Continental Cavalry and other bits and bobs

 Seem to be busy at the moment, although I should have more time now the Tour de France has finished ! Here is a snap shot of stuff which might be of interest.

First up my first unit of cavalry for AWI these are the 3rd Continental light Dragoons in their characteristic white and blue.

Foundry figures which were easy to paint up, the banner is a bit of a botch, but I was too lazy to order one from GMB and wait, I might put an order in some time when I need few more to make the postage worthwhile. I don’t plan to have lots of cavalry but these need to be balanced by some British at some point

Next up a British Oerlikon 20 mm Autocannon, these were mainly used in naval situations but apparently some were mounted on these small tractor units as antitank weapons. As an autocannon in bolt action it will get 2 shots so will be a powerful weapon against poorly armed vehicles , not much use against German armoured tank though. It is a Warlord model

A German Kettenkrad, these were effectively an all terrain motorbike used for towing small loads. The initial versions were used by airborne troops as it fitted in a JU52 and this one will see action towing a small howitzer into action as part of a parachute unit

I said I would post up some size comparisons between the Gordon Studios Figures I ordered her is a Norwegian infantry man next to a converted warlord winter German and a crusader paratrooper. They work pretty well size wise and are nice enough sculpts. I have a couple of units of these to paint up

I also ordered a couple of Gebirgsjager from Gorgon to bulk out my small mountain force for Norway, again the size comparison is favourable I think, although my warlord Gebirgsjager are very slight in scale.

An odd bit of history I bumped into this weekend, I visited a number of family members who were staying in Scotland at a very grand house called Bemersyde, near the river tweed. Turns out it was the house the nation bought General Douglas Haig after WW1 to thank him for his service for the nation. It is still owned by the family, but is now rented out in sections as a holiday location, the tower is from 1540 or so.

It is full of interesting snippets of history, portraits

and photos

His study still has his desk as above.

I will leave it for others to decide what his contribution was to our victory in WW1, having visited the house I have read up a couple of bits and it appears the popular notion of uncaring incompetent general may not be the whole truth. Not really my period but nice to bump into some military history.

Finally a landscape shot, the weather has been crazy hot in England

Hope you are all well 👍