Vulture's Wargaming Blog

This engine strip and rebuild for an old Triumph (Spitfire ?) is quite fun to watch  :) - -

You know what its like, you set your stall out to tackle one job, and give yourself another unwelcome one when you make a start. Attempting ...

In 2008 I went to the War and Peace Show . Forget your tanks and your half-tracks etc, without doubt the vehicles that impressed me the mo...

This film looks to have promise... - -

There is an interesting article on the Battlefront - Flames Of War website about the different types of anti-tank ammo used during WW2.  Cer...

UK Military Rules Royal Marine Rules: 1. Be courteous to everyone, friendly to no one. 2. Decide to be aggressive enough, quickly enoug...

Check out this link to some totally amazing looking terrain.  Link -

It's been 30 years since the release of Blade Runner and 10 years since Minority Report . Both are rich sources of predictions about th...

On a chain of beautiful deserted islands in the middle of South Pacific, the following people are stranded: Two Italian men and one Italian...

There are some interesting positions that tanks have got themselves into on this U-Tube clip of tank fails. I can imagine recovery action o...

This weeks picture of the week is of one of my favourite fantasy figures from my 25-28mm Orc army.  Here we have my Orc General made by the ...

This is a stunning little video of a restored Jeep. - -

On Sunday, as well being Fathers Day it was also the Military Vehicle Day at the Imperial War Museum Duxford . For those not familiar with...

My picture of the week is the front cover art of an old ZX Spectrum computer game called 'The Lords Of Midnight' . This was a very...

Few countries in the world have been invaded as often, and by so many other nations, as Afghanistan, where many soldiers and civilians of va...

A quick reminder to everyone that it is the Duxford Military Vehicle Show next Sunday, the 17 June 2012. Put it in your diary :) Weather ...

Back in 1977 when I was still at school, I used to sit next to a lad called Chris Jenkins in my O Level History lesson. Chris and I have ha...

Just discovered these on U-Tube.  They are worth watching whether of not you have seen the movie yet. - - - -

Amazing modelmaking that has taken place for some films. Link - -

When Kansas weather turns cold, Bing Powell still wears three pairs of socks to warm his feet that suffered trench foot during the bitterly ...

Last night a small posse of us saddled up and dropped-shipped into the latest of the Alien film franchise Prometheus. Myself I have delibe...

One of my favourite pieces of Battletech artwork is the picture of this BattleMaster taken from the front cover of the Rolling Thunder sup...

Check out this footage I found on the British Pathe film site - -

Over the years I thought I'd read about every vehicle the Germans operated, so I was surprised when I saw mention of the Panzerjäger Bor...

Spotted that THQ have started talking about the next game in the Company of Heroes franchise (imaginatively) called Company Of Heroes 2.  A...

For Tiger Tank fans this is fantastic site to visit. Myself, I've never seen most of the factory assembly photos. Link . Highly reco...

The weeks photo of the week, is of a Sea Harrier FRS2 that was on static display at the 2004 Fairford Airshow. - - I selected this ph...

A collection of photographs from a young sailor in World War II has sparked mystery about the events leading to the sinking of the formidabl...

Just heard today that Warhammer Historical (part of Games Workshop ) has closed down, which presumably means that Warhammer Ancient Battles...

No doubt, this is 'must see' film for all fans of the franchise :) - -

Our MVT area group conducted its first road-run on Sunday 20th May. We had initially planned to stage the run on the 28 Apr, but due to ba...

The submarine sits silently on the seabed. Inside, the bodies of 58 sailors still rest, 80 years after the vessel sank in the English Chann...

I've decided to introduce a new feature to my blog, a 'Picture Of The Week'. This first one is of a Swedish S Tank I photogr...

Check out these new places to rent that were originally constructed as Air Raid Shelters !   Link

I took time out from revising for a (Purchasing) exam on Saturday morning, and went down to Bassingbourn Airfield to attend a local 1940s s...

A World War II RAF American-made P40 Kittyhawk single-engine fighter, which crash-landed in a remote part of the Egyptian desert in 1942, ha...

The latest version of these free Sci-Fi rules 'Fast And Dirty' is out, with all sorts of extra bits added.  Well worth checking out,...

The Royal Flying Corps came into being 100 years ago and played a key role in World War I - but who were its heroic pilots and why was the c...

Check out the pictures of this 28mm Italian town on this TMP thread.  Simply awesome !   Link - -

This is quite interesting. -   -

The truck engine cranks over really slowly when cold.  I need to get to the bottom of why this is... - -

Guys I came across a bunch of podcasts on the Bovington Tank Museum web site. Done by tank veterans (one of whom is the well known wargamer...

This gallery is worth checking out for some fantastic dioramas.   Link

This little movie on U-Tube by Pixar is excellent !   Link - -

A compass shows the direction the plane ( Heinkel 219 ) was when it crashed. The guns are corroded by many years on the ocean floor. Metal r...

I followed a link to this this quick film about various Allied Living History groups taking part in a WW2 private battle in Apr 2012. The ...

A Lincolnshire farmer has told how he spent 15 years trying to find a lost squadron of Spitfires that was buried in Burma at the end of the ...

The Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs (FBHVC) try to encourage everyone with a historic vehicle to get out and about in it on a ...

US Army Chaplain Father Emil Kapaun stole, suffered and sacrificed his life for his fellow soldiers in a Korean prison camp. Six decades aft...

A small German firm offers a unique service to the country’s construction industry: It uses historical British and American aerial photograp...