01/04/2023

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.

28/03/2023

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.

26/03/2023

"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

19/03/2023

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.

17/03/2023

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.