Advanced Additions

We haven't added to our range of 6mm Advanced Buildings for a (long) while; despite this, they seem still to be pretty popular. Today that changes, as we have five new additions to the range. The first building is a simple two-storey affair with attached garage/workshop - in terms of layout it's almost like a modern domestic house. Next we have a medical centre.

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Platform Games

Sometimes customers send us ideas for new products. Occasionally these are not practical ideas, or things that we don't think would sell in sufficient numbers to make it worthwhile, so they quietly get forgotten. More often they are good ideas, but we have to fit them into our schedule and they disappear into the pending pile for an age until we can get around to them.

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End of the Line

Today we have a new addition to the Small Scale Scenery range's railway collection. This is a large British Terminus station, based on the one in Norwich. A Terminus Station is one where the line ends - trains either have to terminate here, or reverse direction to continue their journey, there are no through trains. This example dates from the mid 1800s and has an ornate facade with a cloister vault roof over the central entrance. You'll need some work with a fine brush to pick out all the detail on this one ! SSS-8232 - British Terminus Station - £4.00

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Holiday Time Again

For domestic/logistical reasons (burnt out car windscreen washer pump; broken chassis on mechanic's van; loose exhaust tailpipe) we're slightly behind with the post this week. Orders have been cast and packed but are stuck in the out tray. This should be sorted by the weekend (MoT has been passed; new exhaust going on tomorrow) and all outstanding orders will hopefully be on their way on Saturday morning.

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The Cities of Mars

More extracts from the report by Lt Algernon Carmichael-Jefferies (22nd West Kent Lancers) on his Mars expedition. Mars is sparsely populated compared to Earth, so we were able to infiltrate ourselves by patrol cutter relatively easily and set up a surveillance post overlooking one of the larger known cities in the region. The southern hemisphere appears to be heavily marked with craters, canyons and other rifts and in the main the larger population areas are based in these lower zones.

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Chinese Starlight

For this week's release we have a new Chinese merchant spaceship, the Xingguang (星光) - this translates to 'starlight' or 'starshine'. It's a solid, chunky freighter built for carrying bulk cargo. The model has a one-piece resin hull with metal detail pieces. SFS-5030 - Xingguang Heavy Freighter.

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Doing our (EU) Duty

It's "fun" being a small manufacturer trying to negotiate international rules and regulations nowadays. The latest thing thrown at us is a new regime of customs duties being levied by the EU on all packages originating outside of the Union. This is presumably aimed at the likes of Temu, Shein, AliExpress et al, but of course, being a rather blunt instrument, it hammers the little guys as well.

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Last Chance for Sheffield

Don't forget that we'll be at the Joy of Six show at Sheffield Hallam University in the heart of the city this coming Sunday. For those sweltering in the heatwave that's covering much of the UK this week, the good news is that the forecast is for a cooler day, around 23-24°C, which should be much more comfortable in the venue (it's forecast to be as much as 35°C at the workshop tomorrow, so Tony would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as he toils in the heat).

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World of Mortars

We have something new in the 28mm Great War range this week - actually three somethings. We have a trio of heavy mortars, one each for the British, German and French armies. The French get the Mortier de 58 mm type 2, otherwise known as the Crapouillot or "little toad". The finned projectiles were fitted to a launching tube that fitted within the barrel, with the large warhead projecting beyond the muzzle. For the British we have a 9.45" Heavy Trench Mortar, which also picked up the unusual nickname of "flying pigs".

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Men of Harlech

Phil is rather proud of his Welsh heritage, which is why we have a small Welsh fleet in our spaceships range. Recently he's turned his hand to modelling some famous Welsh castles, the first of which are up for release today. We're starting with one of the most famous, Harlech Castle in Gwynedd. Built between 1282 and 1289 by Edward I during his invasion of Wales, it withstood a siege during the uprising of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294-5 but fell to Owain Glyndwr in 1404 before being recaptured in 1409.

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Canal Diaries

This week's release arose from a conversation at Joy of Six last year; someone suggested that what the Small Scale Scenery range needed was some canal pieces (take a bow, Des). His interest was in Cold War games and he pointed out that Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany are criss-crossed by canals of various sizes which would be vital linear obstacles during any Warsaw Pact invasion of Western Europe.

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Krasnoarmeyets

'Krasnoarmeyets' means 'Red Army Man' - which is what we have today. Two new packs of figures in our 6mm sci-fi range, both Neo-Soviet infantry and heavy weapons. The infantry pack has 27 figures in six poses - squad leader, RPG gunner, LMG and three riflemen. The heavy weapons pack has a variety of weapons including heavy mortars, tripod gatlings and grenade launchers, shoulder launched missiles and backpack gatlings.

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June Shows

May has flown by, so we're approaching June and our next two shows. First up is Broadside in Gillingham, our local show, run by Milton Hundred Wargames Club. We'll have the usual range of stock, with a full range of fleet packs, army packs, Slammers detachments etc, alongside Celtos and the new 28mm SF range. We've been told that there will be Voidfighter game running in the hall so we'll make sure we have plenty of Squadron Commander miniatures with us.

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Back up in Space

Today we have the new Shikishima class Battleship for the Japanese Space Force, which we originally released at Salute and is now available on the website. It follows a similar design to our other Japanese ships with a large habitation ring around the fuselage and turrets spaced around the hull. Owners of our previous vessels will be pleased to know that we've tweaked the ring design slightly to make it a better fit.

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The Skies of Mars

Further extracts from the reports by Lt Algernon Carmichael-Jefferies of the 22nd West Kent Lancers. The Syrtians maintain a powerful aerial fleet of flying warships. Unlike the small hovering silver craft of the Olympians, those of this Southern empire are closer in design to our own ships, although their arrow-head like profiles are somewhat removed from human configurations. Unlike Earth built vessels, they appear not to use steam power, having no recognisable funnels or chimneys.

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The Fortresses of the Syrtis Major Planum

Extracts from the report by Lt Algernon Carmichael-Jefferies of the 22nd West Kent Lancers on his three week reconnaissance mission to the Southern uplands of Mars.

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Time for some post-Salute R&R

It's been a couple of weeks since Salute, and our major achievement since then has been to clear the small backlog of orders that built up during the leadup to the show. We've also had quite a few orders since then, so it looks like we were able to reach some new people as well, which is great. Having managed to get back to normal, the obvious thing to do is go on holiday and let the orders pile up again!

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Hic Sunt Dracones

The sàirdseant looked to his left and his right, surveying the ranks of the lannsairean. Their polished armour gleamed in the waning sun as they patiently waited on the ridge while the battle raged below. He could clearly see his lord Nuada in the centre of the action, his silver arm flashing as it caught the last rays of the day.

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Air Cossacks

The first of our Salute releases to reach the website are the three 15mm VTOLs for the Hammer's Slammers New Ukrainian Air Cossacks. There is already a detachment list for these using other models, but there should shortly be an updated version which features these instead. With the advent of accurate line-of-sight powerguns in the Hammer's Slammers universe, the life expectancy of high-flying aircraft and VTOLs is quite short.

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