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Author Topic: Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming - 1977  (Read 1007 times)

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming - 1977
« on: March 09, 2022, 01:22:10 PM »
Scanned and up on the blog. Great little piece of Frank Hinchliffe's musings.

http://www.deartonyblair.co.uk/2022/03/hinchliffe-guide-to-wargaming-1977.html


Offline robh

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Re: Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming - 1977
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2022, 02:02:16 PM »
 :)

Bounce sticks for artillery and pre-plotted unit order charts. Good stuff.

Offline Harry Faversham

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Re: Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming - 1977
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2022, 11:29:58 AM »
Magical stuff from yesteryear!
Remember those model aeroplanes you built with bits of balsa pinned/glued on top of a template thingy? I made a full size template of Charles Grant's 'grape shot' device. The resulting balsa wood construction was a wonder to behold, but, much like said balsa wood aircraft...
it smashed itself to smithereens on it's first sortie!

:o  :'(  :o
"Wot did you do in the war Grandad?"

"I was with Harry... At The Bridge!"

Offline ARKOUDAKI

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Re: Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming - 1977
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2022, 11:52:13 AM »
Thanks David for sharing! A trip down memory lane. Actually surprised Advertising Standards didn't take Hinchcliffe to task for those line illustrations of their products that don't look much like what they actually made! lol

Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Hinchliffe Guide to Wargaming - 1977
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2022, 02:40:53 AM »
Actually surprised Advertising Standards didn't take Hinchcliffe to task for those line illustrations of their products that don't look much like what they actually made! lol

Lol. I think there were a few companies guilty of that back in the day!

 

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