Pontoon Bridge

Knocked this up yesterday

Ideally it would have more pontoons (rafts) but for CD3 purposes it will easily fit the bill. Pontoon bridges this size can handle infantry and very light vehicles

The rafts came from the marine sets given to me recently by Col. I've got a few more but use them for other things

I'm going to add a couple of small details to finish it off and then a tad more paintwork, but it's more or less complete.

US machinegun platoons

Finished these last night while watching a bit of cricket. Additions to my Korean War collection, x1 HMG (Revell) x1 MMG (Imex).

I'm expanding the US elements into regimental size, and would like to include marines in the OOBs as well, eventually. The US forces in Korea enjoyed a lavish supply of machineguns compared with most other participants.

Polish Armoured Car

A Frontline resin, six parts total

I changed the camo scheme a bit and added a couple of decals, normally only training units had numbers

These saw active service in limited numbers from the first days of WW2. Armed with a short 37mm plus MGs they were reasonably well armed for their day. 

This is a great addition to my small Polish collection, I might check out the new First to Fight figures to add to my infantry units as well.

Texan

Been doing some work on my Korean War collection lately...

The aircrew are cut down volunteers from one of the Airfix ground crew sets, they look okay from a distance

Research showed that during the early part of the conflict some of these were armed  with .30 machine guns front and rear, and/or light bombs. I kept my one unarmed pending further reading

I painted the air-frame a lot darker than the original

This may get some more attention at some stage, weapons and better looking crew but for now I'm happy with it the way it is

The decals went on okay, but the canopy painting is not my best work. Still, something different from other projects currently on the go.

Score

A fleeting visit to Col's (and Sharon) this week saw me leave with new toys.

Due to an administrative error Col had x3 boxes of US Marines, Col doesn't do 1/72 :) I've always thought this figure set has almost two slightly different scales, and try to divide them when making units. These combined with the Revell set, plus what I already have, will give me a regiment for each year 1942-45 - nine battalions 

Except, now I'm thinking I should wait, get other sets  (Waterloo 1815) and combine them for a better mixed appearance.

Last Matilda I

These are great little models by SHQ x6 parts total

It's a bit more common to find these in mixed Matilda I & II companies rather than full sized stand-alone units

Here it is grouped with my other Matilda Is, eventually I'd like to get two more of these, giving me two companies worth

Grumman F9F Panther

Another addition to my Korean War aircraft collection

Undercoated on sprue. I used my last remaining pilot figure, which was among a few that were sent to me from Portugal a few years ago

Holes drilled out to accommodate the ordinance. As with all my aircraft kits, modeled undercarriage down   

The colours are Vallejo, French Horizon Blue with several coats of a dark blue wash gradually added

The kit comes with a choice of decals, both from carrier aircraft dating from 1951. It also had a choice of bombs, rockets or a mixture of both, I went with bombs which research suggested was more common, this being primarily a fighter bomber

Even taking my time and using luke-warm water I still had problems with the decals, and tried to touch them up with paint where I could

This was an excellent kit to build, well engineered and zero flash; highly recommended.

1941-42 German Infantry

Finally finished what has turned out to be a very long term project. I started these a couple of years ago, packed them to move here, and then found them recently and decided to finish the unit. Painted in Vallejo colours, I think they are in keeping with the generally tidy early war appearance of German infantry

The whole regiment is a mixture of Revell and Airfix figures, except for the mortar platoons which are Pegasus

1st Battalion

2nd

3rd

Company command platoons

A few of the machinegun platoons. The only difference between these and 1939-40 units are that the machinegun platoons were removed from the battalion support and added to the rifle companies

Rifle platoons

Mortar platoons

Command sections.