North Vietnamese Army (NVA)

For my new NVA figures from Orion wanted the uniform to look distinctivly different from the US and ARVN, so I tried a suggestion to use Vallejo Games Colour Camouflage Green. I'm quite impressed and I now need to consider whether to repaint the uniforms on my older NVA or strip the paint and start again or even sell them and start again with some new figures.

On the workbench - August 2020

Reasonably progress back in July, but now I have to do some dog sitting for my daughter that will eat into my time, so I'm hoping to work on

• SYW Rot & Blau Wurtzberg Infantry, one unit of each
• A platoon of NVA for Nam
• the Redbox musketeers of the King of France and guards of Cardinal Richleau both mounted and on foot
• a SU-1-22 (a 76mm gun on the back of a Gaz AAA) if I can cobble together the gunshield

A nice surprise

I've been think of getting a 3D resin printer and a friend Simon R had just bought one and is producing some lovely 20mm models. After I expressed an insterst Simon sent me some "miscasts". For miscasts, these are more than adequate for my needs.
At the back is a Marder I still on it's supports
Above and below, a Marder III compared to the PSC 38(t) hull
An AutoUnion/Horsch heavy car compared to the PSC version
I'm certainly now sold on the idea, I will see if any other friends want to join in, that will certainly restrain my meglomania if I go it alone.

First War of Spanish Succession game

Thanks to Owain who took pictures at Beacon Gaming Club last Thursday
British infantry wasting time in a village (verty slow movement)
I was surprised by how much non-British cavalry I already had to assist my pair of British units
Stalwart British infantry
and again
Gendarmes of the Maison du Roi provided the only cavalry success for the French, backed up by Bavarian cuirassiers
British infantry ready to get into action
Bavarian cavalry formed up for action
Yours truely in action checking the rules!
Nice to get the figures on the table and to give the latest draft of the rules a play through

Something old, something new, something reworked, something blue

My last bits for July. A sdkfz 253 for Seelow 1945; The last PSC truck parts assembled into something recognisable; a pair of sdkfz 250/1 repainted for early; and a Gaz truck of uncertain origin repurposed as a Civilian Ford AAA truck.

Yet more German heavy cars

This time the early war versions.
Left and right at the front are my conversion into a Mercedes version and the S&S radio car version.
As I mention in an earlier post the Mercedes conversion is not worth the effort involved. Too much cuttting and filing to fit.

A fair contest?

French Gendarmes of the Maison du Roi v's British Cavalry
The British units are Schombergs's and Wood's