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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: thebunkergames on 01 June 2013, 01:06:45 PM

Title: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 01 June 2013, 01:06:45 PM

Hi All
A few shots of a recent Rain on Entebbe game @ The Bunker Wargames Holiday Centre
Regards
Shaun

www.thebunkergames.com

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Cholly on 01 June 2013, 01:21:34 PM

Ahh Entebbe! Wonderful board and a very interesting looking game. Entebbe was the very first proper wargame I ever played back in 1989 at the tender age of fifteen. Put on by a local wargames club at an activities day at  my school in Loughton (Essex) and though I failed miserably to rescue the hostages it gave me a glimpse of the fun wargaming could be and I have on and off (mostly on) been gaming collecting painting etc ever since so to see another Raid on Entebbe brings a warm glow of nostalgia.
Thanks!

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 01 June 2013, 01:26:19 PM

Thanks Cholly
Glad to have brought back happy wargaming memoirs
Regards
Shaun in The Bunker

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: S_P on 01 June 2013, 05:44:17 PM

Fantastic to se an epic sized skirmish game like that. :D

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Rob_bresnen on 01 June 2013, 08:59:20 PM

Lovely stuff, wonderful figures and scenery.

What scale of figures have you used?

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 01 June 2013, 09:05:06 PM

Hi Rob
Figures, planes etc are 20mm-1/72
The buildings are the same scale apart from the control tower & terminal. These are 1/32nd Scalelectric with 20mm double doors replacing the single 1/32nd doors
 Regards
Shaun

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 01 June 2013, 09:39:42 PM

Inspirational, and quite a coincidence - just yesterday, I rewatched the 1977 film starring Charles Bronson and Yaphet Kotto on the subject.

Also, it makes me rethink my decision not to get any large planes for my ImagiNations project for space reasons - those Hercs look great arrayed on the tarmac (I'll probably get something smaller, though - Dakota and maybe a Flying Boxcar).

Any chance to know who makes that 707? Is it the ancient Heller kit?

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Sardoo on 01 June 2013, 11:26:25 PM

Absolutely brilliant! And the range of figures in the background is pretty impressive too!

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 03 June 2013, 05:34:55 PM

Thanks chaps
I believe that the Air France plane is an old Heller kit
As for the range of figures Sardoo - that is just The Bunker!
Regards
Shaun

- a few more shots....

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Sardoo on 03 June 2013, 06:30:58 PM

Absolutely inspiring!

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Cypher226 on 03 June 2013, 06:35:20 PM

Beautiful!

I need a house with a garage and a gaming group that good!

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Suber on 03 June 2013, 09:06:05 PM

Amazing display, everything there looks absolutely gorgeous :-*.

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 03 June 2013, 09:38:34 PM

Thanks for the kind words Gents.
You can always book a weekend & see it for real thou...
Regards
Shaun

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Elbows on 04 June 2013, 06:15:13 AM

Absolutely awesome... :o

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 02 September 2013, 11:57:51 AM

Thanks to Grigork we have a shot of the game at Partisan
Regards
Shaun in The Bunker

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: 6milPhil on 02 September 2013, 01:03:41 PM

Superb stuff. What a top eye for detail, especially like the Air France jet and the airport buildings. Makes me wish I lived a little closer.

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 02 September 2013, 10:14:31 PM

Thanks Phil
A few more pics to entice you to The Bunker!
Regards
Shaun www.thebunkergames.com

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: Iain R on 02 September 2013, 11:35:28 PM

Awesome. Seriously awesome. :-*

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: juergen c. olk on 03 September 2013, 04:15:05 AM

That kicks ass,I was wondering if  I could put some of your pictures on my Yahoo group site dealing with Modern warfare in africa post WW2 .  With proper due credit,it is something our group would love to see.   http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ModernAfricanBushwars   

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 03 September 2013, 10:24:20 AM

Thanks chaps
more pics sent from the show
Regards
Shaun

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: grant on 03 September 2013, 12:15:47 PM

What a terrific looking game! The tower and airport I think look better in the larger scale. The Hercs are fantastic, so nice to see those being used in a game!

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: juergen c. olk on 04 September 2013, 06:28:44 AM

Again thanx Fellows for letting me share these photos w/my Yahoo group     http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/ModernAfricanBushwars     It is a great game setup and lots of work went into it.The Planes are awesome at that scale.Also I always found it miraculous  that of all the places for the terrorists to land they pick the one airport in Africa,that Israel built,and had the blue prints for the buildings,talk about fate.   

Title: Re: Raid on Entebbe
Post by: thebunkergames on 04 September 2013, 08:18:26 AM

Lots of fate around this one Juergen - like Idi Amin visiting the hostages beforehand wearing a pair of Israeli para wings on his chest or Idi disarming the nearby garrison as he feared an uprising.

Regards
Shaun in The Bunker
 www.thebunkergames.com