Space Shipping Containers from Card

A crafty family weekend and hacking about a card template to make a generic space building, storage or shipping container for 54mm.

Add Grunge to taste.

Crossposted by Mark Man of TIN from my fully colour illustrated Man of TIN Blog Two:

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Random image from my Blog Archive: Track your Shipping. Even in space there are dull logistics issues.
Airfix Space Warriors left and right, TimMee Galaxy Laser Quest centre – BattleStar Galactica style in 1970s brown and beige.

All part of my Close Little Space Wars Project in 54mm

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Useful space station terrain print out pieces

Enjoy these retro Space Wars or Star Wars type panels and doors or these more colourful or laser-burned ones to make your own simple space buildings.

Download or copy them from (crossposted from) my fully colour illustrated Man of TIN Blog Two:

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Enjoy!

Down Lilliput Lane

More small plaster vernacular buildings suitable for gaming? A charity shop find.

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Image from the sadly now defunct Lilliput Lane website.

A Ruddle Back In The Wild …

From the famous wargames garden of John Ruddle to my Back Garden Steppes … Crossposted from my fully colour illustrated Mark Man of TIN Blog Two:

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Charles Grant, wargames pioneer and author of Battle! and The War Game as an action figure?

Charles Grant, wargames pioneer and author of Battle! and The War Game as an action figure?

Some of you asked for this ‘action figure’ blister pack design using A.I. Chat GPT and I enjoyed learning more about Charles Grant’s life and works.

Crossposted by Mark Man of TIN on April 19th 2025 from my Man of TIN Blog Two:

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Adler Tag, St Ives and Z Scale Railways …

More Z Gauge 1:220 scale tiny fun going off on a tangent and my unnecessary detail in buildings

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Tiniest Figure Scales attempted so far or from 54mm Big Little Wars scaled down to 1:220 Z Gauge

From Little Wars (Revisited) in shiny 54mm scaling down to being ‘sidetracked’ by tiny Z Gauge and a brief foray into even smaller scales. Hair Roller Armies. Sugar Armies in 2mm? 2mm – Truly that way, a tinier and tinier madness lies …

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Shepherd’s Hut patrol post OO Gauge from Postcard Models

Shepherd’s Hut or LDV Home Guard 1940 sentry post? Versatile and fun OO 1:76 model building kit from Postcard Models to put together for model railways or tabletop gaming.

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Did a snowball fight start the American Revolutionary War?

An interesting history article, along with my free ChatGPT assisted AI designed Colonial era 1770s snowballing figures.

Crossposted from my fully ‘tuppence coloured’ Man of TIN Blog Two

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Enjoy! Blog crossposted by Mark (snow) Man of TIN, 12 February 2025

Postcard Models Z Scale and OO Scale

Something fun for a wet weekend! Crossposted from my fully illustrated Man of TIN Blog Two:

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