Saturday, 27 June 2026

Something a Little Different...

I have been playing wargames with my friend Barry for 51 years and for the past twenty years his basement has been the defacto home for our group. Not only does he supply the space, but provides tea and coffee and heats the space in winter. So when he asked me to make some pieces for use in his adaption of Wings of War it was a pleasure to do so, and even more of a pleasure will be to present them to him tomorrow (Sunday) on his 89th birthday.

The first item is a bridge, that he wants to use as an objective in his game. It is made to fit in with his existing rivers. The intact bridge is placed over top of the destroyed version - when it is destroyed just lift it off...

Intact...



...destroyed!



Then there are two home airfields - a grass landing strip, a few tents and a place to park aircraft.



Finally there are eight anti-aircraft gun positions scratch built from various left over plastic parts and placed within sandbags, earthworks and similar.



They were all a bit of fun to make.



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10 comments:

  1. Steve J.27 June 2026 at 07:39

    Excellent additions to his terrain and a very neat idea re: the bridge in two versions on one base. I'm sure he'll love them and great that you've been gaming together for so long:)

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    1. Mark Strachan27 June 2026 at 08:35

      Thanks Steve. I was amazed when I added up the years...it has gone fast.

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  2. Neil Scott27 June 2026 at 07:40

    The bridge is great, switching between intact and destroyed

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    1. Mark Strachan27 June 2026 at 08:34

      Thanks Neil. It the ruined bridge was solution to avoid building two different versions!

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  3. Michal DwarfCrypt27 June 2026 at 08:02

    Beautiful work Mark!

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  4. rross27 June 2026 at 08:07

    These look great Mark....they must be smaller than they appear in your images to go with the Wings of War models!

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    1. Mark Strachan27 June 2026 at 08:32

      They are slightly under scale for Wings of War. That scale is 1:144 so fractionally over 2mm to the foot. I have done these at around 1.8mm to the foot.

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  5. Lawrence H27 June 2026 at 08:39

    Lovely pieces Mark and a great idea for inclusion in a Wings of War game. Please give my best to Barry for tomorrow, if he can remember me from that long ago. I can vaguely recall going to his place once with a few others but can't remember why - they had a scotch but I was too young to partake, although I made up for it in my late teens.

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    1. Mark Strachan27 June 2026 at 09:03

      Shall do. I wasn't sure what to get him for a gift so when he asked me about making those pieces it was a God send. Yes...I remember you in your late teens...at one our parties at Rotomahana Terrace and a strange party trick you had with marshmallows...another very odd one with fireworks in Grey Lynn...and, of course, your famous 21s party at the Papakura Yacht Club...all those years ago.

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