African Bulldogs Away!

 

I was looking for something quick and fun to do while I wait for my Royal Navy pre-dreadnoughts to arrive, so pulled out these Skytrex Soviet FAC's that I'd assembled last year and glued them down to some textured bases. These will be the core of a force for an imaginary 1970's East African Soviet backed nation, something like Malawi, Tanganyika or Mozambique, with the action taking place either off shore or on one of the Great Lakes, for which I'll also have to come up with a suitable name and location. It's been a while but this is the original idea:

Jim's Wargames Workbench: Bulldogs Away! (jimswargamesworkbench.blogspot.com)

The boats themselves will all be named in Swahili after the local fauna. The rules I'll use for this project are David Manley's Bulldogs Away! although they may be re-named Warthogs Away! or even Hippos Away!, depending on the colloquial name I decide to give the SS-N-2 Styx missiles that the Osa's and Komars are equipped with. It'll tie in nicely with my other African naval project later in the year too, Steamer Wars on Lake Tanganyika in WW1. A bit different but why not?!