Vulture's Wargaming Blog

There are some great catches out there. Exerts from Irish personal adds. 1. Grossly overweight Louth turf-cutter, 42 years old and 23 stone...

Soldiers have been filming themselves on duty in Afghanistan for years. The UK Ministry of Defence has now released this powerful and uncens...

A conservation team has begun a 16-month project to transform a World War II American bomber. The B-17 Flying Fortress, Mary Alice, had been...

A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her, 'Father, may I ask a favor?' 'Of course, child...

The far north-west tip of Britain is so remote that for the past 100 years it has been used by the military as a bombing range. Garvie Islan...

70 years ago today, the Royal Navy captured U-Boat 110, an event which helped Britain crack the German's secret Enigma code during World...

This is quite an interesting article about a 12th Century Viking shipbuilding site on Skye. Link -

The development of a bouncing bomb - dropped at exactly 60ft above water in order to destroy German dams - was a testament to wartime Britai...

It is with some sadness that I read this morning on the BBC web that Prof Richard Holmes has died. Over the years I have greatly enjoyed wa...

Must confess I watched all the Royal Wedding on the TV yesterday. I had intended only dipping into the event and now and then whilst paintin...

William Shatner telling the story of the U.S. spacecraft most directly inspired by Star Trek. The final space shuttle mission ever (by Atla...

The US is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the country's most destructive conflict, the Civil War. In Charleston in the state of S...

I found this quite an intersting article on the BBC web site, as I live in East Anglia . Link . -

The discovery of a unique German warplane off the Kent coast left experts "incredulous". New images suggest the Dornier 17 is stil...

In a shipyard in Scotland the future of the Royal Navy is slowly taking shape. But the construction of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizab...

Several men are in the locker room at the golf club. A mobile phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker function and b...

- Saw this news article on the BBC web site. 'The aircraft carrier HMS Invincible has left Portsmouth for the last time before it is b...

A memorial to the Royal Marines who canoed almost 100 miles behind enemy lines to blow up ships in a daring World War II raid has been unvei...

A message in a bottle delivered to a Confederate general during the American Civil War has been deciphered, 147 years after it was written. ...

Just completed a Walker I bought some months ago. Made by Blue Moon Manufacturing it is from their 15/18mm Vehicle range. The body is resin...

Stumbled across this interesting blog which is dedicated to vintage wargaming. Well worth a look, and one I shall be following. Link -

I was a massive fan of the first Combat Mission ‘Beyond Overlord’ that the company Battlefront released 2000. For me this was just a fabul...

Quite by accident I stumbled across this rather good little site all about British battles. Link -

In 1993 I read Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth (1954) which tells the story of a young Roman youn...

This is quite an interesting posting by Reuters. A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary...

On The Miniatures Page (TMP) a new message board has been created for those interested specifically in 15mm Sc-Fi gaming. Link -

Found this review of the up and coming next release for the Dawn Of War 2 computer game on U-Tube. Beautiful :) - -

This is quite an intersting article about the medevial English monarch, King John on the BBC web site. Link -

The following is an actual exchange of correspondence between a customer and the Irish Railway Company. Gentlemen, I have been riding your t...

There is quite a fun article on the BBC web site regarding buying ex military hardware. Link . -

- Last 10 pence A father walks into a restaurant with his young son.. He gives the young boy three 10p coins to play with to keep him occu...

Some 5,000 people boarded axed aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal after it opened its decks for the final time as part of a farewell send-off. ...

Okay, if your a sci-fi fan this looks quite good ! :) - -

After weeks of trying to get together with my 15mm sci-fi enthusiast chum (James) for a game, we at last managed it tonight trying out the f...

Richard Winters, the commanding officer of Easy Company, the Army unit whose gritty combat from the beaches of Normandy to the capture of Hi...

Well, after a few days taking it easy, the back has almost settled down and I've been fit enough to return to work. I've just this ...

Today after waking up with a bad back I went into work hoping it would ease off like yesterday. However... it didn't. To cut a long st...

To all the readers of my blog, I would like to wish you a happy and prosperous 2011. -

Whilst laid low with a heavy cold/( man)flu these last five days, I took the time to finish off a (average) novel about Alexander the Great ...

Found this propoganda film on U-Tube. There are some fascinating clips of some very rare vehicles like the Sdkfz 251/21 - Flakpanzerwagen w...

A very sad day... - Harrier jump jets flown by the RAF and Royal Navy have taken part in their last operational flights. The aircraft is reg...

For those in the UK who live near any of the bases named below, this is a last opportunity to see the Harrier flying with a flypast of 16 a...

Stumbled across this excellent little video on U-Tube of Panzerwerfer Nebelwerfer Rocket Launchers in action. You wouldn't have wanted t...

I found time over the weekend to take a few photos of some 15mm sci-fi figures that I painted up a couple of months back. The boys are made...

This is a quite an intersting article about a London-based scientist's use of a remote-control helicopter to get breath samples from wha...

This is very clever and well worth watching. Best Card Trick Ever -

This is quite good. It shows the work of a modern-day war artist. Link to BBC. -

This is an interesting article on the BBC web site about how an unknown warrior was carried from a French battlefield 90 years ago, to be la...

This is worth checking out on the BBC web site. - The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective. Featuring two remar...

This is an amazing piece of flying by this Chinook. Must confess I went cold when I saw how close the blades were to the ground... - -