Going for an early frigate now

Our small Age of Sail ships range keeps growing steadily; this in pictures is our upcoming release: a mid-17th century frigate, a boat design laying mid way between 16th century 'fast galleons' and 18th century proper frigates --or so it seems to me, at least. Swift and maneuverable, this is the kind of ship one would choose for naval scouting or privateering.

Model itself consists of 10 parts in total, with a hull resin and white metal rigging. Ultimate model kit is to be sold in box along with an appropriate flag sheet.

The assembled sample model you can watch in pictures has been slightly modified by adding two pieces of wire for flagstaffs - one at stern, the other on mainmast.

New 1/72 Trubia A4 Tank

I'm happy to announce release of a further 1/72 scale Spanish Civil War fighting vehicle, the Trubia A4 tank. Intended to replace the Renault FT-17 in Spanish service, its development started by 1925 and included an innovative turret design in two independent sections, each one armed with a MG. By the outbreak of civil war, three of these tanks fell into Nationalist hands, while the fourth one was held by the Republican side.

Model itself consists of 13 parts in total, 6 of which are resin while the rest are white metal. Turret sections can be glued together if desired, but you can also let them to rotate independently.

This new boxed model kit retails at €10.95 and can already be found at our website.

WSS Portuguese Marine flags

Information on XVIII century portuguese military flags is very scarce, due to their national archives having been destroyed by either the 1755 earthquake or a fire in the 1820s. However, a few descriptions still survived so allowing us to guess at least general patterns, if not precise regimental colours.

Those we have released this week correspond to the Regimento (formerly Terço) da Armada, or portuguese Marine Infantry Regiment. Accordingly to experts, all flags carried by portuguese infantry were the same, and were unlikely to show any coat of arms, so that there were no differentiated King's and Regiment's Colours. However, we have thought it convenient to include an emblazoned version of the generally accepted flag, for just aesthetic reasons.

1/72 Trubia A4 tank, almost ready!

I'm delighted to announce the upcoming release of a new Spanish Civil War AFV in 1/72 scale: 1926 Trubia A4 tank. Model tooling is finally complete, so we're just awaiting boxart and package printing now.

As you can see by the picture below, main hull, tracks and turret sections are resin cast, while MGs and other accessories are white metal cast - 13 parts in total.

We expect to release this new model in around 2 weeks' time. Stay tuned!

Baltic Sea naval flags

I've just released three new Age of Sail 1:600 scale flag sets, now related to Danmark, Sweden and Russia. As usual, each of such sets includes one large ensign, two medium sized flags, a small jack and a commission pennant.

All three can be found at our website, 17th century and 18th century flag sections.

Another WSS Infantry flags set

I'm pleased to announce release of a new set of War of the Spanish Succession flags, at 1/56th, 1/72nd and 1/100th scales together as usual. This new set stands for the Spanish "Lombardy" Infantry Regiment and comprises both King's and Battalion's colours.

Also, I've released a small guide giving some orientation on history of uniforms, flags and the unit itself, which is already available on www.minairons.eu website as a PDF file for free download.

New Age of Sail flag sets

I've just released three new naval flag sets - those for a Renaissance to 1715 Majorcan privateer, a 1649-1658 English Republic warship and a 1660-1794 Dutch Man-of-war. As customary, such sets come as DIN A7 paper sheets comprising a large ensign, two mast flags, bow jack and pennant.

WSS Catalan Guards flags & painting guide

I'm proud to announce release of a new set of War of Spanish Succession flag sets, printed in 1/100, 1/72 and 1/56 scales altogether as usual. New set is devoted to the renowned Charles Habsburg's Catalan Guards, an elite fighting and bodyguard infantry regiment raised in November 1705 amongst the so-called "vigatans" - a name standing for the original group of notables from Vic town who forged with England the Treaty of Genoa, by which Catalonia would raise in arms and side with Charles Habsburg's cause.

Along with the forementioned flag sets I've also released a free painting guide for this colourful guard regiment - as a PDF file for free download, as customary too.

Note to those eventually interested in my WSS painting guides: I've detected an error in my website by which it was not always downloaded the requested PDF file. Such error has just been fixed, so you can now download properly such regimental guides. Apologies for eventual inconveniences!