Friday, February 25, 2022

WSS Lisbon I.R. flags and guide

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I'm happy to announce release of yet another set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at 1:100th, 1:72nd and 1:56th scales altogether. Today, it's the flags for a Two Crowns' Spanish unit: Lisbon I.R., another of the senior regiment in the Spanish Army of that time. Along with the flags, I've also released a PDF guide on the subject for free download, as usual.

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After this release, our War of Spanish Succession flag ranges comprise 8 Two Crowns' Spanish regiments, 7 Austrophile Spanish regiments, another 7 late war Catalan regiments and 3 Portuguese flag designs - in all three scales , as said.

Thursday, February 17, 2022

WSS Richardi I.R. flags and guide

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It's already available a new set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at either 1:100th, 1:72nd and 1:56th scales: now it's been the turn for an Austrophile Spanish regiment: Town of Alicante I.R., more widely known as Richardi on behalf of its colonel, John Richards.

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Along with the flag sheets themselves, I've also released a PDF painting guide devoted to that very same Infantry Regiment. All my PDF guides can be freely downloaded from Minairons website.

More news soon!

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Upcoming polacre ship painting video

I'm happy to share this YouTube video below, recorded by a gaming mate, which shows the painting process of our upcoming 1:600th scale polacre - a three masted ship quite common in XVII-XVIII centuries Mediterranean waters, that was en evolution from xebecs. I hope you like it as much as I do!

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

New 1937 Chevrolet AAC

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I'm happy to announce release of a further Spanish Civil War AFV in 1:72nd scale: 1937 Chevrolet AAC, an armored car developed and built by loyalist forces in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War. Heavily inspired on Soviet BA-6s, some 60 to 90 Chevrolet AACs were built at Hispano-Suiza factory in Barcelona, using General Motors chassis as well as armour from Sagunt blast furnaces.

Its main differences to Soviet BA-6 were its turret, engine access doors, mudguard profile, wheels and (quite importantly) its Chevrolet engine, that was some 10 HP more powerful than that of their Soviet counterparts.

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After the Ebro Battle, where Nationalists destroyed 17 Chevies and captured other 18, all the remaining Chevrolet AAC that were still in Catalonia were pulled back to the French border, where they were given to the French border forces. France used them shortly afterwards with low casualties, although some 20 of them were captured by the Germans - who in turn reused them in Operation Barbarossa up to the the Battle of Moscow. According to some sources, a few went in hands of the Spanish Blue Division and were used in Leningrad whereabouts.

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