Vulture's Wargaming Blog

Ships don't come with much more historical ballast than the MV Liemba . The steamer still shudders and belches its way across Lake Tanga...

Two days ago I blogged about the new Games Workshop (GW) resin (not plastic as I posted) Finecast figures . I'm not a GW hater, I...

Large amounts of frustration here at the Vulture's Roost. On Monday I took the truck's Generator and Voltage Regulator through to ...

Yesterday my son and I visited our local Games Workshop in Peterborough and picked up a Tau Empire Battleforce box set. It's quite...

This weekend a village close to where I live called Ramsey is hosting a 1940's weekend . I had hoped to take my 1944 CCKW 352 truck al...

A suspected Iron Age road, made of timber and preserved in peat for 2,000 years, has been uncovered by archaeologists in East Anglia . T...

Whilst browsing the Historic Military Vehicle Forum (HMVF) I came across this old (but interesting) news about an ex Iraqi tank that caused...

There is an interesting article about an RAF man on tour in Afgan who has set up a Blog that has had over 80,000 hits thus far. Link to the...

Yesterday I went to the Military & Flying Machines Show near Upminster organised by the Military Vehicle Trust (MVT). With flying di...

Well guys, after a couple of weeks delay whilst the previous owner sorted a few things out I finally got my WW2 truck. GMC CCKW 352 B1 Regi...

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...