Hi Doug, I looked around upstairs and found several things from the seventies - Avalon Hill General, Panzerfaust, and a Wargamers Digest. Just signed up for ...
802
timothymyall1
Apr 23, 2010 8:40 pm
For me, I have Pike and Shot Society mags that are so old they don't have a date. I THINK I started to subscribe in 1976 but there was a break (it was pay the...
803
Eric Hotz
erichotz
Apr 23, 2010 9:24 pm
I was just thinking about that yesterday. There will soon be an influx of wargamers in retirement homes. Veterans of a different sort. I can just hear the...
804
Doug Melville
dmelville64
Apr 24, 2010 12:53 am
I think my first ones were Airfix magazine in about 1972.... when i first encountered the concept of modifying Airfix figures with plasticene and the ...
805
Graham Evans
graham_d_evans
Apr 24, 2010 7:38 am
... I've got a Military Modelling from May 1971. My longest unbroken subscription would be to WD's Nugget, which started in 1980 anmd has never lapsed. Graham ...
806
william
bbscgt
Apr 24, 2010 11:13 pm
Issues #1 of both wargames illustrated and miniature wargames though I stopped getting them on a regular basis. The Courier starting with the 2nd volume....
807
Phil Wilson
phil481uk
Apr 25, 2010 12:21 am
February 1967 Airfix Magazine,Meccano Magazine from Sept 66-July 70 with the Charles Grant "Battle" articles(pays to be school librarian),every issue of...
808
edgington52@...
grelber97
Apr 25, 2010 1:51 pm
I started buying Wargames Digest in 1976. I bought them individually from the local hobby store until I graduated from college, had a regular job, and could...
809
Gary richard
richardgaryl
Apr 26, 2010 12:35 am
Well, I had the complete run of Wargamer's Digest, as long as it was about wargaming, and not rehashed military history,(Gene McCoy's, not Scruby"s); actually,...
810
Tom Bryant
beria_49441
Jun 21, 2010 11:24 am
811
Tom Bryant
beria_49441
Jun 21, 2010 11:26 am
Hi All, Well folks, its the summer and that means its time again for Peninsula Campaigns. This year our convention will again be held at the Fraternal Order of...
812
minisman202
Aug 20, 2010 4:20 pm
What, no comments from the gallery being told you are silly men??! :-) Or such a truth it demands no response? ...DougH (personal comment: You have,no doubt...
813
timothymyall1
Aug 20, 2010 8:20 pm
Doug Not sure what to say. My wife thinks like that all the time and so do her friends. Maybe we are just used to the ridicule. Regards Tim...
814
mltryhstrn@...
jerrylannigan
Aug 20, 2010 9:36 pm
Dear Doug & Tim, I suppose my wife's comment that the boys had channeled me and my friends said just about everything that needed saying. For instance about...
815
dave cooper
dcnapoleon
Aug 20, 2010 9:43 pm
You left out Balding - going grey - or getting Fat - not to mention how us silly old men cant "move lead like we could when we was younger". And war protestors...
816
dave cooper
dcnapoleon
Aug 20, 2010 9:46 pm
LOLOLOLOLOLOL - now thats funny - I am glad your friends were ok. Brings a whole new meaning to the term "roadkill"; ... From: mltryhstrn@......
817
Gary richard
richardgaryl
Aug 20, 2010 10:45 pm
This is thirdhand, but years ago I heard about a guy who had a traffic accident while on his way to a game with his collection of late '70s Middle Earth...
818
Kevin Smyth
ksmyth34
Aug 21, 2010 4:31 am
Three or four years ago I was cleaning up from Enfilade (one of my designated roles as NHMGS officer), picked up a sweatshirt I didn't recognize and tucked it...
819
Gary richard
richardgaryl
Aug 21, 2010 2:35 pm
I have a friend whose son was also injured in Iraq. They regularly come to the major east coast conventions together, and I think Enfilade also.    ...
820
dave cooper
dcnapoleon
Aug 21, 2010 6:08 pm
Huzzzzahhhhhhhhh - a lot of veterans don't get there due. especially disabled ones. ... From: Kevin Smyth <kgsmyth@...> Subject: RE: [LarryLeadhead] No...
821
Jeff
gunny0351
Aug 21, 2010 7:56 pm
Some things don't always need answering. Have to laugh though. As a vet (21 years in the Corps) I was fortunate. Short story though. I was home on leave at...
822
timothymyall1
Aug 27, 2010 7:58 pm
In my naivety I assumed that we would be told in today's strip the answer to the question were the cuffs coat colour or special issue. But no, today's stip is...
823
timothymyall1
Aug 27, 2010 8:03 pm
God my typing is bad. I blame it on the wireless keyboard... It should have read ' In my naivety I assumed that we would be told in today's strip the answer...
824
Eric Hotz
erichotz
Aug 28, 2010 1:01 am
I will run it past Doug and see what he thinks... Doug is away this week, which is why he hasn't responded....
825
Jerry
jerrylannigan
Aug 29, 2010 3:11 pm
Hi Guys, There's larry sitting art his painting table wondering about why he is painting the trim on 500 figures. Did anybody else wonder what scale the...
826
edgington52@...
grelber97
Aug 29, 2010 3:42 pm
I'm pretty much a 25mm guy, but one time the group decided to go for 15mm Napoleonics. I went along, picking the Saxon Army, figuring it wouldn't be too big...
827
minisman202
Aug 29, 2010 6:04 pm
... Ah, yes, the questions which bother us... Well, I don't know the answer either however for speed of painting I will be painting the "white" cuffs the same...
828
mltryhstrn@...
jerrylannigan
Aug 29, 2010 6:07 pm
That's what I assumed, too. Imagine if he were doing 6 mm ... no wonder his eyes hurt! Jerry In a message dated 8/29/2010 11:42:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ...
829
timothymyall1
Aug 29, 2010 6:53 pm
Jerry Larry is paiting the number of figures required to convert a 15mm DBM/DBR army into a FoG:AM / FoG:R army......
830
Doug Melville
dmelville64
Aug 29, 2010 11:53 pm
I took a couple of weeks off in between major projects, and thought I would catch up on some painting that has been sadly neglected. Doing a quick check I...
