I've just released another set of Spanish Civil War flags in 1:100th, 1:72nd and 1:56th scales altogether. Today set is devoted to Moroccan Cavalry squadrons, for either Mehalla or Regulares colonial troops.
They're available on Minairons website at the usual price of €1.65 (+VAT where applying).
I'm happy to announce the release of a new 1:100th scale AFV model for Spanish Civil War 15mm gaming --the Chevrolet armoured car, whose 1:72nd version was also released shortly ago.
Model itself can't be easier to build, for it just consists of three main parts (hull, turret and hull MG), thanks to it having been DLP 3D-printed. It's on sale as either a 2-vehicle boxed set, or as a single vehicle pack.
Photo above corresponds to its 1:72nd scale version side by side with a Soviet BA-6 (this one, from Pegasus), showing their overall close similarity.
This particular AFV can be used both for SCW and WWII (in French and German service).
These are the greens of our upcoming War of Spanish Succession 1:72nd scale figure set. As you can see, it is going to consist of four grenadier figures in marching poses. This below is what they look like alongside to a musketeer figure.
New set is due to be released right this Spring - or even late Winter, depending on latest hour schedule adjustments.
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.
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.
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.
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!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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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.
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.
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 1:72nd and 1:100th 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.
