Cheers Bill, it was Alan Hamilton who suggested I try posting here are non-WW2 is NOT everyones cup of tea on other forum we both visit - the folks here do seem friendly and more open to "off the beaten path" wargaming 
Yes it was me! And it is good to see Richard here.
Richard and I share a liking for researching and amassing forces for games that are sometimes "well off the beaten path". Even in World Wars there are often little gems of campaigns that offer unusual forces and scenarios - Italian Invasion of British Somalia (Italy's only victory in WW2?), Iraq in 1941, Operations against the Mad Mullah, East Africa in both World Wars and many more.