More nerdery 1/72 scale recent builds using kits from the 70’s reminds of being a kid, I can now afford the models my pocket wouldn’t stretch to! Airfix Mig 17 & a Matchbox Armstrong Whitworth Meteor

That time the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference came to the Midlands! Good times. Here’s to the South West conference this year not so much ‘ay up me duck’ more ‘Alright my lovverrrr’ in Brizzol

Please subscribe to the @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social , directed by T.V’s Alex Churchill. ‘cough’ especially the magazine for younger & young at heart readers ‘Over The Top’ featuring graphic novels bringing history to a new audience!

In my capacity as the weird cat guy, just been wounded 🩸🩸🩸with a claws out swipe from Blackbee Panther! 🐆 - I was only going for an ear scruffle! 🫣

New @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social merch for We Have Ways… 📚

Going peak nerd with plastic models! ‘As my dad encouragingly said as a kid, “you’re wasting all your money on silly bleddy Airfix’es” you got that right dad…. Missing the memo on bringing up kids 😸 Recent 1/72 model builds 🙏✅🛩️ in your face dad!

Very proud to be a part of the Great War Group! The only organisation that would have me as a member! Here’s the never before 🫣 told story of Mabel St Clair Stobart - please subscribe to join! 🙏✍️

Season 4 Episode 1 is out! The 85th anniversary of the First transport to Auschwitz. Join Alina, Zane & Chris as we tak about the context of the Camp, invasion, Nazi Terror and the arrests. #history #podcast #ww2 Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/074t... Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Work in progress look out for the exciting graphic novel being published by the Great War Group! @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social The life & times of Ataturk! 🇹🇷🗳️ words by TV’s alexchurchill.bsky.social 📺colouring in by me! 🖍️✏️

Henschel 123, an Airfix retro build, I first made this kit way back in the day, in the 70’s! 🥴. Very nostalgic to build it again.

Narvick The podcast! Junkers 52’s on skis, Alpine soldiers, dive bombers, torpedoes, exploding battleships - please take a listen 👂 👇🏻🙏⚓️💣💥 Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6kvMz5… YouTube: youtu.be/MbaQ2SgJUOo Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the��� Acast: open.acast.com/public/streams…

Very much discouraged as a kid to build models - which makes me more determined to build as a so called grown up! Especially Airfix 1/72 Belgium 🇧🇪 x3 colour camo - Fouga Magister

Happy Easter 🐣 . April sunshine & apple blossom 🌸 in the midshires

I love an unusual prototype! FW 189 with the gongola removed & an armour crew compartment installed

Airfix 1/72 Me 109 love the Condor livery!

Check out this podder - everything you wanted to know about the battle of Narvick & are afraid to ask! We have high production values, original & newly composed music & fresh facts! Please check it out! 👉🏻YouTube: youtu.be/iR7fHPlaYWQ

Episode 2 of our third season has dropped! Today we are talking about the initial German invasion of Norway, the loss of the Blucher, the Luftwaffe attacks, the capitulation of Denmark. #history #ww2 #ww2history #podcast #Norway85 #Navalhistory Links below

Arado AR 196 Airfix 1/72 build

And another fantastic speaker has been added to the list for @GreatWarGroup conference in Bristol in October. To book tickets and join fellow Great War enthusiasts at this fabulous event click on this link greatwargroup.com/events/

This book looks blooming awesome!pre order now! Or else! 🙏✍️📗 ….NEWS! @pikegrey1418.bsky.social and I can finally reveal the cover of the book 🤓 Thank you @headofzeus.bsky.social books! Peeorder via geni.us/RingOfFire US readers stay tuned it will be coming out with Pegasus Books a few weeks later

@jerijerod14.bsky.social … so I just watched the ‘Final Countdown’ for the loads of times ….Tomcat’s shooting down Zeros! It’s up there with Battleship & Battle of Britain!

Springs in the air! First day in ages no frost on the windscreen!

As a man very much of the jet age ✈️ the homestead is preserved in the late 40’s it’s only old once the original Terrazzo floor, hardboard clad stair case, & 70’s pattern stair carpet with a worn Persian runner. Not everyone’s taste! 🤓 & I get hammered for it! 🥲 but I like it!

Illustrations for the @GreatWarGroup OTT magazine - amazing women of WW1 impossibly brave, driven & resourceful, some ultimately gave their lives for their respective countries! Louise de Bettignes- Emilienne Moreau - Mara Hari - Mabel St Clare Stobart!

