The Alamo - Victory or Death

The style of warfare in the early 1800s, and right up to the American Civil War, was very different to the open skirmishes of the Plains Wars in the latter half of the century. Soldiers were trained to fight in large formations, maintaining order and discipline regardless of enemy firepower. The equipment, tactics and chain of command in 1830s America was incredibly similar to those of European armies almost twenty years earlier. In fact, some of the equipment utilised during Santa Anna's campaign had previously seen use in the Napoleonic wars. In this section, you will learn how to fight Massed Battles and sieges. Unlike the skirmish games introduced in Legends of the Old West, these rules assume that most of your models are nameless soldiers in larger regiments, and allow you to reproduce sweeping military actions with scores, or even hundreds, of miniatures!

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Great Civil War Projects You Can Build Yourself

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you had lived during the Civil War? A lot would depend on who you were and where you lived: if you were white or black, a former or a city dweller, or if you were rich or poor before the Civil War started. But whether you lived in the Deep South or Far North, whether your hometown was the site of a battle or far removed from any fighting at all, there is no question you would have been greatly affected by the conflict between the Union and Confederate armies. This book will help you discover a bit about what life was like during the Civil War for families, soldiers, and children. You'll learn a little history of why the Civil War began, some interesting facts about the people, places, and battles during the war, and create projects that will give you an idea of what people during the Civil War did to communicate, have fun, and live their day-to-day lives. The book is divided into three general sections: On The Battlefield covers projects that deal with a soldier's life in camp and during battle. On The Homefront features projects that give you an idea of what life was like for everyday people during the Civil War.

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Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself

The local ration boards were made up of area businesspeople and politicians. Board members came up with a ration level for each person or family in their program. How much a family was allowed depended on where they lived, who they worked for, and the number of people in their household. Each family member was issued a ration book that contained numbered stamp coupons. They had to turn in the coupons when they bought a rationed item. The stamps did not guarantee that food would always be available on store shelves, however. Red meat was especially hard to get, and was a popular black market item. Remember, those who sold things on the black market operated illegally outside the government's ration system. Black marketers, known as "Mr. Black" or "Mr. B," sold their items for whatever price they could get, so prices could be quite high. Nylon stockings, for instance, sold for 20 times their pre-war price. The government fined store owners for participating in the black market if they were caught by one of the 3,100 OPA investigators.

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Scale Aviation Modeller International 06 2008

The latest announcement from Anigrand offers something a little more manageable in size than many of their recent offerings! The 1/72 Fairchild T-46 Eaglet (#2080/US$45) represents a second generation trainer designed to replace the T-37, so is in keeping with their experimental theme. Anigrand's customary bulletin tells us that 'in 1982, the US Air Force issued a Next Generation Trainer (NGT) competition for primary flight instruction. Initially it was planned that the Air Force would purchase 650 of the trainers through 1993 and that they would serve well into the 21st century. In order to validate the proposed aircraft's design, and to explore its flight handling characteristics, Fairchild Republic contracted with Ames Industries to build a flyable 62% scale test bed, the Model 73. This design won the competition and was designated T-46 Eaglet. The T-46 prototype was first flight tested at Edwards AFB on 15 October 1985. The plane performed beyond expectation during the testing phase, however, due to budget constraints, the Air Force cancelled the T-46 program in 1986 after only three aircraft had been completed. The T-46 was the last project of the Fairchild Republic Corporation, and with the NGT program cancelled, the company closed the Republic factory, bringing 60 years of Fairchild aircraft manufacturing to an end.'

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