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Vickers Machine Gun Colors in Africa and the Middle East	2	04 Jul 2025 9:12 a.m. PST
German civilian police -uniform request	6	12 Feb 2025 2:16 p.m. PST
What color were British WW1 Tanks and Armored Cars?	11	01 Jan 2025 4:34 p.m. PST
Peugeot Armored Car	8	10 Jun 2024 5:40 p.m. PST
German Flags in WWI	12	02 Dec 2023 5:27 a.m. PST
Another Old Favorite gets a Makeover	3	05 Nov 2023 1:13 p.m. PST
A Painting Guide for the 1st Bn, Gordon Highlanders, Part 1	5	24 Sep 2023 8:41 a.m. PST
Painting wind shields on trucks and automobiles	8	17 Sep 2023 5:09 a.m. PST
1914 Belgian Great Coats (Again)	8	21 Aug 2023 3:53 a.m. PST
Good uniform references for the SCW?	10	24 Apr 2023 6:13 a.m. PST
American WWI Uniform Colors?	8	15 Mar 2023 5:16 a.m. PST
What color was late war French artillery?	7	08 Jan 2023 12:23 a.m. PST
Small square bases for individual 6mm miniatures	15	22 Nov 2022 8:29 p.m. PST
British 1914 Puttee Colours?	6	12 Oct 2022 5:26 p.m. PST
Painting help - German 75mm Krupp Mtn Gun	11	29 Aug 2022 9:10 p.m. PST
Gaming von Lettow-Vorbeck's East Africa campaign?	21	05 Jul 2022 6:42 p.m. PST
painting guide for late war French	3	31 May 2022 10:28 a.m. PST
khaki questions: Federals and US	8	04 May 2022 11:58 a.m. PST
Mexican federal cavalry uniforms, Early Rev period.	13	30 Apr 2022 6:21 a.m. PST
Mexico, Pershing - Uniform Questions	3	29 Apr 2022 7:04 a.m. PST
Philosophical Consolations	4	17 Nov 2021 4:53 p.m. PST
Am I overdoing it?	27	18 Sep 2021 11:14 a.m. PST
French truck drivers, uniform?	7	06 Sep 2021 3:41 a.m. PST
London Scottish 1914 Glengarry colours?	4	31 Aug 2021 7:56 p.m. PST
Russians in German helmets (WW1/RCW)	13	22 Jul 2021 6:35 a.m. PST
British WW1 Pilot and Observer	1	02 Jul 2021 9:16 p.m. PST
New WW1 project started	1	12 Jun 2021 2:41 a.m. PST
Serbian Artillery colour 1914	5	08 Jun 2021 12:09 a.m. PST
Keep a Journal!	25	20 Apr 2021 11:10 p.m. PST
1:72 / 20 mm pulp British/Iraq/Mexico cavalry HaT 8288	3	19 Apr 2021 1:36 a.m. PST
who makes WWI tank decals?	5	14 Feb 2021 10:14 p.m. PST
1883 Till 1914 Army of Egypt Infantry	5	29 Jan 2021 1:24 p.m. PST
1841 Till 1914 Egyptian Navy Uniforms	1	28 Jan 2021 3:22 p.m. PST
French WW1 blue....	10	05 Dec 2020 5:46 a.m. PST
German Leather Equipment	5	10 Nov 2020 3:16 p.m. PST
WW1 British Uniform Color	10	23 Oct 2020 11:45 a.m. PST
Best color for WWI Germans Late War	6	16 Sep 2020 12:43 p.m. PST
Naval Wargaming Basing and Painting Tutorial	1	14 Sep 2020 9:35 a.m. PST
Flamethrower 15mm	8	10 Sep 2020 1:10 p.m. PST
Chinese flesh tones painting assistance requested	20	09 Sep 2020 9:03 p.m. PST
WW1 Middle Eastern Theatre Painting Guide.	4	02 Sep 2020 5:19 p.m. PST
How to hold 1/2400 ships while painting	8	20 Aug 2020 7:53 p.m. PST
Austro-Hungarian Artillery 1914	5	14 Aug 2020 7:04 a.m. PST
WW1 East Africa uniform colours?	12	25 May 2020 4:44 p.m. PST
1914, French army and "Taxis de la Marne".	5	12 Apr 2020 11:52 p.m. PST
BEF and British buses 1914	5	12 Apr 2020 11:50 p.m. PST
The Star Spawn of Cthulu	4	21 Mar 2020 11:28 a.m. PST
German WW1 artillery colors	7	09 Mar 2020 9:14 p.m. PST
Painting, weathering & finishing the Lanchester Armoured	5	04 Oct 2019 8:41 p.m. PST
