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@simon-templar3.bsky.social

Wargamer & boardgamer. Second World War, Sci-fi & fantasy.

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Picked this up secondhand from a museum bookshop today. What a cover! 😍

08.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It almost looks like a tiger! Amazing the level of additional armour that crews rigged up as improvisation.

01.01.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic detail and shading/highlighting at that scale 😍

01.01.2026 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely job Joe! Love all the sandbags as additional armour!

01.01.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Powell

This model was inspired by reading about the DSO awarded action of Maj John Powell of this Canadian unit at Keppeln in the Hochwald on 26feb 1945. Link below if anyone is interested about reading further. #wargaming

warfare.ueuo.com/Canada/Pow1....

01.01.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#festivetankchallenge A day late on completion but finally finished my Sherman after being away for a few days. Modelled as a Firefly of C-Sqn 6th Armoured Regiment (1st Hussars) of 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade. Thanks as always to @tomjmegan.bsky.social for the motivation. #wargaming #scalemodels

01.01.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with blue paint on his face stands in front of a crowd with the word hold on the bottom right ALT: a man with blue paint on his face stands in front of a crowd with the word hold on the bottom right

Waiting for the weather is challenging…

26.12.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a green airplane with the number 70 on it ALT: a man in a green airplane with the number 70 on it

Merry Christmas and happy new Paul

26.12.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas and Happy new year Per. Cute jamthund!
Looking forward to your blog posts next year as always πŸ™‚

26.12.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make a Bond movie casual.

Dither Another Day

26.12.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party

24.12.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Table looks great. Well done!

24.12.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#festivetankchallenge
Basecoat on today. Added some cut-up gauze bandage dipped in pva around the front chassis and on the turret and gun barrel to model hessian camo net and foliage.
#wargaming #scalemodels

23.12.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I picked up a great hardback edition of Mark Zuehlke’s Ortona book at Warfare 2025 show in November. Looking forward to reading more about this battle in 2026

23.12.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s solid progress Rachel. Looks good 😎 just go at your own pace and enjoy the build. Look forward to seeing your tank completed

22.12.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Superb 😍

22.12.2025 20:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Back to work today so not as much progress on #festivetankchallenge but still got overall assembly and extra stowage added as per @tomjmegan.bsky.social although I’ve skipped the extra armour and going hatches open. Hopefully painting tomorrow #wargaming #scalemodels

22.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

According to the noise outside my window at 6am this morning mine was today πŸ™ˆ

22.12.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are going to go you may as well go all in

22.12.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watching Heroes of Telemark (again!).
No matter how many times you see it that scene with Kirk Douglas on the ferry rounding up all the kids near the lifeboat before the bomb goes off is just so tense!

21.12.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@joewargamer.bsky.social its going together very quickly and with no issues. It comes with a great decal sheet of unit markings but absolutely no guidance on what decals relate to what units/theatres 🀷 I’ll probably just do a simple Normandy unit

21.12.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#festivetankchallenge underway with work started on the 1/56 rubicon Firefly VC. Always good fun participating in this each year πŸ˜€

#wargaming #scalemodels

21.12.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The #1 movie when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to

20.12.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books

20.12.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I don't care what anyone says, I like that movie."

18.12.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Agree @tomjmegan.bsky.social Just waiting for flag drop on #festivetankchallenge

13.12.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
RAF Mosquito anti-shipping missions with 57mm gun and rockets
YouTube video by Aviation videos archives part2 1935-1950 RAF Mosquito anti-shipping missions with 57mm gun and rockets

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnpr...

30.11.2025 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you mean like this?

29.11.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks right up my yardarm. Order submitted πŸ‘

27.11.2025 23:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are coming to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Odds are pretty good….

26.11.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0