Jim's Wargames Workbench

Welcome to my blog. I have upwards of 100 projects in various stages of incompletion or total abandonment, so you may well find something of interest if you rummage about a bit. I concentrate on solo air and naval wargaming but other 'skirmishy' things quite often pop up out of nowhere, only to disappear again after something else grabs my attention. I even finish the occasional project now and again!

Wednesday, 20 May 2026

War of the Pacific Base Repainting

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I've been meaning to repaint the bases of my 1/2400th scale War of the Pacific models for a while, as they don't match my other iron...
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Tuesday, 19 May 2026

Argentinian Pre-Dreadnoughts Finished

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Monday, 18 May 2026

Argentinian Pre-dreadnought Painting Progress

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Some really good progress with the 1/2400th scale pre-dreadnoughts over the weekend, means that I only need to paint the bases and add a var...

There She Blows! Up?

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It was the Partizan show in Newark at the weekend, which is just a bit too far for me to go but seems to be probably the best wargaming show...
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Sunday, 17 May 2026

New Colonial Wargame Rules

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  As Kipling once quipped, and I paraphrase, "a gentleman can never have too many books, too much red wine or too much ammunition"...
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Saturday, 16 May 2026

Argentinian Pre-Dreadnought Blocking In

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After a brief intermission due to work I'm now cracking on with the Argentinian Pre-dreadnought additions to my 'What If?' proje...
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Friday, 15 May 2026

It's....AK-47 Competition Time!

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After a long and tedious day at work, there's nothing better than a little competition to cheer things up a bit. I've started a not ...
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Thursday, 14 May 2026

Re-thinking Rugen

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I've been re-thinking the 1/2400th scale Tumbling Dice models that I'm going to use for the Danish and Prussian ships at the Battle ...
Wednesday, 13 May 2026

Strafing Rules for Algernon Pulls Its Off!

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  I spent a couple of hours in total over the last week or so, drafting a set of simple ground attack or 'trench strafing' rules for...
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Tuesday, 12 May 2026

SPAD VII Scenario Research

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This is the latest and quite possibly the last addition to my stack of Osprey Publishing WW1 aircraft books, a gap in my bookshelf that I...
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