Coming to a LZ near .....?

So a slight change to plan and I have four US Waco gliders ready to fly into action.

Luckily I had enough paint as Amazon failed to delver it (well the one it had at a sensible price rather than double RRP)

The decals were by Xtradecal and I now have a lot of large US decals left from the set.

Glider progress

The Waco gliders have now been assembled and the gaps filled

These are the Bergman Wacos from Wargaming3D and they have been bathtubbed, the original was 1/100. I left the fuselage 100% long but scaled the height and depth by 125% (1/80) the wing length was kept down to 75%, width 100% and depth 125%. I am now adjusting the wing braces and wheels to fit, they were printed at 125%. These are landed versions, so can excuse some damage that happened in printing.

"The peasants are revolting"

I hope that is what my painted Zvezda Peasant Army represents

THere were enough figures in a pack to provide a command stand, two 16 figure units of revolting peasant mob, and a slightly undersized missile unit (but enough to be a bidower unit in Lion Rampant)

Russian vehicle crews

Once I acquired more HaT Russian tank riders to crew my universal carriers I knew that I also had to add crews to some of my other uncrewed vehicles to give them "life"

It was a bit of a squeeze, but I managed to fit 6 figures in each carrier

3D Printer progress

I've just finished the latest batch of models from my 3D Resin printer, despite my best? efforts I continued to have problems with printing some gliders, but not enough to make it worth continuing till I got it right, the damage is mostly superficial. Almost everything else came out OK.

Four gliders are now being cleaned up and assembled

The rest of the printing

A selection of ready crewed US Airborne Jeeps accompanied by a couple of Kleiner Funk und Beobachtungspanzer auf Infanterie Schlepper UE(f) (one is for a friend)

3 x Sdkfz 10, one with a tilt (two are for a friend) a trio of M22 Locusts plus a 15mm version I printed in error, A Dodge WC63 6x4, and a replacement D8 armoured bulldozer

A selection of bits, various recoiless rifles, Makhno and Schuss (from WI digital scaled to 20mm) three camels that turned out as 28mm even when scaled down (this was a test to fill a gap in the print, I'll sort this and the missing legs when I next start running the printer) A pair of Ho-Ni SPGs that I discovered were used in the Philippines

Replacement Brummbar

It's been a while in the queue, but now I've painted my replacement Brummbar, its predecessor "exploded" before I even got to use it.

It is accompanied my a very nice 3D printed crewed kubelwagen by Fitz, though I'm not sure about the man on top of the engine compartment.

Some WW2 desert additions

I've finished off a few more of the vehicles I 3D printed last summer. A pair of Lancia 3RO trucks mounting 105mm howitzers, an L6/40 ammunition carrier variant and a sdkfz 6/3 "Diana" The Carro Portamunizioni L40 is an armoured ammunition transporter (based on the L6/40 light tank). Especially for the supply of ammunition to Semovente da 90/53 self-propelled guns, which were supposed to be sent to the Eastern Front. 40 shells were placed on the ammunition carrier itself + trailer. I've found some better pictures of it and I may try to create a better version.

The Carro Portamunizioni L40 is an armoured ammunition transporter (based on the L6/40 light tank). Especially for the supply of ammunition to Semovente da 90/53 self-propelled guns, which were supposed to be sent to the Eastern Front. 40 shells were placed on the ammunition carrier itself + trailer. I've found some better pictures of it and I may try to create a better version.