Operation Battleaxe - Preparations

The game mats that I have work better for Europe than North Africa. I want to purchase a new mat. Possibly something from Battle Mat Bazzar but I am undecided. What I really want to get is some ground attack markers. I am thinking of some 2mm vehicles to use as ground targets. There used to be a company called Fightson that had some but their website seems to have gone away. There are a couple of items left on the Raiden website but not many. What they do have, that I want to buy, are some parachute markers to mark downed aircraft. That could be fun to have on the table. I also need something for bogey markers. I am undecided on that as well.

I have 90% of the aircraft I want for the campaign. The aircraft that I really want at this point is the Italian Ro.37 for an observation aircraft. Also some Westland Lysanders for the RAF and SAAf. Another interesting aircraft would be the Caproni Ca.310 for the Italians. These were more transport and liason aircraft and really should have no business over the front.

Over the weekend, I managed to paint up three Br.20s that I used in the game that I previously posted about. I also finished painting three more German Ju87s for the Luftwaffe. I have some extras that I may repaint for the Italians as they move away from the Ba65 to the Ju87 for dive bomber duties. Speaking of Ba65s, I managed to prime a group of 4 of those as well as three Martin Marylands for the British. I also cleaned the flashing off of some Blenheim Is.

I will be headed to the store this week and buying a pack of beads to use as markers on the bases for aircraft Identification. I had a hard time following who was who during the course of the game.