DMZ Post No. 3 Tank Engine Tuesday

Posted on March 1, 2022February 28, 2022 by 26soldiersoftin

In place of the expected or promised Tankette Tuesday, here is the much more peaceful DMZ Demilitarised Tank Engine Tuesday –

https://sidetracked2017blog.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/dmz-post-no-3-tank-engine-tuesday/

And some relaxing links to my occasional Sidetracked blog about railway and gaming overlap (without any of that violent blowing up of trains and train lines).

Blogposted by Mark Man of TIN, 1 March 2020

Published by 26soldiersoftin

Hello I'm Mark Mr MIN, Man of TIN. Based in S.W. Britain, I'm a lifelong collector of "tiny men" and old toy soldiers, whether tin, lead or childhood vintage 1960s and 1970s plastic figures. I randomly collect all scales and periods and "imagi-nations" as well as lead civilians, farm and zoo animals. I enjoy the paint possibilities of cheap poundstore plastic figures as much as the patina of vintage metal figures. Befuddled by the maths of complex boardgames and wargames, I prefer the small scale skirmish simplicity of very early Donald Featherstone rules. To relax, I usually play solo games, often using hex boards. Gaming takes second place to making or convert my own gaming figures from polymer clay (Fimo), home-cast metal figures of many scales or plastic paint conversions. I also collect and game with vintage Peter Laing 15mm metal figures, wishing like many others that I had bought more in the 1980s ... View all posts by 26soldiersoftin

4 thoughts on “DMZ Post No. 3 Tank Engine Tuesday”

Guru PIG March 1, 20226:10 am Reply

A great post, not of the rails at all.

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1. 26soldiersoftin March 1, 20226:22 am Reply
  
  Thanks Guru Pig!
  
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hexeres March 2, 202211:19 am Reply

Trains and warfare often go together – maquis derailments, train-busting tornadoes, armoured trains, etc etc. And as we see on the news at the moment, most sadly, refugee exoduses. So a bit of downtime along an entirely peaceful branch line sounds very attractive.

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1. 26soldiersoftin March 2, 20225:33 pm Reply
  
  I agree that they play an I poartnt role in warfare and therefore in wargames and star why games. That military side of the Sidetracked blog is there including a Railway Modeller “Junior Modeller” WW1 layout article using Airfix figures that I remember reading as a youngster, much the same as I remember the memorably weird Snooville with its dinosaurs, Dr. Who and fantasy.
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  Sometimes at times like these you just need those quiet branch lines …
  
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