British Airborne - Bolt Action (can I finish a project?)

I’m not going to lie, I’ve never completed a project. I’ve started many, which all now sit about waiting for me to pick up again, as I promised myself I would. With that said,  it comes to why I’ve started this project for all to see……… it’s simply to encourage me to finish one…..for the first time…. ever.  You might be asking why I don’t just carry on with an existing project? Simply put, I’d rather start fresh with something I haven’t done before and so am genuinely excited about.

It has to be said that I don’t have a great deal of time to put in on a regular basis, so I expect the going to be slow, but with an online presence to worry about I’m hoping that it’ll stop me from putting things off.

So, with that out of the way below is the small horde I’ve got to play with for all to feast their eyes on,  minus a couple of items still in the post.

This lovely lot consists of a British Airborne Starter Army and expansion set, extra British Airborne Section I already had stashed away, the rulebook and army book, dice bag, maroon order dice and template sprue. At this point I’m still waiting for some pin markers and a Sherman Firefly. This will keep me busy for a while, not to mention the possibility of adding more before the end.

I also got my hands on this…..

I was going to trawl the internet for info and images, but it turns out that this covers it all, right down to markings, badges and the contents of the webbing. Hopefully it’ll make things a little more historically accurate.

So why British Airborne? To a small degree I’ve been a fan ever since I read Pegasus Bridge by Stephen E Ambrose even if the action that impressed me the most was the piloting skills of Jim Wallwork (not to detract from the actions of anybody else), who surpassed expectations in an almost impossible feat of flying to facilitate the first highly important victory of D-Day. There’s a very high possibility that a Horsa Glider will be added at some point, for this very reason.

Once I’ve cleared and tidied my hobby desk I’ll be cracking on building some of the army and painting a test mini, which I hope won’t be too far off. Any advice is welcome although bear in mind I’m not building the army to win any tournaments, but for fun, to improve my hobby skills and hopefully some friendly games once they’re all at least built.  Cheers all………..Ham and Jam!