BRIDGETOWNE yoU

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Jan 242012
 

BRIDGETOWNE yoU

Hello to any and all of Bridgetowne Hobby and Games’ customers and friends !

My name is Bill Daemke, I am the owner of this fine palace of wonders and dreams.

This is the inaugural input for those of you who HAVE given our people your email address so that we can look forward to progressing in this computer-heavy age with a continuation of the hobbyist…

I have threatened to lead a course in the art of Wooden Ship modelling for beginners.

Place February 25 on your calendar. Say, about 12:15 for our inaugural course!

I am putting the final touches on our BRIDGETOWNE yoU course. I’ve been in touch with a number of our suppliers with an eye to a great deal on a rather complete beginner model ship, and I’m likely to get a great package deal which will contain virtually everything for the course. Our target is the whole shebang for substantially less than a hundred dollars.

I think we should all start with the same basic kit… and we will get started on day one, you’ll be able to take home your stuff and work on it at your place….then, we will have another date where we take a look at where we are, say a week later, same time, etc, and continue on in other areas of the wooden ship we will be constructing.

When I started, way back when… I recall there were areas I screwed-up rather nicely, and my intent….as your “professor” is to assist you through this project so that you gain confidence and your skills improve and who knows, we plan on hosting many visiting “professors” in a variety of classes on virtually any number of the many wonders of modelling!!! I send this missive out to you as anyone who may have an interest in our art contact any of the people here at Bridgetowne on whatever yoU

may wish to expound on.

Topics we will be looking for help on can include..

  1. Proper Decalling
  2. Weathering effects
  3. Phohoetch tips
  4. Forming wooden planking
  5. Improving Phohoetch realism
  6. Friulmodel Track building
  7. Shadowing effects in painting
  8. Gaming terrain-building
  9. Ship rigging techniques
  10. Painting your figures and many other items of interest.

Our aim is to provide yoU with a positive experience in your hobby, be is gaming ships, vehicles, or scratchbuilding.

Stay tuned, and feel free to contact us with your input. Till then,,,I remain

yoUrs WmRD.

 Posted by Manager at 12:43 pm

Premium Reprints of the Original AD&D™ Rulebooks!

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Jan 232012
 
1st Edition Premium AD&D™ Rulebooks
Gary Gygax

In 1974, the world changed forever when Gary Gygax introduced the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The legacy of his innovative ideas and the extensive reach of his powerful influence can be seen in virtually every facet of gaming today.

To help honor his work and his memory, we created limited-edition reprints of the original 1st Edition core rulebooks: the Monster Manual, Player’s Handbook, and Dungeon Master’s Guide. These premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks have been lovingly reprinted with the original art and content, but feature an attractive new cover design commemorating this re-release. Available in limited quantities as a hobby channel exclusive in North America.

Your purchase of this monumental book helps support the Gygax Memorial Fund—established to immortalize the “Father of Roleplaying Games” with a memorial statue in Lake Geneva, WI.

Premium Reprints of the Original AD&D™ Rulebooks!

___ WOC A0239000      AD&D 1st Edition Premium Dungeon Master’s Guide HC $44.95

___ WOC A0241000      AD&D 1st Edition Premium Player’s Handbook HC           $34.95

___ WOC A0240000      AD&D 1st Edition Premium Monster Manual HC               $34.95

These premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks by Gary Gygax make ideal additions to any game collector’s bookshelf or the perfect gift for the nostalgic D&D® player.

Each book has been lovingly reprinted with the original art and content, but features an attractive new cover design commemorating this re-release of the AD&D core rules.

Available in limited quantities for a short time only, these are sure to be collectible.

This is a hobby channel exclusive in North America. That means that players and collectors will be looking to you to pick up their copies!

Release Date April 17th 2012

Order yours Today…. limited quantites.

 

 Posted by Manager at 5:17 pm

Revell 1/48 Lockheed® PV-1 Ventura™

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Jan 232012
 

Built especially for the U.S. Navy, the PV-1 Ventura featured special equipment for patrol-bombing, including ASD-1 search radar and increased fuel capacity. Kit features recessed panel line detail, an optional “chin gun”, a movable bomb bay compartment with full load, separate wing tanks and decals for three versions: 1. U.S. Navy PV-1, BuNo. 48895, Patrol Bombing Squadron VP-133, Iwo Jima, 1945; 2. U.S. Navy PV-1, BuNo. 48891, Pilot Lt. “Butch” Mason, Patrol Bombing Squadron VP-135, Attu, Alaska, 1943 and R.C.A.F. Ventura of No. 149 Squadron, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 1943.

