaigns in the Society's World War I Campaign.
THE GRENADIER The Bulletin of the Cheltenham Wargames Club - August/September 1 71. In addition to Napoleonic and mid-18th Century wargame battle reports includes the first of a series of Gangster Warfare.
INTERNATIONAL WARGAMER (U.S.A.) - July 1971. In addition to articles on board wargaming contains illustrated material on Napoleonic Grand Tactics; The Spanish in Mexico; The Incas; Tank details. August 1971: Rules for Mediaeval miniatures; Naval Wargaming; The Incas; Napoleonic Grand Tactics; plus reviews and articles on board wargames.
MILITARY MODELLING September 1971. Full of details of the latest model soldiers plus illustrated articles and features on National Maritime Museum; British Infantry Colours at Waterloo; The Napoleonic Wargame by Charles Grant; Panzer IV; Sherman M32 Tank Recovery; The Buffalo AFV; Self-propelled Artillery of N.A.T.O.; 1/76th scale plans for the M52 self-propelled Howitzer; Elastolin figures plus book, figure and kit reviews.
MINIATURE FIGURINES MAGAZINE Number 2. Contains well illustrated articles with painting instructions for French Regiments serving in Canada 1758; Artillery of the .Guard; New York Militia 1862; Pikeman 1643; Dragoon 1777; Flags of-the Demi-Brigades 1794-1804; Painting for Beginners by Miniature Figurines designer Dick Higgs; The Brown Bess; Horse colouring and painting details for Seven Years War Figures.
MODEL BOATS September 1971. Article and plans for the German Battle Cruiser Gneisenau.
SCALE MODELS September 1971. Nothing much for the wargamer, mainly articles on aircraft.
THE SENTINEL The Official Publication of The Gardens High Wargames Club, U.S.A, - July 1971. Handed to me personally by Bob Stone and David Clark the editors in Southampton recently this well produced little magazine is fully representative of their great enthusiasm. Contains articles on Ships of the N lodern Soviet Navy; Battleships (with illustrations); Organisation of a Modern American Division; Modell- ing the Sturmgeshutz III/IV; Vietnam M48A3 Conversion.
SOLDIER August 1971. Colourful cover of the Trooping of the Colour plus well illustrated articles on a Grenadier Guardsman; plus other articles on modern military subjects, book and record reviews etc.
THE VEDETTE The Journal of the National Capital Military Collectors - June 1971. Illustrated articles on German troops in the American Revolution; Light Artillery 1864; The Siege of Danzig; Notes on British Cavalry 1815; Wargamers Corner plus other features, correspondence, etc.
SLINGSHOT Official Journal of the Society of Ancients - September 1971. Well up to its usual high standard. Contains articles on Elephants at Arbela; Wargames Adaptations of Roman Army Organisation; Ancient Naval Wargames; A Battle Report; Persian Clibanarius; The Roman Ballista; The Siege of Isari - an ingenious wargame; argument about the use of spears; Assyrian Colours; A Composition of Wargames Armies plus discussions and other features.
THE COURIER Bulletin of the New England Wargamers Association - Vol.III, No-5. Con- tains details of a Napoleonic Wargame by Fred Vietmeyer; British Cavalry Standards in the American Revolution; Allied Armour in the 'Western Desert; The French Army of Louis XIV; Storing Miniatures; Cavalry in late 19th century wargames; Civil War Infantry; Rates of Fire and Movement 1809; The 30 Years War Army; The Persian Army plus features, reviews, etc.
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