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Richard M · Posted: Fri 02 Feb 2007 12:12 pm Post subject:

I've been checking out some sites for info regarding Sealion.
Wikipedia Operation Sealion
Wikipedia British anti-invasion preparations of World War II
Wikipedia German Order of Battle
Operation Sealion
British defenses
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Owen · Posted: Sun 25 Feb 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

I thought these might give some inspiration (Sherringham Cliffs and Beach):

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Owen · Posted: Mon 05 Mar 2007 18:59 pm Post subject:

A couple more of an old Pillbox in the woods near Cromer:

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joe · Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2007 16:28 pm Post subject:

i just wanna jump in that pillbox and play "operation sealion!"
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Owen · Posted: Sun 11 Mar 2007 17:09 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid you can't! It was private property so I had to take the pics from the road!
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joe · Posted: Sat 22 Sep 2007 08:36 am Post subject:

http://www.flamesofwar.com/Defaul...0&art_id=233&kb_cat_id=24

This is about how to make good standard wargaming boards.
Bar the rock faces and the seperate bases for various things, i think it's a useful article!

Also, i was wondering what make/kind of grass we would go for? Bogstandard static grass didn't say 'Britain' to me as it looks too sunny and wargamey, but there are 'Pasture' Type kinds of static grass and flock out there which look more real all round i think
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Ratch · Posted: Sat 22 Sep 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

Useful article Joe

My personal view is that static grass looks good for mown lawns, tidy verges and the like

and that the rougher pasture type would suit grazing fields (or pasture land

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joe · Posted: Sat 22 Sep 2007 14:50 pm Post subject:

i'd agree, ratch. Thinking about it, in the main villiage/s we should use trimmed and watered grass ( lush static grass ), because it's surely tended to by those nice british locals!

Heres a great load of articles we'll be needing

http://us.games-workshop.com/games/lotr/terrain/tt_texture/main.htm

On the roadsides ect, we could go for something like regular green flock for natural bogstandard roadside grass.

In fields that are/have been occupied by livestock we could go for darker static grass, layed in patches on top of flock to look like its been grazed and trampled.

In unused fields just go for field grass which is here: http://www.woodlandscenics.com/images/FG174b.jpg

And then for paths and rough not very nice areas go for this http://us.games-workshop.com/games/lotr/terrain/tt_texture/earth.htm
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sun 14 Oct 2007 17:41 pm Post subject:

For anyone wanting to backdate the Airfix PzIV Ausf F/F2 to an Ausf D:

http://www.lloydianaspects.co.uk/models/pzivd.html

For what it's worth & all the best

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sat 17 Nov 2007 18:46 pm Post subject:

For those interested in modelling British armoured vehicles:

http://www.armouredacorn.com/Reference/CVM/Not3.htm

For what it's worth & all the best
BTW - The pillbox in the last few images is available as a prebuilt model from Muswell Models.

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2008 11:56 am Post subject:

HERE is a picture of a Tauchpanzer III that I have not seen before.

For what it's worth & all the best

airfixteen · Posted: Tue 26 Feb 2008 15:32 pm Post subject:

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Wed 27 Feb 2008 19:21 pm Post subject:

The Tauchpanzer III was an amphibious tank, based on the Pz III Ausf E, built specially for Operation Sealion. This was not a swimming tank, it drove along the bottom and used snorkels to supply air and to vent its exhaust. It was actually used for crossing some of the Soviet Union's quite sizeable rivers during Operation Barbarossa.

The flamethrower version of the Pz III was the Flammpanzer III. This was a comparatively late development, converted from the Pz III Ausf M and a very nasty beast indeed!. The Italeri 1/72 Pz III Ausf M kit contains basic parts to build one of these fire breathing monsters.....It's the long thick gun tube not mentioned in the instructions!

HTH & All the best

airfixteen · Posted: Wed 27 Feb 2008 20:05 pm Post subject:

cheers Sarge

how do you know all this stuff?

It truly amazes me!!!!!!!!!
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Wed 27 Feb 2008 20:36 pm Post subject:

TBH I don't know that much.....Just a little about each subject and a bit of detail about one or two favourites.....We have members much more knowlegable than me! I am a fairly prolific browser of the net and I pick up a fair bit of information online.....How useful or accurate some of it actually is, is probably open to debate!

I really can't afford to buy all the reference materel that I would like while still buying up my stash. The good news is that I have nearly all the vehicles that I want for my 1/72 German forces.....The bad news is that I now also have American, British & Commonwealth, Finnish, French, Italian, Partisan, Polish and Soviet forces of various sizes underway too.....The latter is proving extremely costly!

For what it's worth & all the best

airfixteen · Posted: Wed 27 Feb 2008 20:39 pm Post subject:

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Thu 28 Feb 2008 02:25 am Post subject:

I agree totally Luke!

All the best

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Mon 31 Mar 2008 06:23 am Post subject:

For anyone wanting to backdate the Airfix PzIV Ausf F/F2 to an almost accurate Ausf C:

http://wargames.spyz.org/convPZIVC.html

This conversion is not as detailed or as accurate as the Ausf D conversion linked to earlier. The Pz IV Ausf C should have a very different gun mantlet to the Airfix kit and the kit exhaust should be replaced in the same manner as for the Ausf D.

For what it's worth & all the best

stuzzar · Posted: Mon 07 Jul 2008 21:45 pm Post subject:

Just for some idea for layouts, here are some shots that I took at Salute back in April of a what if wargame based around Operation Sealion. I thought that the idea was quite simple and fairly effective.

Some of the materials used to obtain the various field textures include towelling and teddy bear fur.

You will also note a police call box which rather mysteriously moved around the table during the course of the day

I wonder how it managed that

Cheers

Stu