Skill Level: 3
Scale: 1/48
Wingspan: 16-1/4″
Length: 12-13/16″
Height: 3-1/4″
Parts: 143

RMX05531    $32.95

 

 Posted by Manager at 12:06 pm

Military Miniatures in Review #54

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Jan 192012
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Military Miniatures in Review is an 80-page, full color, perfect bound magazine released quarterly.
Regular features include new product announcements, book reviews and figure reviews..

Articles in This Issue:

•My Hercules!: A photo report on the M88A2

•Plowin and Blitzen: Scooping up a bunch of updates for Tamiya’s Opel Blitz

•The Mighty Antar: When ugly is a good thing: Accurate Armour’s big and nasty tank transporter

•One BT Just For Me: The Russian offering from Mr. T.

•M.T.S.M.A.: The Royal Italian Navy torpedo boat gets wet in a diorama

•Mini-Pakwagen: Converting Tamiya’s diminutive 1:48 SdKfz 251 Ausf. D into the heavy-duty Pakwagen

•Wunder-Zunder: Great Wall Hobby’s Zundapp KS750

 Posted by Manager at 4:45 pm

New Arrivals January 18th 2012

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Jan 192012
 

 

Even MORE cool stuff in / New & Reissued Kits!!!Aircraft/Aerospace:
1/72 Hasegawa B-24J Liberator (Coastal Command) – Special “LIMITED EDITION”
1/32 Revell (Germany) Arado Ar-196-A3 Seaplane
1/48 Revell (Germany) SPAD XIII

Ships:
1/35 Italeri M.A.S. 568 4a Serie – WW2 Italian PT Boat – VERY NICE!!!
1/350 Academy HMS Warspite – BACK FOR A SECOND ROUND!!!
1/350 Minicraft RMS Titanic – Special CENTENNIAL EDITION

Cars:
1/25 AMT 1976 AMC Gremlin – IT’S FINALLY IN!!!
1/25 AMT Dirty Donny’s Vantasy – WAY COOL THIS ONE!!!
1/25 AMT 1951 Chevy Fleetline – Special Chevy 100th Anniversary Edition – features specially made tin box plus historic Chevy booklet as well!!!
1/25 MPC Barnabas Vampire Van (“Dark Shadows”) – as an added bonus, this kit includes a “Barnabas” figure to fit its coffin! You won’t see THAT in Grandpa Munster’s rig!!!
1/25 MPC Chevy Caprice – rerissue includes the hauler trailer along with the car!
1/16 MPC Street Charger – BIG AND EXCELLENTLY DETAILED … & a REAL BARGAIN too!!!
1/25 Moebius – 1953 Hudson Hornet ~ we still have a few of these on our shelves, so come & get ‘em while they’re here! Again, we’ll emphasize that this is an EXCELLENT KIT, one not to be missed!

Books:
“ARMORED THUNDERBOLT” (Subtitle: “The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II”) by Steven Zaloga – Yes, this excellent little volume is finally BACK on the shelf – a real eye-opener, and an effective rebuttal for the “Tigers were wonderful & Shermans were doodoo” crowd … that ain’t necessarily so! Check this one out for an informative and interesting read, done by a well-known expert in the field; the photos are excellent and hard to beat too!

PLUS our usual shelves and shelves of really cool stuff for you to check out!

 Posted by Manager at 3:22 pm

BLOOD, STEEL and MYTH

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Dec 192011
 

The II. SS-Panzer-Korps
and the road to Prochorowka
July 1943

George Nipe, author of “Last Victory in Russia” and “Decision in the Ukraine”, has written a revealing and unprecedented re-analysis of the II.SS-Panzer-Korps’ operations during the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943. Unlike all previous books on the subject, which refer almost exclusively to Russian accounts of the battle, “Blood, Steel and Myth” makes extensive use of original German source material. In so doing he convincingly exposes the conventional wisdom, which through its constant repetition over the years has assumed mythic status, as being fundamentally flawed and patently untrue.

 Based principally on Heer and Waffen-SS combat and intelligence reports from the southern sector of the Kursk salient, as well as the individual accounts of veterans, the book covers in detail the daily progress of Operation Citadel. With meticulous attention to detail the author illustrates the unfavorable circumstances and erroneous command decisions which irrevocably doomed Germany’s last major offensive in Russia to failure.

