So, as my attempt at a weekly update is failing miserably I thought it would be as well to just call these posts Regular(ish) Updates until such a time as I get into a groove with producing them or I can afford to get a decent laptop...or both!
Anyway, with my Sharply Buffed project now finished I have been cherry picking from the Pile Of Things To Do/Finish, some of which I will catalogue here, starting with a German Armoured splurge!!
First off, i was very lucky recently when i was the winner of a prize draw made on the Downorder Podcast. Sam Downorder, who produces the podcst, does a draw for his patreon backers every third episode, the winner receiving a twenty pound gift voucher from Boss Miniatures, a shop way down south in deepest Engerlandshire. After an exchange of some very convivial emails (Scott the Boss at Boss Miniatures, seems like a very nice chap indeed and even though he's at the other eend off the country I shall be definately putting some of my custom his way again) I received my real prize; a Lorraine Schlepper!!! Top marks, Scott!! This kit is from Warlord Games
The kit components |
A view of the excellent interior detail. Note the jacket hanging up in the right corner and the jack boots jammed in behind the radio |
Ammo stowage. The charges for the shells are stowed n the floor of the vehicle. You can see them clearly in the first photo |
The kit has minimum flash and goes together like a dream. I left the barrel off for ease of painting. |
Next up, a Sdkfz 250/9. A lot of my inspiration for stowage and camouflage schemes I get online by googling for 1/35th scale versions of the vehicle in question. Those chap that do proper, detailed scale kits can save you a lot of searching through wartime photos, which is a joy in itself most times, but these guys have usually done a ton of research so it's a handy wee short cut.
then my Sdkfz 234/2 Puma one of which every self respecting wargamer with a late war German army has...
And, whilst I was touching up the paint job on the 250/9 I did the same with my Puma, which had had a plain, unadorned German Dunkel Gelb non-camouflage camouflage scheme (eh!?)
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Quite pleased with this. I even went so far as to "chip" it using a piece of sponge dipped inn dark grey paint |
And finally, a kit that I have had lying about for quite a wee while. Another kit from Any Scale Models. This time it's their Opel Blitz with 20mm flakvierling. It,ss a steal at justunder elleven quid. I replaced the kit flakveirling , which will get used later, either as a static gun or a terrain piece, with Warlord Games Fallschirmjager flakveirling which I had bought, built, painted and used once waaayyyy back in Bolt Action first edition. Both the truck and gun had been painted plain Dunkel Gelb but once they were put together I decided to give them a proper cammo paint job
The finished result. I added the stacked ammo boxes, again from Any Scale Models to fill in the rather empty looking truck bed. Still, it wasn't busy enough looking with plenty of empty space... |
So that was a busty and fruitful couple of days worth of work. At some point I hope to convert the trailer that comes with the flakvierling into an ammo trailer for the Blitz but that's way down near the bottom of the Pile Of Things To Do/Finish for a late date. Next up are some Afrika Korps but for the moment, it's pip pip from me,
pip pip!
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