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Thursday, 3 April 2014

Soldiers of the Queen (SOTQ): Issue 155

Today’s post included the latest copy of SOTQ (Soldiers of the Queen, the quarterly journal of the Victorian Military Society).


The articles included in this issue are:
  • Jacky Fisher: The Man Who Made the Modern Navy by Richard Freeman
  • Kipling and the South African War: Dress rehearsal for Armageddon? by Dr Rodney Atwood
  • Seeds of Deliverance: Lieutenant-Colonel Adrian Grant Duff and the War Book by Dr Andrew Windrow
  • The Frontiersmen go to War by Geoffrey A Pocock
  • The Army in India, August 1914 by Chris Kempton
  • Book Reviews
  • About the VMS
As a long-term fan of Kipling, I look forward to reading the article about Kipling and the South African War. For different reasons I am also very interested in the article about the Indian Army in August 1914 as it appears to include a complete break-down that shows which army, division, and brigade units were part of and where they were stationed.
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8 comments:

  1. Nigel DruryFriday, April 04, 2014 12:19:00 pm

    Is that a 5" howitzer on the cover? Nobody seems to make a 20mm model of one so far.

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  2. Robert (Bob) CorderyFriday, April 04, 2014 3:30:00 pm

    Nigel Drury,

    I thought that a Irregular Miniatures had one in their Really Useful Guns range.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  3. Nigel DruryMonday, April 07, 2014 11:00:00 am

    Not a good model though and very much closer to 15mm, doesn't really look right with 20mm gunners, particularly if the other artillery is correct. A shame as it was used in Sudan, 2nd Boer War and early in WW1 including E Africa. The Indian Army 5.4" version looks much the same so a model would be quite useful.

    Newline Design are expanding their Sudan range, perhaps they'll do one eventually.

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  4. Robert (Bob) CorderyMonday, April 07, 2014 3:49:00 pm

    Nigel Drury,

    The Really Useful Guns are sized to be compatible with 1:87th-scale models, hence their supposed compatibility with 15mm and 20mm-scale figures. It would be nice if a manufacturer made a model that was properly 20mm-scale.

    I did not realise that Newline were still expanding their range of Sudan Campaign figures, and will have a look at them later today.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  5. Nigel DruryTuesday, April 08, 2014 11:42:00 am

    I saw some at last SELWG and thought they looked nicely proportioned.

    So RUG will be able to supplement your already formidable ROCO artillery park.

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  6. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, April 08, 2014 12:20:00 pm

    Nigel Drury,

    I must admit that the figures and equipment featured on the Newline website do like rather nice.

    I already have some Really Useful Guns ready and waiting to be used with my ROCO collection.

    All the best,

    Bob

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  7. Nigel DruryTuesday, April 08, 2014 9:48:00 pm

    I'll be very interested to see what actual scale these turn out to be compatible with - http://theminiaturespage.com/news/?id=1635988299

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  8. Robert (Bob) CorderyTuesday, April 08, 2014 10:58:00 pm

    Nigel Drury,

    They do look very interesting indeed.

    They are said to be 15/18mm-scale ... which would make them compatible with the original Airfix plastic figures.

    All the best,

    Bob

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