Testing Posting from my Phone

As I will be on holiday from Wednesday 4 Oct in Rarotonga (The Cook Islands), I tried testing to see if I could make posting work using my phone....that way, I may be able to do a couple of posts while away! 

Unfortunately, I was unable to figure out how to get the images from my phone onto the blog, so I may have to flag the idea of live updates from the holiday :( This is an image off the net that I believe is taken from EXACTLY where we will be staying - an Air BnB right on the beach front at Vaima Beach Stays:

The location on the island as below 

And for those who don't know, this is where Rarotonga is located

And here is a fun fact from the news archives last week:

Joe Biden, the president of the United States, is set to announce the opening of new embassies on the Cook Islands and Niue as part of a charm offensive to block Chinese inroads into the South Pacific.

The announcement about the new diplomatic missions on Sunday came as Biden prepared to welcome Pacific Island leaders to Washington, DC, for a two-day US-Pacific Island Forum Summit.

And finally, some Blitzkrieg Germans completed recently! These are the last of the hard plastic Warlord figures.

NCO and schutze

NCO/spotter with sniper

Officer and NCO

Moving MG34 team

MG34 firing on the move

And finally, a deployed MG34

Currently, I am working on another batch of ten 1st Corps Blitzkrieg Germans - I think I may have a couple of ten-man squads to complete, then that should be most of the infantry contingent required. Currently, I am awaiting a few motorcycles (for recon) an SdKfz 222 and an Opel Blitz truck from this 3D printing supplier in France. I have bought from them previously and was happy with their product so hopefully the quality is consistent. WW2 Figurines Allemandes | JJG print 3D 10/15. The images online certainly look very nice, and the pricing isn't too bad. I would really like these three from a different supplier too but when including postage, they would end up around $100NZ for three 28mm motorcycle combinations - I can't justify that to myself unfortunately!

Thanks for your visit and I may be a bit quiet - both posting and commenting - from Weds onwards for a week or so - but normal service will be resumed no later than 12 Oct!