 The personal notes, conversations and official orders of Generals Hausser, Hoth, and Manstein are all closely scrutinized to shed new light on this much celebrated but incorrectly recounted clash of arms, with particular attention being paid to the “greatest tank battle in history” at Prochorovka. With “Blood, Steel and Myth” George Nipe sets the record straight with all the conviction of an Eastern Front historian whose veracity and impeccable scholarship have been proven time and again.

 ”Blood, Steel and Myth” is heavily illustrated with hundreds of photos (many previously unpublished) and numerous maps to provide a strong visual component to this unique account of the Kursk Offensive’s Southern Front.

Read the review

RZMBK-013     $75.00

 Posted by Manager at 4:39 pm

BRIDGETOWNE BOOK REVIEW

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Dec 192011
 

 The book, a new arrival at Bridgetowne….BLOOD STEEL and MYTH, by George M Nipe.

If you are any student of the great battle at KURSK you will require this book.

I use require not lightly, as in my personal world of quality books, I think I have every English-print book in existence, and a few in foreign languages.

The quality photographs alone will make this a good addition to any library for military modelers and the text will reinforce the shift of the number of machines which met on that fated July 12 near that meaningless town of Prochorwka.

The author, George M Nipe skillfully develops a case so strongly that you will shift your allegiance to this as THE definitive work on the SS challenges and how the Grossdeutschlands’ failure in both judgement and method began a series of initiative failures which fated the German effort.

Many first-person activities bring this action, complex as it was, to where you begin to sympathise with Hoth, and Manstein as, great as the effort, nature, and the Russian determination, backed by unlimited reserves caused this failure.

I read many years ago The Tigers are Burning…it was, and still is a great read. I currently am finishing Zamulins’ Demolishing the Myth, same story….the records of the Russians fanciful claims of the sheer numbers of German tanks destroyed will be amply demonstrated .

If there is one book you have on this pivotal short effort…this is THE book. And its a really good read, to boot.

William R Daemke

 Posted by Manager at 4:32 pm

1/18 Ferrari Race Car Transporter

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Dec 062011
 

The 1950s and 1960s are known as an era that witnessed a boom of race car transporters, which are being re-discovered today and held in a high regard. The two similar-looking transporters of the Scuderia Ferrari and Maserati might well be the most famous and technically most mature transporters of those days.

They were mounted on Fiat-bus chassis of the type 642 RN2. With an open body work designed by Bartoletti, the resultant transporter was good for hauling three race cars.

At first sight, those two transporters, equipped with a 92 hp diesel in-line-engine, look alike except for paintwork and decals. But upon a closer look, they differ in a considerable number of details. Back in those days, it took a transporter to haul race cars to the race track from time to time.
But transporters were not limited to hauling a precious freight only. They had quite a few other functions, too. In each of the transporters, a small but complete inspection bay was set up. It was also used as the crew quarters. This was where the head-quarters were located, in addition to providing a crew space and a sleeping berth during the hectic race weekends. Many crew members spent the majority of their time working in and around those race car transporters. It virtually became a second home for them.

CMC084     $805.00    Due Any Day

 Posted by Manager at 5:37 pm

Scalextric FULL THROTTLE Race Set

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Dec 062011
 

The excitement of endurance racing is captured in this superb set featuring a Peugeot 908 HDI FAP against a Lola Aston Martin on a huge, extended figure-of-eight track.

The set also includes a lap counter and timer unit which counts down the number of laps remaining in your race (up to a maximum 999 laps). The timer also records the fastest lap time for each lane to the nearest tenth of a second.

Peugeot 908 HDI FAP vs Lola Aston Martin

Features
High Detail
Easy Change Pick-Ups
Magnatraction™ System
Working Rear Lights
Working Headlights
Digital Plug Ready (DPR) cars – cars can be converted to Digital in under sixty seconds using the C8515 Digital Plug.

Space Required: 9ft. 1in. x 9ft. 1in
Track Length: 27ft. 9in.

SXTC1279T     $270.00

 Posted by Manager at 5:23 pm

Trunki

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Dec 052011
 

The greatest travel innovation since the wheelie bag! Trunki allows children to scoot along on their luggage through the airport or train station. This lightweight, sturdy, carry-on sized suitcase serves as luggage, riding toy, and transport for kids on the go! At home, Trunki may be used as a convenient kid-friendly storage bin too! Features include a tow strap, carry handles, secure catches, integrated wheels and stabilizers to prevent toppling over. Holds up to 75 lbs.
 
TSA Approved
 
M&D5400 Blue , M&D5401 Pink, M&D5402 Orange,
M&D5403 Red, M&D5404 Green, M&D5405 Purple

$39.95

 Posted by Manager at 3:35 pm
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