MINIATURE WARGAMING
Miniatures:
There are various manufacturers that produce miniatures
suitable for the forces involved in
Quality Cast M113s and Israeli Infantry
Quality Cast Recoilless Rifle and PLO fighters.
The tanker is a diecast toy truck.
A group of PLO fighters. The Bus I got at a
dollar store. (note the picture of Kramer on the wall)
An AH-1 Cobra with Rockets and TOW ATGW
This is a Quality Cast M60A3 that I modified with Reactive Armor,
I removed the Commanders Hatch and replaced it with a smaller one. I will
be adding a .50cal to the barrel and a FN MAG to the commanders
hatch.
Here is my newly finished M60A3 Magach Platoon
Here is my complete IDF Mechanized Infantry Company with Forward Observer.
Note that my M113s now have additional LMGs.
PLO 82mm Mortars
Here is a couple of Quality Cast 12.7mm HMGs for the
PLO to use in Ambush.
PLO T-55 MBTs moving through a refugee camp
An Israeli F16 (Die Cast toy from Zellers, repainted)
Pictures of my
Pictures of
my Modular Terrain
The 1’ squares are made from ¾” Styrofoam, painted on both sides to prevent warping, and coated in sand and static grass while the paint was still wet.
Farm land was
made from Scenic Effects ground turf and the olive groves were made from pipe
cleaners. There are a few modular light
woods that were made.
Making War game Terrain:
I constructed my 15mm terrain from foam board, texture
coated and mounted on a cardboard base. Advertisements were downloaded
off of the net and reproduced on my printer. Although I do not speak or
write Arabic, I tried to copy some words that I found onto the sides of the
buildings to depict graffiti. You can check out the TerraGenesis
site for more information on how to build war gaming terrain. My advice
is to look at a lot of photos and take your time.
The striped HO scale car was purchased from a local Hobby store. The
roofs are made of cardboard and are painted to look like corrugated
steel. Lichen and green tree foam are a must.
You will need lost of small debris to place in the streets. Burnt out
cars, barrels can be purchased in HO scale at a Hobby store. The walls
were made out of cardboard and balsa wood.
Rules: