Vulture's Wargaming Blog

The 2011 ' War and Peace Show ' (sometimes simply referred to as ' Beltring ')is being held in southern England. I've ...

There is an interesting article by Chris Summers on the BBC News web site. The British army is due to be reduced to 82,000 by 2020, promptin...

Medieval suits of armour were so exhausting to wear that they could have affected the outcomes of famous battles, a study suggests. This is ...

This is worth a read. Dr Dominic Tweedle, Director-General of the National Museum of the Royal Navy explains why our (UK) nautical heritage...

One of my favourite tanks from the cold war era is the Conqueror tank . Here's an excellent little (propaganda) movie on U-Tube. Link ...

Beneath the city of Berlin lies a network of bunkers that haven't been seen since World War II. Now tourists can access this undergroun...

Yesterday I drove up to Yorkshire and met up with my pal Steve to have a look at the vehicle. Its' history seems a little unclear, howe...

These pilots had a lucky escapes... Link - -

Since I last posted arrangements have been firmed up, and I view the vehicle this Friday. If its okay (and confidence is high that it will ...

Last Saturday the family and I went to the Waddington International Airshow. Overall it was a great day out, the highlight being a stunning...

To cut a long story short, it looks like I could be about to satisfy a long-term ambition of mine to own a historic military vehicle. I...

The BBC web site has some pictures showing the renovated tunnels underneath Dover Castle where Operation Dynamo was planned. Link -

An old friend of mine Steve Hammond sent me a link to a fascinating series of photo essays being done by a guy called Alan Taylor. Highly r...

If you live in the UK this is a fascinating site which tells you how many cars of any make and model are still on the road in the UK. Link ...

Air Commodore Peter Cribb, who has died aged 92, was one of the most successful and gallant master bombers of the Pathfinder Force; he flew ...

The Roman Emperor Hadrian , who came to the throne AD117, claimed that the gods had instructed him to "keep intact the Empire", ...

Stumbled across this story yesterday. SS Richard Montgomery was an American Liberty ship built during World War II, one of the 2,710 used t...

Found this interesting site that deals exclusively in old 'classic' PC games. They are all available for download for very reasonab...

There is a very interesting recent thread on The Miniatures Page (TMP) web site about AFV Combat Speed. Well worth a read, many of the post...

These are some of the lowest fastest passes you will ever see, fabulous ! -

You know what it's like....you see something (a model or piece of scenery) and immediately think, that would just go brilliantly with X ...

There is nothing good at all about this, my favourite ship getting broken up :( Link -

Newly released photographs show how a team of World War II experts disrupted Nazi plans to bombard Britain - with the help of 3D glasses lik...

Archaeologists are beginning the most detailed ever study of a Western Front battlefield, an untouched site where 28 British tunnellers lie ...

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Lancashire scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the co...

Check out this video I found on U-Tube of a WWII German Hetzer SPG being dragged out of the Baltic sea ! - -

A memorial is to be unveiled in a Cardiff cemetery to a survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift . Newport-born Edward Savage was 20 w...

The British army's fleet of Apache attack helicopters have clocked up a landmark 100,000 flying hours, a third of which have been flown ...

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we ha...

Slightly gutted today to find that one of my favour Blogs that I follow, Dropship Horizon is coming to an end. It has been a fabulous reso...

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...