1/6000 RJW ships: any photos	12	28 Sep 2019 11:35 a.m. PST
1914 Mediterranean Colors	6	27 Aug 2019 10:30 a.m. PST
Free booklets and painting guides	4	16 May 2019 6:04 p.m. PST
Color guide for Flying Circus	8	16 Apr 2019 8:58 a.m. PST
Pics of the Austrian Berndorfer helmet in books...	2	07 Apr 2019 8:06 p.m. PST
1:72 / 20mm Senegalese Tirallieurs pulp WW1 Interwar WW2	4	09 Feb 2019 4:44 p.m. PST
1914 uniforms painting colour suggestions	16	10 Jan 2019 11:39 a.m. PST
WWI US figs	18	29 Dec 2018 2:14 p.m. PST
Chinese FT17 Color	15	13 Dec 2018 8:55 a.m. PST
1870 to 1914 - what's the difference?	9	06 Dec 2018 10:21 a.m. PST
Imperial German Naval NCO	2	22 Oct 2018 6:02 p.m. PST
Reeactment in France, US Army	3	10 Aug 2018 1:26 p.m. PST
German flags in East Africa	7	27 Jul 2018 4:47 p.m. PST
Help with late WW1 1918 German uniform colour	8	01 Jul 2018 2:23 p.m. PST
Vallejo color for Great War Americans?	4	21 May 2018 7:09 a.m. PST
28mm WW1 Austro-Hungary Polish Legion Miniatures	4	15 May 2018 8:42 p.m. PST
Soldiers from Senegal ...	12	08 May 2018 5:41 a.m. PST
Uniforms WW1; USA, UK, Belgium, Italy dans Russia	1	08 May 2018 5:34 a.m. PST
Painting 20th Century Artillery	5	25 Mar 2018 9:49 p.m. PST
Introducing Dora and friends	2	18 Mar 2018 2:57 a.m. PST
15mm Cossack flags	7	16 Mar 2018 11:16 a.m. PST
Survey of US Army Uniforms 1780's to 2006	5	03 Mar 2018 11:42 a.m. PST
15mm WWI German AFV decals.	2	08 Feb 2018 6:18 a.m. PST
Decal releases 1/100 Hakaristi, 1/144, 1/200, 1/600 aircraft	1	05 Jan 2018 9:43 a.m. PST
WW1 Russian Uniform: Summer vs Winter color?	3	02 Jan 2018 7:00 p.m. PST
Tamiya Surface Primer	8	22 Dec 2017 10:13 a.m. PST
The Color Line: +200 000 African-American soldiers ... WW1	5	17 Dec 2017 8:50 a.m. PST
Colors for Tom Weiss' Copplestone Chinese?	2	29 Nov 2017 10:34 a.m. PST
Best Paint Colors for Chinese Warlord Troops	3	02 Nov 2017 4:45 a.m. PST
Sources for French Experimental Uniforms	3	26 Oct 2017 7:37 p.m. PST
Gaming the "Irish Revolutionary Period"	23	06 Sep 2017 1:53 a.m. PST
Chinese Army around 1910s-1930s	3	03 Aug 2017 5:35 p.m. PST
World War One Helmets	8	11 Jun 2017 2:24 p.m. PST
Color of saddle cloth for Mexican regulars	2	20 May 2017 8:38 a.m. PST
Austro-Hungarians and Russians on the eastern front	5	13 May 2017 7:30 a.m. PST
WWI Serbian Army	4	01 May 2017 12:55 p.m. PST
WW1 Indian Army	7	30 Apr 2017 12:16 p.m. PST
Miniature Wargames 408 is coming fast	9	12 Apr 2017 3:08 a.m. PST
Progress on Bulge Board - Video Updated - almost finished	5	15 Mar 2017 6:07 p.m. PST
Mission Models Paints?	7	15 Mar 2017 7:22 a.m. PST
1918, Chateau-Thierry, helmets	8	06 Mar 2017 10:25 a.m. PST
RCW artillery colors	2	02 Feb 2017 10:39 p.m. PST
Desert Uniforms Khaki Hue: GB, France, Turkey, Italia	5	06 Jan 2017 2:44 p.m. PST
1918 German Infantry Boots Black or Brown?	8	30 Dec 2016 9:24 a.m. PST
Matt varnish drying glossy - cure?	37	29 Dec 2016 5:08 p.m. PST
US Renault FT17 Markings	2	29 Dec 2016 11:01 a.m. PST
Belgian MG	17	11 Dec 2016 4:28 p.m. PST
Belgian gun colour	3	09 Dec 2016 8:51 a.m. PST
6mm WWI German Lozenge Camo decals ?	13	30 Nov 2016 10:18 a.m. PST
Late War German Jager Uniform	4	04 Nov 2016 9:20 a.m. PST
Color of Early World War 1 German uniforms	3	01 Nov 2016 10:10 a.m. PST