28/09/2024
British Horsa Gliders
Just in time I finished painting my four 3D printed Horsa gliders for the Wargamers Forum Arnhem Speed build.
Painting the invasion stripes took a considerable time, when I last painted one (link) it came with decals for this as well. AS a reminder the Horsas are bath-tubbed by reducung the length and wingspan to 1/100 scale while the fuselage diameter is 1/80 just like my Wacos.
The only downside is that the models are tail heavy. I did debate modelling them with the undercarriage collapsed, but I thought I would wait till that happened with use.
23/09/2024
Humber Light Reconnaissance Cars
I already had a single Ready to Roll Humber Light Reconnaissance Car, and I wanted to have a bigger unit, but I was never happy enough with it being the based, so I took the opportunity to buy the STL file in a recent sale and print off a batch. They are now painted and ready for action.
Backing them up are a Daimler and Staghound whose hulls had exploded and had to be replaced
21/09/2024
Free French Tanakes
A blast from past with the old Rapid Fire books, a pair of Free French Tanake converted armoured Dodge trucks with either a 37mm or 47mm gun.
These were free 3D files found on Thingiverse, but I have yet to find the more heavily armoured "Conus"
19/09/2024
Replacement hulls for Lanchester Armoured Cars
Yet again I have had to replace a couple of vehicles from my initial attempts at 3D printing. In this case the hulls developed a crack, one was too noticeable but the other was minor, so I decided to replace them both.
The original post is here (link)
15/09/2024
Dodge WC-63s
I had already tried out a WC-63 that I had found on Thingiverse (link), but I wasn't happy with the way it turned out as it was quite low on it's wheels. Therefore when I found a very nice WC-53 I decided to modify it into a WC-63 and these are the results.
The original was scaled to 1/56 but as I was printing it to 1/76 some details were too fragile and had to be thickened up. It also came with a nice crewman, but is typically sculted in heroic style for Bolt Action and does look somewhat oversized for this vehicle.
Here is the original WC-53 Beep on Thingiverse (link)
13/09/2024
M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage
My existing M8 HMC's come from a variety of sources and they are all very heavy as they are mainly metal and vary in size even if all of them are nominally 1/76. So I decided to purchase a very nice STL with full interior detail and a couple of crewmen.
Using both crewmen on each tank looked rather cluttered so I only added one to each, the others will be used on my other US armour.
11/09/2024
Panzerwerfer 42
As I plan to gradually retire my diecast vehicles I was tempted by finding and STL file for the Panzerwerfer 42 or more correctly 15 cm Panzerwerfer 42 auf Selbstfahrlafette Sd.Kfz.4/1 (based on the Opel Maultier, or "mule", half-track). A couple of very clean prints in 1/76 scale.
They can also be re-configured as the 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer version
09/09/2024
Hin und Zurück - Opel buses
Continuing the bus theme here are a couple more, but 3D printed German Opel buses this time.
Firstly one from 1940 advancing into France and then retreating in 1944
Firstly one from 1940 advancing into France and then retreating in 1944
07/09/2024
Just take a bus part 1
Or more appropriately for anyone from a city you wait ages and then two turn up. A couple of extemporised transports for my 1940 French arny.
It's a Renault TN-6 bus as used in Paris in the 30s and actually used for transport. The basic model was a multicomponent set of STL files which I had to assemble first before 3D printing
04/09/2024
It never snows in September - On the workbench
Yes it is the 80th anniversary of Market Garden so there is a themed build on "The Wargamers Forum" so it is the ideal time to get something suitable done, I will be travelling a bit but hopefuly it should disrupt the main task so I will work on:
- Assembling and painted four Horsa gliders
- 28mm ECW gun crew 3D printed - still inderway
- Continue working on heap of 3D printed vehicles
- Get the 3D Resin Printer going again to produce more stuff while the weather is good
- Start rebasing the Imperial Guard and other allied Guards
01/09/2024
Swiss in the service of Napoleonic France rebased
Last of my September output a pair of Swiss battealions have been rebased and new command teams added.
1st Swiss
2nd Swiss
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