First Post

Welcome everyone to the first post of 2021, and thank you for your support and comments over the course of 2020, and indeed 2019.

As I head rapidly towards the final part of my second year blogging, I was intending to do some kind of review. Has this blogging thing actually worked out and have I done what I intended to do. Then I should probably leave that a little longer, although the thought processes have been whirring away, and will continue to whir away.

I was intending for my first post of the year to be about something I did a lot of in 2020. That is walking in the local area. Yesterday (31 December) saw Mrs Nundanket and I take a long impromptu walk which proved to be very fulfilling, if that’s not too grand a term. Of that more anon.

However, on the Roll a One blog I saw mention of the God’s Own Scale (i.e. 6mm) podcast. There are interviews with the people who run three of the main 6mm manufacturers, Irregular, Baccus and Heroics & Ros. I just listened to the one (episode 14) with Andy Kirk from Heroics and Ros. As the bulk of my SYW armies are H&R, I was naturally intrigued to hear about one of my favourite manufacturers.

In the interview Andy talks about how he came to acquire the business, why he loves it and what he's been doing to develop the products and the customer experience. Now I know not everyone is a fan of 6mm, but you might find it interesting purely from a general interest point of view. Andy comes across really well, he is an engaging speaker, is clearly passionate about his subject and seems driven by providing something that meets customers needs. The interview touches on some of the challenges in producing ranges that people want and how they have redesigned some of the products to meet current tastes and production method to provide the products in a way that customers want. For example, historically H&R have produced mixed arms packs of infantry - each mould is a pack (about 50 to a pack). In the new designed infantry range the moulds are single weapon groups (about 1/2 dozen to a pack). The interview also covers the redesign of the H&R website, how turnover has quadrupled in the last decade, plans for the future and the impact of Covid-19.  Not everyone's cup of tea but I found it fascinating. The full range contains a staggering 3,000 different castings.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

https://godsownscale6mm.podbean.com/e/episode-14-the-one-with-andy-kirk-from-heroics-and-ros/