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  • Peter Gillson
    • Apr 2018
    • 2594

    #1

    Wargames - 1920s/30s style ...

    Hi all

    i found these photocopies pages from a very old magazine 'Modern mechanics and investions for December" while I was sorting out some old papers. I cannot remember where or when I got them, they look to be from the 1920s or 1930's.

    an interesting, and big version of Battleships - with exploding targets!

    not a project for me, but if anybody is brave enough it would be great to follow the build

    Peter

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  • Tim Marlow
    • Apr 2018
    • 18938
    • Tim
    • Somerset UK

    #2
    Wow. No safety elves in those days LOL. I would have absolutely loved that as a kid, as would almost everybody else I suspect! Fantastic find Peter…

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    • adt70hk
      SMF Supporters
      • Sep 2019
      • 10435

      #3
      That's amazing!

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      • Mark1
        • Apr 2021
        • 4156

        #4
        Wow , you sunk my.....eyeball! :tears-of-joy:

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        • Peter Gillson
          • Apr 2018
          • 2594

          #5
          I love the idwa of moving targets and exploding targets - really OTT, but would have been great fun.

          i forgot to add - if anybody does want to build it, I can pm you a pdf copy of the pages.

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          • GerryW
            • Feb 2021
            • 1757

            #6
            And we think we're clever! I'll have a word with my youngest, we may well be after a pdf :thumb2:

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            • Guest

              #7
              Zvezda also released a SF wargame 15 or so years back, that gave the option of using certain guns either by rolling dice or shooting actual projectiles (spring-loaded) to hit your target.

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              • Peter Gillson
                • Apr 2018
                • 2594

                #8
                Originally posted by GerryW
                And we think we're clever! I'll have a word with my youngest, we may well be after a pdf :thumb2:
                PM me and I can put a copy in the post or email them to you.

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                • Jim R
                  SMF Supporters
                  • Apr 2018
                  • 15780
                  • Jim
                  • Shropshire

                  #9
                  Life was so must simpler then. More dangerous but simpler.
                  Jim

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                  • Andy the Sheep
                    SMF Supporters
                    • Apr 2019
                    • 1864
                    • Andrea
                    • North Eastern Italy

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Peter Gillson
                    I love the idwa of moving targets and exploding targets - really OTT, but would have been great fun.

                    i forgot to add - if anybody does want to build it, I can pm you a pdf copy of the pages.
                    Peter, maybe I'll never build it, but as a wargame fan, I'd like to have a PDF copy of those pages too, please. :thumb2:
                    My mail address is already in your "conversation" box.
                    Andrea

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                    • The Smythe Meister
                      • Jan 2019
                      • 6248

                      #11
                      Hi Peter,
                      I wouldn`t mind a crack at building that up please,if you`d be so kind!:nerd:
                      I`ll PM you my Email:thumb2:,
                      Thank you in advance,
                      Andy

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                      • Peter Gillson
                        • Apr 2018
                        • 2594

                        #12
                        hi Andrea and Andy

                        plans sent off to you. Be careful - the cannon can fire up to 20 feet!

                        Peter

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                        • The Smythe Meister
                          • Jan 2019
                          • 6248

                          #13
                          All received thank you :thumb2: ,
                          I`ll be careful ..,.... will let you know when i make a start,(Probably in a couple of weekends time),
                          Thanks very much again,
                          Andy

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                          • minitnkr
                            • Apr 2018
                            • 7564
                            • Paul
                            • Dayton, OH USA

                            #14
                            Poor choices & accidents are great educators.

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                            • Andy the Sheep
                              SMF Supporters
                              • Apr 2019
                              • 1864
                              • Andrea
                              • North Eastern Italy

                              #15
                              File received and dutifully downloaded.
                              Thanks a lot.
                              Andrea

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