Vulture's Wargaming Blog

A blog about my interest in all things military, wargaming and last but not least my military vehicle adventures.

Monday, 29 August 2011

Hope yet for African Queen gunboat on Lake Tanganyika

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Ships don't come with much more historical ballast than the MV Liemba . The steamer still shudders and belches its way across Lake Tanga...
Saturday, 27 August 2011

Poll - Is a Games Workshop Finecast resin figure good value for money at £10 ?

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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...
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Friday, 26 August 2011

Frustration At The Vulture's Roost

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Large amounts of frustration here at the Vulture's Roost. On Monday I took the truck's Generator and Voltage Regulator through to ...
Thursday, 25 August 2011

Games Workshop - Unimpressed

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Yesterday my son and I visited our local Games Workshop in Peterborough and picked up a Tau Empire Battleforce box set. It's quite...
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Saturday, 20 August 2011

Ramsey 1940 Weekend

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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...
Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Iron Age road link to Iceni tribe

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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...
Thursday, 11 August 2011

Ex Iraqi tank that caused chaos at Bovington

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Whilst browsing the Historic Military Vehicle Forum (HMVF) I came across this old (but interesting) news about an ex Iraqi tank that caused...
Monday, 8 August 2011

RAF airman blogging from Afghanistan's front line

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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...
Sunday, 7 August 2011

Military & Flying Machines Show - 7 Aug 2011

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Yesterday I went to the Military & Flying Machines Show near Upminster organised by the Military Vehicle Trust (MVT). With flying di...
Thursday, 4 August 2011

GMC Purchase Completed !!

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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...
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Sunday, 24 July 2011

War and Peace Show 2011

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The 2011 ' War and Peace Show ' (sometimes simply referred to as ' Beltring ')is being held in southern England. I've ...
Saturday, 23 July 2011

The time when the British army was really stretched

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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...
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Wednesday, 20 July 2011

Treadmill shows medieval armour influenced battles

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Medieval suits of armour were so exhausting to wear that they could have affected the outcomes of famous battles, a study suggests. This is ...
Monday, 18 July 2011

Save HMS Caroline: the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland

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

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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 ...
Sunday, 17 July 2011

Berlin's abandoned WWII bunkers

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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...
Saturday, 16 July 2011

GMC 352 Purchase - Progress Report - No 2

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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...
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Tuesday, 12 July 2011

Display pilot's incredible escape from World War Two fighter as he bails out after mid-air collision at airshow.

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These pilots had a lucky escapes... Link - -
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GMC 352 Purchase - Progress Report - No 1

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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 ...
Saturday, 9 July 2011

Photos From Waddington Airshow

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Last Saturday the family and I went to the Waddington International Airshow. Overall it was a great day out, the highlight being a stunning...
Friday, 8 July 2011

Ambition To Buy A WW2 GMC CCKW Truck

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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...

In pictures: Dunkirk command tunnels

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The BBC web site has some pictures showing the renovated tunnels underneath Dover Castle where Operation Dynamo was planned. Link -
Thursday, 7 July 2011

WWII In Photos - A Retrospective In 20 Parts

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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...
Tuesday, 5 July 2011

How Many Left ?

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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 ...
Monday, 27 June 2011

Air Commodore Peter Cribb -Obituary

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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 ...
Sunday, 26 June 2011

Hadrian's Wall: A horde of ancient treasures make for a compelling new Cumbrian exhibition

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The Roman Emperor Hadrian , who came to the throne AD117, claimed that the gods had instructed him to "keep intact the Empire", ...
Saturday, 25 June 2011

SS Richard Montgomery

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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...

Lock N Load Publishing - Old PC Games

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Found this interesting site that deals exclusively in old 'classic' PC games. They are all available for download for very reasonab...
Friday, 24 June 2011

AFV Combat Speed

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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...
Thursday, 23 June 2011

Low Fast Pass

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These are some of the lowest fastest passes you will ever see, fabulous ! -
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Saturday, 18 June 2011

Recent Purchases - For My 15mm Sci-Fi

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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 ...
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Friday, 17 June 2011

Invincible, pride of the Falklands, is broken up in knacker's yard

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There is nothing good at all about this, my favourite ship getting broken up :( Link -
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Thursday, 16 June 2011

Operation Crossbow: How 3D glasses helped defeat Hitler

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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...
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Saturday, 11 June 2011

WWI underground: Unearthing the hidden tunnel war

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Archaeologists are beginning the most detailed ever study of a Western Front battlefield, an untouched site where 28 British tunnellers lie ...
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Friday, 10 June 2011

Friday Humour

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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...
Thursday, 9 June 2011

German Tank Destroyer hoisted out from Baltic Sea

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Check out this video I found on U-Tube of a WWII German Hetzer SPG being dragged out of the Baltic sea ! - -
Saturday, 4 June 2011

Rorke's Drift hero Edward Savage memorial unveiled

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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...

Apache helicopter: A tour around the attack aircraft

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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 ...
Friday, 3 June 2011

Friday Humour

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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...
Thursday, 2 June 2011

Dropship Horizon Blog - The End

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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...
Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Joke Stuff - Great catches out there

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

Life at war captured through the eyes of soldiers

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Soldiers have been filming themselves on duty in Afghanistan for years. The UK Ministry of Defence has now released this powerful and uncens...
Monday, 23 May 2011

B-17 Flying Fortress conservation work begins

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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...
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Friday, 20 May 2011

Friday Humour

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A distinguished young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the Priest beside her, 'Father, may I ask a favor?' 'Of course, child...
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Saturday, 14 May 2011

Navy drops bombs off Scottish coast

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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...
Monday, 9 May 2011

Capturing the Enigma: 70 years on

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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...
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Saturday, 7 May 2011

Aerial surveys of Viking shipyard on Skye

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This is quite an interesting article about a 12th Century Viking shipbuilding site on Skye. Link -
Monday, 2 May 2011

Dambusters: Cambridge scientists recreate daring World War Two raid

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The development of a bouncing bomb - dropped at exactly 60ft above water in order to destroy German dams - was a testament to wartime Britai...
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Sunday, 1 May 2011

Prof Richard Holmes, acclaimed military historian, dies

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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...
Saturday, 30 April 2011

Royal Wedding

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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...
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