WSS Lisbon I.R. flags and guide

I'm happy to announce release of yet another set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th 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.

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.

WSS Richardi I.R. flags and guide

It's already available a new set of War of Spanish Succession infantry flags at either 1:100^th, 1:72^nd and 1:56^th 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.

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!

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 1:600^th 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!

Don't forget to like and subscribe to this IMHO exciting channel!

New 1937 Chevrolet AAC

I'm happy to announce release of a further Spanish Civil War AFV in 1:72^nd 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.

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.

Bugatti type 59 preview

We've recently finished design stage of an iconic vintage racing car - the Bugatti type 59. In the next weeks we're going to 3D print some samples of it at both 1:72^nd and 1:100^th scales for testing purposes. While its larger version will consist of a few parts (hull, two axes and four wheels, all them resin cast), we're going to test if its smaller version can be produced as a single part just by 3D printing it.

After nearly 10 years of running Minairons Miniatures, lately I've become quite reluctant to give a precise schedule for new releases (given the high degree of uncertainties I've usually experienced before), but I think it reasonable now to expect it to be released over the first half of this year.

More Age of Sail flags released

We at Minairons miniatures have just released three new sets of flags, devoted to Age of Sail ships from Safavid Persia, Papal States and the Kingdom of Prussia. After these additions, our 17th century range of naval flags ascends now to 39 sets belonging to 21 different seafaring nations; while its 18th century sister has grown to 14 additional sets - some of which are compatible with the preceding ones.

Both ranges are listed on this page of Minairons News blog.

More to come soon!

New Moroccan mortar team

We've already made available a further set of 20mm SCW figures. What we've released now is a 81mm Valero mortar along with its Moroccan Regulares team - which, as you can see by the pictures below, consists of three different crewmen superbly sculpted by Leonid Primachenko.

New set retails at €4.95, just as the rest of our standard figure packs, and is available right now from our website.

Enjoy a happy Christmas day, as well as an exciting 2022 New Year!

War of the Spanish Succession Infantry painting video

We're happy to share this YouTube video below, recorded by a gaming mate, which shows the painting process of a Minairons miniatures WSS Austrophile Infantry set, along with its command group. I hope you like it as much as we do!

Don't forget to like and subscribe to this IMHO exciting channel!