AIRFIX MAGAZINE July 1972. Continues the conversion of the Airfix Roman Fort Set into a Medieval Walled Town by Terence Wise; well illustrated article on Afrike Korps Models (artillery); a home-built projector for enlarging scale drawings; making a Kugelblitz (German anti-aircraft tank); Scouts of the Royal Flying Corps (and other articles on model aircraft); 54mm conversion from Coldstream Guards to KRRC; construction of the Leopard Trainer Tank; 54mm conversions by Roy Dilley; scratch built German armoured car Sd Kfz 222 plus reviews of books, kits, correspondence, etc., etc. DISPATCH No.62. This Scottish Military Collectors Society magazine is always interesting and contains very good reviews of model figures, books, records, plates, prints, etc., in addition to uniform details and plates for colouring. This issue has an article on Military Tartans by W.A.Thorburn. GAMES AND PUZZLES June and July 1972. This is a new magazine dealing with games of every kind and, so far as the wargamer is concerned, includes a series by John Tunstill plus articles on board wargames such as those by Avalon Hill and Diplomacy. This is a well produced and most original type of magazine with much of interest outside the wargaming field. INTERNATIONAL WARGAMER January, February and March 1972. These three copies of this American magazine all arrived together. It includes articles on wargaming with miniatures and on boards. January includes Simplified Napoleonic Rules; Medieval "Individual Warfare"; Naval Wargaming; Medieval Wargaming; and numerous boardgame articles. February - Naval Wargaming; board wargaming; articles of military interest. March - Small Arms of World War II; Colonial Warfare 1880-1904 Rules; Naval Wargaming Napoleonic and Modern; boardgame details; Technical details of German Panzer IV; Napoleonic Grand Tactics and other interesting wargaming items. All of these copies are packed with stimulating contributions. MILITARY MODELLING July 1972. Illustrated articles on Box Dioramas; Armoured Cars of the R.A.F.; Ship Modelling ti-s; scratch-building a Centurion A.R.V.; photographs of the B.M.S.S. 1972 Competitions plus reviews of new figures and enticing adverts. MODEL BOATS July 1972. Illustrated article on building Capital Ships in Miniature; article and plans for Italian Armoured Cruisers Giuseppe Garibaldi and Pisa. PHOTO-WAR. For economic reasons this magazine has turned over to four page photo-illustrated leaflets, mainly dealing with German World War I and II military items. AN SAIGOIUIRIN The Irish Model Soldier Society Magazine - June 1972. Contains much of military interest including articles on unknown makers of model soldiers; Military Cigarette Card Collecting and reviews of figures, books, records, etc. SLINGSHOT July 1972. Maintains it usual high "professional" standard of authoritive articles on Ancient Indian Armies; Metals and Dyes in the Ancient World; Colour in the Ancient World; plates of Persian Soldiers; Hoplite Arms Drill; The Clibenarius; The Fighting Men of Scotland; an Ancient Wargames Report; Notes on Aztec Warfare plus innumerable small items and features of interest to wargamers in the Medieval and Ancient periods. SOLDIER MAGAZINE June 1972. Printed on nice glossy paper and containing well illustrated articles on The Army Fire Brigades; The Aldershot Review; features on books, records and kits, etc., plus details of Army Pay which make it all sound very attractive! STRATEGY AND TACTICS May 1972. Improves with every issue -- this one includes a Napoleonic boardgame "Borodino"; an article on Napoleonic warfare that could revolutionise your wargames in that period! Also illustrated articles on The Battle of St. Mihiel September 1918 and details of boardgames, books, etc., that make this magazine an increasingly valuable literary contribution to our hobby. THE VEDETTE April 1972. This Journal of the National Capital Military Collectors of America is a friendly magazine that contains articles on Working with Historex Figures; the first of a series of articles on The Foreign Legion; A Wargame Corner plus reviews of books, figures, etc. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 125 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1972 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com