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Author Topic: Mick's Vietnam Book (Outstanding orders fulfilled. page 18)  (Read 38236 times)

Offline Mick_in_Switzerland

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Podcast & offers page 16)
« Reply #240 on: November 12, 2022, 09:32:24 AM »
@NurgleHH
I am glad that the problem has been resolved. And pleased that you like the book.
Thank-you

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Podcast & offers page 16)
« Reply #241 on: November 16, 2022, 08:18:21 AM »
I think the titel is a bit wrong, because it is more a all-in-one-book for vietnam gaming and modelling. Not just painting. Great work, your best book in the moment, wait for the next
Victory Decision Vietnam here: leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=43264.0

Victory Decision Spacelords here: leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=68939.0

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Podcast & offers page 16)
« Reply #242 on: November 20, 2022, 03:06:34 PM »
I received seven new kits from Rubicon and I will be building them and sharing notes here.

M102 105mm Light Howitzer. My first ever modern artillery piece. I had to study the instructions very carefully.





BTR60 which can be built as PA (unpainted) or PB (green) versions. This is a really lovely kit.
The tyres are rubber.





PAVN



US Army



« Last Edit: November 20, 2022, 03:09:26 PM by Mick_in_Switzerland »

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (New Rubicon M102,BTR60, US Army and PAVN page 17)
« Reply #243 on: November 20, 2022, 03:20:40 PM »
Those look pretty good, especially the BTR.

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (New Rubicon M102,BTR60, US Army and PAVN page 17)
« Reply #244 on: November 20, 2022, 04:23:12 PM »
I agree with trev, but would be curious to see the figures compared to other ranges.
"No human being would stack books like -that-!" -Dr. Peter Venkman

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (New Rubicon M102,BTR60, US Army and PAVN page 17)
« Reply #245 on: November 20, 2022, 06:23:24 PM »
@FreakyFenton
There are comparisons on page 11 and page 13

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (New Rubicon M102,BTR60, US Army and PAVN page 17)
« Reply #246 on: December 01, 2022, 05:33:50 PM »
Oh yep! Been a while since I went through! Thank you, they scale well, despite the more realistic proportions of the Rubicon figures.

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (New Rubicon M102,BTR60, US Army and PAVN page 17)
« Reply #247 on: December 26, 2022, 12:39:10 PM »
Wargames Illustrated have a review of my new Vietnam book in their January 2022 edition, number 421 on page 18. You can see it at 1.37 minute in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aU39lnI8Do

Military Miniature still have about 50 softback books for customers in USA. They also have PDF and ePub available for customers worldwide.
https://militaryminiaturepress.com/product/modeling-painting-vietnam-wargames/
There will be a European print run in 2023. This is already listed on Amazon but probably not available until February at best.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR UK, EU, AUSTRALIA & NZ - ENDS midnight 31st DECEMBER 2022
Military Miniature has extended their special deal for EU and Australia of PDF now and physical book in six months. This is processed manually so send an email to samantha@militaryminiature.com. Samantha will send a PDF on 1st November and a physical book when they are available. Postage to UK is only 5 GBP shipping, 8 Euro to EU, and 9.95 AUS to Australia & New Zealand. For UK customers, the total is about £36. The pdf is free with this offer, so it's the cost of the book US$ 34.95 (i.e. about £31 today) plus £5.00 shipping.

UK
Caliver Books in England are the only European stockist with books at the moment.
https://caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?p9m5l6m37chjtvdtliejfk54o7&id=29675

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As Patton said in the bespoke movie..."I read your book!". And a lovely, very helpful book it is.

I have the US Army and NVA sets on pre-order. :D
"Remember - Incoming Fire Has the Right-of-Way"

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Thank-you CapnJim

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Important update on publisher page 17)
« Reply #250 on: August 15, 2023, 06:44:47 AM »
Hello everybody,

I have an important update - Military Miniatures Press is closing down. They are a victim of the post-Covid slowdown.

Here is the announcement from the CEO.
"It is with sincerest regret that we are announcing the closure of Military Miniature Press. With the closure of the magazine earlier this year, the current economic situation, extremely low book sales, and the skyrocketing cost of postage and printing we find we are unable to continue with the Press. This was further compounded personally by the death of my mother in late June and the cost of the funeral which completely drained our savings until we receive the insurance funds. We have discussed this already with Mick and are returning his manuscript back to his personal ownership. You can reach out to him as he is seeking other avenues to distribute. We will soon be sending an update as to the status of refunds once we hear back from Mick as to his distribution status."

I am in discussions with Caliver to print the book in England. We have received the print files, and are solving some technical details moving from USA book sizes to European standard sizes. I understand that here are 30 people who ordered the PDF now book later deal in December. Once the technical and commercial details are solved, Caliver will print the book. This will have a new ISBN number etc.

I hope that we can fulfil the outstanding orders and also get the book available for sale soon.

Mick



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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Important update on publisher page 17)
« Reply #251 on: August 15, 2023, 08:15:01 AM »
Hi Mick,
maybe it helps, when you know that CHaosium is printing their stuff in Poland. It seems that some members of Chaosium live in Berlin, so you can get some help from them. Wargaming and Roleplaying buisiness is so small, that all should help each other. And the Chaosium-Books have the US-sizes.

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Important update on publisher page 17)
« Reply #252 on: August 15, 2023, 10:58:31 AM »
@NurgleHH,

I live in Switzerland and the customers are mostly UK and USA, so it is not economically viable for me to distribute the book myself.

I hope that things will work out with Caliver. Dave has quite a good distribution network as well as printing contacts.


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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Important update on publisher page 17)
« Reply #253 on: August 15, 2023, 12:06:00 PM »
Hope things work out for you Mick. Caliver have a decidedly mixed reputation with customers and former customers.
Em dezembro de '81
Botou os ingleses na roda
3 a 0 no Liverpool
Ficou marcado na história
E no Rio não tem outro igual
Só o Flamengo é campeão mundial
E agora seu povo
Pede o mundo de novo

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Re: Mick's Vietnam Book (Important update on publisher page 17)
« Reply #254 on: August 15, 2023, 09:42:13 PM »
Good luck, Mick.  As they say, s**t happens...

 

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