Arnhem Big Game Friday PM

[Don McHugh]

Unfortunately the hall was not big enough to fit in the table for XXX Corps Breakout, so it was back to Colin's to pay the game in his wargames room.

I was delayed by an excellent cup of tea, so missed the first couple of moves.



Irish Guards waiting for room on the road north.



Dozer wasn't on the side lines for long.



Irish Guards seemed not to have made much progress, but the Germans had caught them out by deploying along way forward.



Progress was very slow.



This was just one of a number of German A/T guns taking advantage of the Guards very exposed position. There even appear to have been a couple of ex-Russian guns in there.



Burning tanks begin to block the road. Other tanks are loathed to pass in case they get damaged by the burning tank.



More German guns appear from ambush and add to the pressure on the Guards.



Dozer tank arrives to clear the road.



Typhoon arrives to help clear some of the nasties.



Things soon improve and the Guards advance to the wood.



A few lucky shots during the pre-game bombardment had cleared the Germans from the wood, so the speed of the advance picks up.



Doesn't seem too much in left to delay the Guards.



Guards make a final dash for Valkenswaard and find the village clear.



The road is very soon full of traffic moving North, next stop Eindhoven.

Don

[nickoftime45]

Quite wonderful! The tension moving up that single highway is palpable. Whilst, glad you had time for tea, makes sure XXX corps keeps that to a minimum.

[mausmann]

Most excellent again, many thanx for posting....

[Richard B.]

Fantastic photos - thanks

[Admiral Hawke]

An inspring report. The terrain is superb and the tanks of the Irish Guards look great. I hadn't realized just how big the AEC armoured car was. Great stuff.

I'm tempted to try this scenario as the race against time brings an extra element. Thank you for sharing and inspiring.

[dead1]

Excellent report. Love the paint jobs on those Brit tanks.

[Forrester]

Excellent report. Love the paint jobs on those Brit tanks.

Yes, they are exquisite.

[Timotheus]

Ditto to the above comments. I particularly like both road/wood pieces, myself. Lot of god PSC stuff, who makes the AEC?

[Alanmccoubrey]

Ditto to the above comments. I particularly like both road/wood pieces, myself. Lot of god PSC stuff, who makes the AEC?

I doubt that there was any PSC kit on that table, most of the vehicles are older than that company.

[Don McHugh]

Ditto to the above comments. I particularly like both road/wood pieces, myself. Lot of god PSC stuff, who makes the AEC?

The only PSC kit are the Sherman 75mms, Fireflies and Stuarts.

The AEC is an old Skytrex metal model from back in the day

Don

[dead1]

Early War Miniatures does an AEC mark III:

https://earlywarminiatures.com/product/ ... ailed-kit/

[DaveC]

Early War Miniatures does an AEC mark III:

https://earlywarminiatures.com/product/ ... ailed-kit/

That'll be the same one - in principle at least derived from the same master. Somewhat lighter if Paul is producing it in Resin or resin + metal and very probably sharper detailed - some of the older Hinchcliffe moulds were very tired.