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Ottoman Fort

Here are some photos of Orhaniye Tabyası, which is an Ottoman fort just south of Kumkale. The model is Shore Battery #3 from War Times Journal here:

16 Nov 2020 at 15:40

Here is a 3D printed model of HMS Aphis, an Insect-Class British river gunboat. She served in the Mesopotamia campaign, providing naval gunfire support on the Tigris River for example. The model is 2.5” long:

I have started working on a 1:600 scale Fly-Class gunboat too.

10 Nov 2020 at 17:04

WW1 Bulgarians

Here are some 6mm Irregular Miniatures Russians painted up as Bulgarians:

And some 15mm Peter Pig Russians as well:

8 Nov 2020 at 07:12

Battle of Sari Bair, 8 August 1915

The third game in this series reflects the fighting on 8 August when the New Zealanders established a foothold on Chunuk Bair. The photos and AAR can be found here.

28 May 2020 at 08:06

Battle of Sari Bair, 7 August 1915

Another After Action Report is published here. It is a continuation of the previous game, which played out differently from the historical battle.

29 Apr 2020 at 08:04

Turgut Reis

Turgut Reis was a German Brandenburg Class battleship, formerly SMS Weissenburg. She was purchased by the Ottoman navy in 1910, along with her sister ship Hayreddin Barbarossa (formerly SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm). Both ships provided naval gunfire support for the Ottoman amphibious assault at Şarköy during the Balkan Wars. This model is 1/1250 scale. It is 3D printed and is available from WTJ (see the online store here).

The town of Şarköy is just north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was lost to the Bulgarians during the war in 1913. In an interesting reversal of what happened in 1915, it was the Ottoman army that had to conduct the amphibious landing to re-capture the area. The scenario will be included in the upcoming Gallipoli scenarios supplement.

19 Mar 2020 at 08:57