Richard B`s task 1 (updated 07/05/21)

[Richard B.]

Bill Krieg was kind enough to send me a care package of a pile of part built and semi scrap plastic kits for me to rebuild, mess about with, so here we go:

A pair of venerable Airfix Sherman,

I had to strip down the track units (still not brilliant but functional), I than stowed both up using a variety metal, plastic and resin bits. I added turret AAMGs fitted suitable crew heads into the driver position hatch.

A quick simple paint job and these will match up with my existing NWE Shermans

Tank 1 (the crewman here is one of HAT Industrie US tank riders set)





Tank 2 (this crewman was Britannia Miniatures from their M10)





Both together

[billk]

Fantastic.

Heck of a long way from the boneyard!

[Bluewillow]

Bloody great stuff

A nice rebuild on those

Cheers
Matt

[dadlamassu]

Excellent work on these vintage models. It is nice to see that someone else uses the Airfix Sherman. They form the basis of my armoured regiments and many conversions.

[Richard B.]

Thanks guys, comments much appreciated

[Richard B.]

Airfix Stug III

Another of Bill`s care package

New gun barrel (Airfix pak40), various bits replaced or repaired, stowed up and the commander and MG are both Britannia Minatures

[wrgmr1]

Very nice work!

[Richard B.]

Been writing over the weekend, well re-writing actually a scenario of mine published in the SOTCW Journal way back in issue 51.

Set during the first few days of the German Ardennes offensive, I found I needed some US MPs, so dug around in the boxes and came up with these.

Nice day for painted so set-up outside


A 5 man squad of MPs (4 off 2nd edition Airfix US Marines and one Fujimi hard plastic)


Harley Davidson (Fujimi)


Jeep (Fujimi - I`m not sure where the decal came from, could be theirs also??)




Playing with the camera and the check point I build last year

[panzerfaust200]

I like your painting studio more than mine - how fast is your paint drying?

loving those resurrected Shermans too!

[Richard B.]

I like your painting studio more than mine - how fast is your paint drying?

loving those resurrected Shermans too!

I`m experimenting with a wet pallet as the Vallejo drys pretty damned quick in the sun

[Hornswoggler]

Are those real MPs or some of Skorzeny's dastardly imposters - better quiz them with some baseball questions !!!

[Richard B.]

Are those real MPs or some of Skorzeny's dastardly imposters - better quiz them with some baseball questions !!!

[Bluewillow]

nice work mate!

cheers
Matt

[Richard B.]

nice work mate!

cheers
Matt

Very kind, but hardly to standards of everyone else on here

[Richard B.]

Not a vintage month, but these days I`m not on the clock

Now I think I have enough Germans, but Bill Krieg sent these with his care package and they are nice figures, so I painted them up.

2 Britannia M/c combos


3 Britannia SS cavalry plus an odd Revell gunner



Britannia 3-man LMG team

8 rather nice early war SS - these look like Dave Allsop`s to me?


All 11 infantry

[Bluewillow]

Nice mate

Cheers
Matt

[panzerfaust200]

Yes those are the old MLR range

[Richard B.]

Yes those are the old MLR range

Cheers Rob, confirmed by others too - I want this on record I got a manufacturer/sculptor correct (may be the first time ever)

[Adler]

Ah remember those figs with great affection
L

[wrgmr1]

I really like those Britannia M/C combos, I have some myself. Nice work!