Very excited to receive at Smith Design Towers the latest copy of Salient Points with the junior magazine ‘Over The Top’, literally jam packed with fascinating WW1 articles & a graphic novel sign up here 👇🏻💣 greatwargroup.com

In a bid for redemption…. I think 💭 I may have left it too late, and it will take more than a few Easter cards for the local church! 🤣🤫🪺🙏

The Side Show Derby …. @alexchurchill.bsky.social 😂🫡💙

Absolute toons

Such sad news, a true genius & sound track to my life. ‘Back to Together’ RIP Roberta Flack 😪

T.V’s Paul Cowland 🚙🙏😂🫡

Please give this excellent pod a listen …. 🇬🇬🙏✅ islandsatwar.buzzsprout.com/2314718/epis...

Join Alina, Kate & Chris the horrifying last days of Auschwitz - the last pod in the series cover the trials! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0m-...

The classic days of land speed records my favourite era - the battles between Art Arfons & Craig Breedlove 🚙💨💨💨

Ahoy ship mates…. If you like your history podders nautical but nice then HH is for you … not just for land lubbers! Search the back catalogue & you will find hidden treasures 🎙️🎙️🎙️ha harrr…🦜🗡️⚓️💣

Over The Top magazine, the kids section of the Great War group! An awesome product packed with loads of articles by established historians, a graphic novel by me! - perfect for younger peeps - especially for school projects … get it here www.greatwargroup.com

Poster artwork for the Belgium Grand Prix 🇧🇪

‘Cup of tea for an old soldier?’ The kids book written by TV’s Alex Churchill & illustrated by me is on sale at the GWG webo … perfect for little peeps who are just learning about the conflict! it gives a really good over view of the conflict! Even Dr Who likes it! greatwargroup.com/shop/

This month’s full feature is up and it’s a glimpse of the end of the world… Specifically, it’s a visit to the World’s Fair in New York in 1939. Find out what the “World of Tomorrow” looked like… Weeks before that world was snatched away…

Celebrating Louise de Bettignes, a First World War spy! a French 🇫🇷 Mary Poppins crossed with Joan of Arc - an heroic woman who’s story needs to told ♥️✍️

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽! Alina, Chris & Kate cover the chaos that ensues in the camp, more bombs are dropped by the allies and more and more prisoners try to escape. Links below ⬇️ #History #WW2 #NeverForget

Very proud to have have played a tiny part in the Lock Down generated series of podcasts ‘History Hack’ a huge body of superb work - disappearing down every historical rabbit hole there is 🐇! Something for everyone! Please check it out ….wherever you consume your podders from! 🎙️🎙️🎙️

Join Alina, Chris & Kate as they commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In episode 1, we talk about the context of Auschwitz, what were the events that led up to the liberation, & what's the situation in the camp in Jan '45? open.spotify.com/episode/4N3C... #history

Working on WW1 graphic novels, it amazes me the number of fearless women - who risked & gave their lives in pursuit of a cause they believed in …..that we have never heard of! Here’s the awesome Louise De Bettignes …watch this space! ✨

Gotha GO - 229, 1/72 build

Some sketches & drawing for the next graphic novel! Another strong woman - whose story needs to be told!

As a kid I love building Airfix models, my parents were non to keen as they thought it was a wast of money ….I carried on building them & still do I love kits from the old days

So proud to bring amazing stories to life this edition tells the story of the unbelievably brave Mabel St. Claire Stobart - a woman with belief, moral fortitude and conviction. Read about her in The Great War Group publication ‘Over The Top’ @alexchurchill.bsky.social @pikegrey1418.bsky.social

@alexchurchill.bsky.social don’t say it too loudly / I think 💭 yous lot are title challengers 🤫 🦁 the old Leicester manager isn’t admitting it but I think it is! …. At the other end we now got a cool foreign manager with a beard & black polo neck we’re going to survive! 🥴😺

I love the smell of fresh print in the morning! Everyone needs to hear the amazing story of Mabel St. Clare Stobart! It’s in the brand new, hot off the press ‘Over The Top’ magazine! illustrated by some old guy, (from Friday I get free prescriptions 🙄🫡) get your copy at the Great War Group webo! ✍️🙏

‘Stop oh yes wait a minute Mr Postman’ ….. It’s only the Salient & OTT hitting the door mat at Smithdesign towers! 📚 - coming to a letter box near you soon!