Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Game. France, 1944

A small game played out by me and Dave. He play the US, me the Germans

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US armoured infantry wasted no time in securing their right flank by occupying the only built-up-area on the map



This is the German right flank. Owing to heavily wooded areas their advance was much slower than the Americans, which cost them important field position



PzIVs supported by assault guns and a company of infantry attempt to control a crossroads that was roughly half way between the two sides

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With some success. The lead company of Sherman tanks took some hits, however their morale was unaffected. Vehicles here are Italeri




More US forces enter the fight via the main road. The Germans had this area fairly well covered, but not for long...



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The PzIV company is all but destroyed by anti tank gun fire and the battered by still capable Shermans 



A risky assault by the StugIIIg company proved disastrous, with two platoons damaged or destroyed by side armour hits 


German infantry take out the anti tank gun position....about three turns too late! Figures here are mostly Revell




With vehicle and infantry losses getting heavy, the Germans tried to anchor the center of their line



About turn 6. The US forces counter attack the German center, with a number of the enemy failing morale checks and fleeing their positions



A final big effort by German infantry attempted to force the Americans out of the village area, which would have allowed some flanking attacks by what was left of their armour


Too little, too late. Despite some decent results the Germans just didn't have enough of anything in the right field position to force the Americans out of theirs. 
David played a really good game. His armoured forces were not as powerful as the Germans and he used the terrain and his infantry to snuff out most of the German attacks.
In terms of position and losses the game was a clear victory to the Americans.

First game we've had in ages, and there'll be plenty more to come. All of the kit in this scenario is from Dave's collection.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Stugs by Dave

Nice conversions into the assault gun variety



Dave has painted these to a very high standard, with a lot of efforts on detailing the tracks.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Yet another Airfix resin building

Finished this late last night...

This is my second one of these, window frames, etc left out



These buildings have a very good size footprint in terms of tabletop space and ground scale


This one was a gift from Diana.

Friday, November 3, 2017

Asian Temple

From the wooden kit I started last month


Most gaps were filled and sanded back


Removable roof, although you can only place figures on the second level


Added minor detail with a marker.

Sunday, October 29, 2017

LVTs

I have plans for a US Marine unit, so these will get a bash at some stage



this version sports a 37L56



this one a 75L15, although being open-topped this counts as a weak AFV


Resin models, now to complete my three Buffalo 

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Asian Scenery

A couple of Asiatic scenery features that I have recently completed...


Pagoda


Raised stone platform or bunker



On a low platform


Foot bridge


Raised platform as an AA gun position



Last one is a couple of work in progress items

Sunday, October 22, 2017

BEF Engineers

Another recently completed unit. This is the Brigade Engineer company 1939-40


Slightly tweaked Zvezda figures

Friday, October 20, 2017

A visit to Dave's

A weekend of modeling, gaming and hanging out at Dave's was the best time in ages. Here are a few pictures from the occasion...


Presents from Dave


I immediately started this resin beauty




A few shots of the map we put together for a small game set in late 1944



We didn't finish the game in one session but have plans to do so next week.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Modern Russians

Recently completed...

I only have a couple of companies of figures for the later Cold War era. These additions are by Zvezda.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Surprise Mail

This was a gift from an old friend, who heard I was back home



I have about half a dozen of these now, and this bonus addition is well received :)

Friday, October 6, 2017

Progress


Well, not much at present. Although I have started some of these wooden models to add to my oriental scenery collection....



Eventually they'll be tidied up with filler and glue and given a lick of paint.

Saturday, September 23, 2017

Factory Work

Some improved factory scenic buildings from the skills of David Russell







Lovely work and probably the labour of his kids :)

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Another Jungle Resin

In the process of finding a new digs, better posting should resume in a couple of weeks...?



Another very versatile building for jungle type scenarios by Frontline. 

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Resin Buildings

Excellent little numbers by Frontline



The roof of each model is interchangeable. I'm happy these will suit multiple eras and theatres.

Friday, August 4, 2017

Soviet APCs

By S-Models


Nicely engineered and detailed kitsets 


The command unit was designated 01 and has the driver's hatch unbuttoned. Crew figure is by PSC


I still have x2 of the to make, which will give a full company +1
Painted with Vallejo and Citadel paints